Nordic Business Forum 2027 Speaker
Esther Perel
Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling author Esther Perel is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. Fluent in nine languages, she helms a therapy practice in New York City, serves as an organizational consultant for Fortune 500 companies, and is an advisor to both Hinge and Culture Amp on the intricacies of human connection.
Her celebrated TED Talks have garnered 50 million views, and her bestselling books, Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs, are global phenomena translated into more than 30 languages. Perel is also the host of the podcast Where Should We Begin?, the creator of Where Should We Begin? A Game of Stories and Where Should We Begin? At Work, and the creator of the substack Entre Nous with Esther Perel. Learn more about Esther at estherperel.com.
Esther at Nordic Business Forum 2027
The Four Pillars of Workplace Relationships
Learn why strong relationships are the base of high performance and how collective resilience can make teams stronger. Discover how relational intelligence becomes a real competitive advantage.
Learning points:
- Why relationships are fundamental to high performance.
- How collective resilience strengthens teams.
- How relational intelligence becomes a competitive advantage.
More from Esther Perel
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Everyone comes to work with a relationship legacy, a resume if you will. They bring the hidden histories of their other work relationships, as well as the ones that they grew up with at home. Do they reach out when they have a problem or do they go it alone? How does that impact their approach to delegating, asking for help, collaborating, and competing with others?
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As AI reshapes work, school and love, what part of being human can’t a machine take over? In a wide-ranging conversation, psychotherapist Esther Perel and TED’s vision steward Sal Khan provide their unique takes on the answer. From personalized learning and AI companions to “emotional capitalism” and the rituals we create to live with uncertainty, the two explore if we’re getting better at living or just getting better at optimizing.
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In this thought-provoking conversation, Esther Perel explores how our expectations of the workplace have shifted dramatically – and why it’s creating both opportunity and strain. Esther shares that in the past, work was primarily about survival, duty and financial stability. But today, many of us are looking to our jobs to provide identity, belonging, fulfilment and even self-worth.
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