Nordic Business Forum 2025 Speaker
Patty McCord
Patty McCord is the author of the best-selling book Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, which was published in 2018 and translated into 12 languages.
She served as Chief Talent Officer of Netflix for fourteen years and helped create the Netflix Culture Deck. Since it was first posted on the web, the Culture Deck has been viewed more than 15 million times, and Sheryl Sandberg has said that it “may be the most important document ever to come out of Silicon Valley.”
Currently, Patty coaches and advises a small group of companies and entrepreneurs on culture and leadership. She also speaks to groups around the world and cohosts a podcast TruthWorks.
3 Reasons to Learn from Patty
Rethink Company Culture
As the former Chief Talent Officer at Netflix, Patty co-created its famous Culture Deck, which reshaped how companies think about hiring, performance, and workplace freedom.
Embrace Honesty and Accountability
Patty champions a no-nonsense approach to leadership, where transparency, responsibility, and trust create high-performing teams. Leaders looking to build strong, autonomous cultures will benefit from her insights.
Say Goodbye to Outdated HR Practices
From eliminating traditional performance reviews to rethinking employee perks, Patty challenges conventional wisdom and offers a fresh perspective on building workplaces that attract and retain top talent.
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Adam will take the stage to share invaluable insights on how leaders can unlock their own as well as their team’s full potential and achieve greater things.
- How to navigate change with confidence and agility
- Cultivate a culture of innovation and continuous growth
- Transform challenges into opportunities for unparalleled success
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Simon Sinek & Nordic Business Forum
Simon Sinek at NBF 2015
Leaders Eat Last: Sinek awed the crowd with his humanistic approach to leadership based on evolutionary biology.
Simon Sinek at NBF Sweden & Norway 2019
Capitalism, as Adam Smith envisioned it, is broken. Short-term finite thinking is to blame, leadership expert Simon Sinek declared during his keynote address at the Nordic Business Forum Sweden 2019. The result is the culmination of theories which claim that a company’s purpose is to maximize profits within the limits of the law and to prioritize shareholder value over customer and employee welfare.
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24-25 September 2025 | Messukeskus, Helsinki