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Hello 2020! It's a new year and with that comes fresh opportunity including the opportunity to set really ambitious goals for the coming 12 monts. So naturally, I have done that on behalf of my work as Head of Studio at inQvation. In 2020 I want us to co-found at least one startup taking on… Continue reading 3 big goals for 2020
2019 is running out and now is a good time to reflect on the year gone by and looking ahead to 2020. May 1 I joined inQvation as Head of Studio. It has been an amazing and hectic experience so far. When you are trying to build something from scratch, there is a lot of… Continue reading Happy New Year!
Not at all. It is just not something we talk about in the same way as we did only a few months ago. Disruption has moved from the rostrums, talks, columns and what have you and from people who basically have little idea about what the notion means to the lab, the office, the daily… Continue reading Is disruption dead?
One thing the iQnite case competition on climate change has taught me is that there is a big difference between talking a problem up and the ability or desire to do anything about it. While we often hear and see young people on the street protesting against climate sinners and calling for action NOW!, I… Continue reading Screaming is not solving
The other day I read an interesting article on Noteworthy - The Journal Blog about some of the traits that characterizes a great founder. The article was written by Jess Li and based on her talking to more than 100 founders in her role as a VC. I have been fascinated by some time by… Continue reading Are you a great founder?
The more I work with recruiting matters, the more I come to realize the amount of effort and work you need to put in in order to get the best candidates possible. It doesn't matter whether it is for a job opening or for participation in a case competition - it is all the same.… Continue reading Recruit with precision
One of the great opportunities to learn something new and expand your horizon is to engage in conversation with someone you don't agree with. You might still have disagreements after your conversation, but at least you have gotten the opportunity to get some perspective. And boy, do we often need that. For that reason I… Continue reading The value of criticism
One of the things I have found while working to create our case competition on climate change, iQnite, is that there is a big difference between outrage about something and passion for doing something about it. Just because you're outraged about something doesn't mean that you want to take real action towards doing something about… Continue reading Outrage versus passion