Some of the hardest board decisions are made when performance is solid, and the pressure is internally driven. In 2025, Aspo’s board chose to act anyway, applying private-equity-style discipline to make structural decisions that will reshape the company. Read more »

The Helsinki market processed a fresh batch of earnings updates today, with several mid-cap names reporting mixed results. Investor reactions were cautious, with Aspo, Framery, and Wulff all trading lower by the close despite generally improving underlying performance. Read more »

Terveystalo has appointed Hilppa Rautpalo as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and a member of the Group Management Team. She will assume the role no later than 14 August 2026 and report to President and CEO Ville Iho. Read more »

Global CEO confidence is cooling, with only a minority expecting revenue growth in the year ahead. In contrast, Finnish CEOs are more optimistic about their companies’ 12-month revenue prospects than peers in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, according to PwC’s latest survey. Read more »

A Finnish fashion brand worn by Jennifer Lawrence, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Kelly Rutherford may look like an overnight success story. In reality, Almada Label’s rise into Hollywood closets has been the result of deliberate global positioning from day one. It is also a reminder that in a small market, scale begins with mindset. Read more »

When boards take time to evaluate their own performance, their companies are more likely to report successful growth outcomes. Read more »

Startup founders and investors across Europe paid close attention when Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, took the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos yesterday. Read more »

When Carl Haglund became chief executive of KH Group, the transition did not unfold over months. It took days. Read more »

According to fresh figures from the Association of Finnish Travel Industry (SMAL), Finns are still travelling — even as the economy tightens and climate concerns reshape behaviour. Travel agency sales grew again in 2025, up just over four percent. Travel hasn’t disappeared. It has softened, stretched, and rearranged itself. Read more »

When I want to know where to eat next — not just a good restaurant, but the right one — I have one person I always call: Sara Vanninen. Read more »

For more than a decade, the global startup economy has been fixated on unicorns—companies valued at more than one billion dollars. Valuations became a shorthand for success, often disconnected from the underlying business reality. That era is now fading. In its place, a more demanding benchmark is taking hold: revenue. Read more »

I’m a coach, and over the years, I’ve studied neuroscience to understand what actually helps people feel better and function better.  Read more »

We spend years developing our skills and judgment, but rarely examine the inner voice that shapes how we use them. Inspired by the Saboteur Assessment, this piece looks at how that critic operates and what can change when you start noticing it instead of following it.  Read more »

If Finland had to pick one flavor that defines Christmas desserts, it would be simple: plum jam. It’s also the heart of the Finnish Christmas tart (joulutorttu), the childhood memory, the scent that fills the kitchen every December. But what if you could get the exact same taste, or even better? Read more »

Listeds takes a peek into different markets. In this article, we go through Miki Aho’s insights on the Japanese market. He distills a simple message for Nordic leaders: if you want to succeed in Japan, or simply learn from it, start with rigorous planning and uncompromising quality. Read more »

Leadership fashions rarely move in straight lines. Our discussion with Sami Itani, professor of practice at Aalto University School of Business, suggests they may once again be shifting away from three decades of soft, empathetic management and toward a harder style built on clarity, accountability, and performance. Read more »

In management books, layoffs are described as an unfortunate but sometimes necessary instrument for safeguarding a company’s future. At Listeds, we started looking into this topic because many leaders told us they felt left out of the conversation: media stories tend to focus on those who lose their jobs (as the stories should), but rarely on the moral and emotional strain on the person delivering the news.  Read more »

The Nordic model faces an existential test: can a region built on meaningful work keep its soul in the age of machines? For decades, the Nordic world of work has been the envy of many: flat hierarchies, trust-based management, and a deeply held belief that work should be purposeful as well as productive. Now, artificial intelligence has arrived in Nordic boardrooms and break rooms alike — not with the menace of mass redundancy, but with a subtler challenge: meaning. Read more »

I’ve always loved gadgets and apps, from drones to meditation tools. Unfortunately, most have ended up collecting dust, but there are three that have truly stayed with me. Read more »