Leaders
We track the most important leadership changes and share insights from our conversations with top thinkers and industry leaders.
Leaders
We track the most important leadership changes and share insights from our conversations with top thinkers and industry leaders.
Leaders
We track the most important leadership changes and share insights from our conversations with top thinkers and industry leaders.
Inside the CEO mind
How Nordic leaders think about growth, change, and hard trade-offs.
When the direction changes: Tuija Kalpala on Betolar’s pivot and the reality of commercializing innovation
True innovation culture reveals itself when conditions are toughest. In this interview, Tuija Kalpala shares how a changing market forced Betolar to question its original path, and how that process unlocked a far more powerful vision. What began as a response to external pressure became a strategic turning point: a reminder that breakthroughs often emerge not from perfect plans, but from the courage to rethink them. This is a story of resilience, scientific curiosity, and leadership that chooses progress over comfort at Betolar. Read more »

When the direction changes: Tuija Kalpala on Betolar’s pivot and the reality of commercializing innovation
True innovation culture reveals itself when conditions are toughest. In this interview, Tuija Kalpala shares how a changing market forced Betolar to question its original path, and how that process unlocked a far more powerful vision. What began as a response to external pressure became a strategic turning point: a reminder that breakthroughs often emerge not from perfect plans, but from the courage to rethink them. This is a story of resilience, scientific curiosity, and leadership that chooses progress over comfort at Betolar. Read more »

Solidium aims to be a change agent for nationally important Finnish companies
“In Finland, we need further alignment regarding the notion that strong value creation is important from a national interest perspective. The more successful our companies are, the more growth, investment, and well-being they generate for Finnish society,” says Solidium’s new CEO, Matts Rosenberg. Read more »

Solidium aims to be a change agent for nationally important Finnish companies
“In Finland, we need further alignment regarding the notion that strong value creation is important from a national interest perspective. The more successful our companies are, the more growth, investment, and well-being they generate for Finnish society,” says Solidium’s new CEO, Matts Rosenberg. Read more »

After Europe outsourced a key defense component, Aspocomp’s Manu Skyttä sees a window to reshore PCB production
After years of offshoring, Europe’s printed circuit board industry is entering a new phase. Demand is rising, fueled by AI and defense, but supply is not following. The result is a growing imbalance in a €10 billion global market. European PCB manufacturing accounts for roughly €2 billion of that total, yet the industry underpins modern electronics. Read more »

After Europe outsourced a key defense component, Aspocomp’s Manu Skyttä sees a window to reshore PCB production
After years of offshoring, Europe’s printed circuit board industry is entering a new phase. Demand is rising, fueled by AI and defense, but supply is not following. The result is a growing imbalance in a €10 billion global market. European PCB manufacturing accounts for roughly €2 billion of that total, yet the industry underpins modern electronics. Read more »

Leadership under the microscope
Power, culture, and performance in Nordic leadership.
Labor law expert Sanna Honkinen: Finnish companies face an AI restructuring question that the law hasn't fully answered
Chinese courts have ruled that AI adoption alone does not justify dismissing workers. Finnish employers have far broader discretion — but the legal risk emerges earlier than many boards realize. Read more »

Labor law expert Sanna Honkinen: Finnish companies face an AI restructuring question that the law hasn't fully answered
Chinese courts have ruled that AI adoption alone does not justify dismissing workers. Finnish employers have far broader discretion — but the legal risk emerges earlier than many boards realize. Read more »

Iran conflict reshapes risks for Finnish leaders, Danske Bank’s Kuusisto calls for a new playbook
For years, Nordic companies optimized for efficiency. Lean supply chains, just-in-time logistics, and global sourcing defined the model. That model is now under strain. “Geopolitics has become a key driver for economies and markets,” says Minna Kuusisto, head of macro research in Finland at Danske Bank. Kuusisto has been closely following the Iran War and its implications for Finland. Read more »

Iran conflict reshapes risks for Finnish leaders, Danske Bank’s Kuusisto calls for a new playbook
For years, Nordic companies optimized for efficiency. Lean supply chains, just-in-time logistics, and global sourcing defined the model. That model is now under strain. “Geopolitics has become a key driver for economies and markets,” says Minna Kuusisto, head of macro research in Finland at Danske Bank. Kuusisto has been closely following the Iran War and its implications for Finland. Read more »

From lawyer to future leader: Minja Salmio’s journey inside Nightingale Health
On a conference call stretching across continents, the atmosphere was formal and intense. On one side, an overwhelming assembly of executives, lawyers, and investors from one of the world’s largest economies. On the other side, a small Finnish team is trying to convince them of something ambitious: that a health technology developed in Finland could help change how the world predicts and prevents chronic disease. Read more »

From lawyer to future leader: Minja Salmio’s journey inside Nightingale Health
On a conference call stretching across continents, the atmosphere was formal and intense. On one side, an overwhelming assembly of executives, lawyers, and investors from one of the world’s largest economies. On the other side, a small Finnish team is trying to convince them of something ambitious: that a health technology developed in Finland could help change how the world predicts and prevents chronic disease. Read more »

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