Nordic Leaders
In Fail Smart - Lessons in Leadership and Life, our guests on the Nordic Leaders Podcast open up about themselves with the courage to talk about setbacks: the stuff that didn't quite work out how they intended, but how they came back stronger and wiser. We've got all the best elements of the Nordic leaders podcast still there, but there's a few extra questions about the ups and downs of life. Join us, David, Nick, and Stefano as we explore failing smart with our hyper successful guests - and hey, five star ratings are okay if you like what you hear!
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 68
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
68 - Satu Rämö - Where Discipline Meets Imagination
The Nordic Leaders meet Nordic Blue Crime!
In this episode, we sit down with Satu Rämö — bestselling Finnish author, Icelandic resident, and creator of the hugely popular Hildur crime series.
Satu is a…
67 - Jarmo Suominen: Drop the Idea That Everyone Thinks Like You
In this episode of Nordic Leaders: Fail Smart, we welcome back Jarmo Suominen, CEO of Rejlers Abu Dhabi, marking his second appearance on the podcast—our first returning guest! We explore leadership …
66 - The Essence of Leadership: Lessons from Asko Känsälä
In this insightful episode of Fail Smart, we sit down with Asko Känsälä, former Deputy CEO of Elisa, a leading telecommunications company in Finland. Known for his sharp thinking and profound insight…
65 - Upgrade your thinking and make better decisions. Agile HR with Natal Dank.
Natal Dank is the Co-founder of PXO Culture, Chief Trendwatcher at the HR Trend Institute and named one of the Most Influential HR Thinkers of 2022 by HR Magazine.
Recognized as a pioneer of Agile in…
64 - Samstag: The Intersection of Psychology and Leadership
Dr. Nicholas Samstag is a psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist based in New York City. With a diverse background spanning theater to ancient Greek and Latin studies, his journey into psychology an…
63 - Paradoxical Leadership with Ivo Brughmans
Immerse yourself on a journey of discovery in this conversation about Paradoxical Thinking and Leadership with author and philosopher, Ivo Brughmans.
Get ready to challenge your own assumptions and s…
62 - Transforming leadership with Taneli Rantala
🗨️"Create habits that create a good life."
In this episode we catch up with Taneli Rantala, CEO of Lifted, and dip in to highlights of Taneli's journey from a strategy consultant to a visionary entre…
61 - Connecting Opposites; a blueprint for a world of dilemmas, with Fons Trompenaars.
A warm and polished performance from Dutch organizational theorist Fons Trompenaars, recognized around the world for his work as a motivational speaker, consultant, and author of several books on cul…
60 - Environments in which Everyone Can Thrive with Celine Pasula
Celine Pasula has over a decade of leadership experience in top mobile gaming companies including startups and bigger companies. Today, as the Managing Director of Ubisoft RedLynx, she's working with…
59 - Nitin Sawhney on the power of letting go
"Music attracts luck" - Nitin Sawhney
In this episode we have a warm and uplifting chat with Nitin Sawhney, musician, producer and composer, known around the world for his albums, film scores, DJ ski…
58 - Questions are the Answer with Hal Gregersen
You’ve probably heard of Hal Gregersen… A global name in leadership and academia.
An author and senior lecturer in leadership and innovation at MIT's Sloan School of Management, a former executive dir…
57 - Johanna Småros; ‘an introvert engineer who gets stuff done on time’.
Now here’s a conversation we can all relate to, on the nature of working life today and how to navigate people, tech, and change, gracefully.
Johanna is co-founder of RELEX Solutions, a huge success…
56 - How People and Organisations Learn with Charles Jennings
Fail Smart: Lessons in Leadership & Life
The brilliant Charles Jennings covers everything you need to know about life and learning in way less than an hour:
Recognised as one of the world's leading …
55 - Fail Smart with Tendayi Viki
Tendayi Viki, Associate Partner at Strategyzer
Fail Smart - Lessons in Leadership and Life: The new series from the Nordic Leaders. We couldn’t possibly imagine a better way to start our Fail Smart s…
54 - Harnessing Informal Power in your Organisation with Dr. Matt Offord
In this episode we welcome Dr Matt Offord, esteemed lecturer in Leadership and Management from the Adam Smith Business School, Glasgow University.
Matt is a former Naval Officer with extensive experie…
53 - How improv principles can help leaders thrive in a changing environment - Patricia Ryan Madson
This week we host Patricia Ryan Madson.
Patricia is the author of "improv wisdom" and a professor emerita at Stanford university, where she started teaching in 1977.
In 1996 she founded the creativity …
52 - Why the next revolution is human with Perttu Pölönen
Perttu Pölönen is a futurist, inventor and author. In 2018 MIT Tech Review honored him among the 35 Innovators Under 35 in Europe.
He has written two books and his latest, “Future Skills”, is out just…
51 - Emilia Järvinen - Vegfluencing the World
“Everyone should do something to make the world a better place.”
Listen in to the inspiring tale of 17000+ vegetable boxes and recipes delivered to Finnish families.
The social economy in the EU c…
50 - Care, Trust, Transparency: how storytelling turns values into action with Essi Knuutila from Futurice
We explore the world of meaningful values, story telling and The Inclusion Canvas with Essi Knuutila of Futurice.
Essi is Global Head of Digital Marketing and discusses how Futurice's values of 'Care,…
49. How to cultivate diversity and win over the algorithms - Mikko Alasaarela
We dive into the world of influence with Mikko Alasaarela, but influence with an algorithmic twist.
Mikko is an impact-focused AI entrepreneur. He has founded and invested in several tech startups tha…