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New Achievement – Top feedback giver of the month!

Originally posted at Alumni Global’s website

The traditional frequency of feedback and development discussions, at least here in Finland, is annually or bi-annually. Outside these development discussions and appraisals, no feedback is given. Yes, one may argue that it helps the employees to focus and actually develop themselves, as they have ample time to reflect on themselves and their behaviour and contribution. However, when leading “millenials” the traditional feedback culture does not provide the results expected from it.

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Leading networks, leading people

Originally posted at Alumni Global’s website

Leadership is mainly communication. The great leaders of history have been all noted to be great communicators; not necessarily good talkers, but truly good communicators. Being able to convey trust, a sense of direction, a better tomorrow requires the leader to communicate those ideas systematically and often. So in a world, where all the information is becoming more and more open, more and more available to those who seek it, why hasn’t leadership become more open?

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Digitalization – not just product development

Original thought piece by me, originally posted at Alumni Global’s website

Digitalization, Internet of Things, Big Data. All of these hypewords have appeared to the public discussion and used either as conversation starters – or finishers. “What are your thoughts about …?” or “Yes, but Big Data will change it all.”

“Earning models and business models are subjects to drastic change when the true digitalization occurs.”

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