Ann Hellenius

🌟 Discover the Evolution in Corporate Planning 🌟 Join the conversation on the shift from Agile to centralized planning in Corporate America! Learn from the Swedish Defense Forces about the set-based approach, emphasizing collaboration, empathy, and adaptability. Explore the significance of involving employees in the planning process, fostering a generative culture, and expanding cognitive space for innovative solutions. Dive into topics like cultural knowledge, critical thinking, and design thinking for effective decision-making. Uncover insights on the OODA Loop, narrative manipulation, and the interconnectedness of time, language, and culture. Stay ahead by minimizing prediction errors, recognizing emergent cues, and promoting unity in decision-making. Ready to enhance your planning strategies? Share your thoughts and be part of this transformative discussion! 🚀 #CorporatePlanning #Innovation #DecisionMaking #Collaboration

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Transforming Aalborg into an AI Hub Imagine Aalborg as a leading AI hub in Northern Europe—a city where businesses, universities, and government collaborate to drive innovation in smart cities, healthcare, and renewable energy. How do we get there? 1️⃣ Build partnerships with local and global players to create a robust AI ecosystem. 2️⃣ Invest in education to develop and attract top talent in AI. 3️⃣ Establish AI research centres and innovation zones to support startups and projects. 4️⃣ Focus on solving real-world challenges like energy efficiency and personalized healthcare with AI. 5️⃣ Promote Aalborg’s strengths by hosting conferences and showcasing success stories. This vision isn’t just about technology. It’s about creating jobs, improving lives, and positioning Aalborg as a global ethical and sustainable AI development leader. . What would you add to make this vision a reality? Let’s start the conversation. Get in Touch >> https://lnkd.in/dA4UiG9n

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To language model, or not to language model Earlier this week, IBM announced its participation in a consortium with Dansk Erhverv and Alexandra Instituttet aiming to develop a #danish #language #model which is open source and free. Also, crucially, where the data used to train the model is guaranteed not to infringe on any copyrights. The announcement has been met with great enthusiasm and a great deal of expectation. Quite a bit has been written about it in the press, and many politicians and business leaders has commented on it. All of that is most excellent. The most common question has been why not just make a Danish variant of #GPT. The answer remains the same - no guarantees can be made then, in terms of the data quality or copyright ownership. Besides that, it is also an independent goal in itself to make the model behave more authentically Danish. The latter is more important than perhaps we reflect on in our everyday lives. I have a friend who has a 19 year old son. He wants to train as an electrician, and has asked #chatgpt to create a CV for him. He has previously done the typical jobs young people do, like supermarket jobs etc. When his mother saw his CV, she almost fainted. The way it is written, makes you think he has more experience (and achievements) than her. Clearly, this isn't authentically Danish. In Denmark, we understate more often than we overstate. This is true for most of Europe, in fact. The excessive use of ChatGPT makes us less authentic. It's less you. It's less where you come from. It's a lot different from what we expect in the country you live in. This in itself, is such a great argument for why small language models are so important. Cultural, as well as linguistic, context matters. It makes us authentic. I don't use #AI to write my LinkedIn posts. You may find that weird since I am such an advocate of AI, but I still want to be me. I don't think using AI to replace me, is a great use case 😄 (Or to augment me for that matter. When the technology used makes me appear less authentic, then it's not augmented intelligence). I also learned this week, that there's a significant global inflation in the use of the term "let's delve into this." Apparently, it's a term favoured by ChatGPT. So whenever you see that term, the text is likely generated by AI 🙈 (I don't know if that's true or not, but I think it's a great story). Remember to be authentic. Always.

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The narrative of digital disruption emphasizes a crucial transformation; companies need to shift from reactive to proactive strategies. Schibsted's experience highlights the significance of viewing digital trends as fundamental changes rather than fleeting challenges. Boards should adopt agility and nurture a culture that encourages experimentation and quick adaptation to market shifts. Furthermore, strategic partnerships can drive growth by offering vital resources and expertise. Aligning risk appetites and implementing strong execution frameworks are essential for managing disruptions. Boards should not only support management but also push them to innovate, ensuring long-term resilience in a constantly changing environment. #agility #boardleadership #leadership

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In our latest #research report, Hanna Berg, PhD and I present our findings from 11 studies on #LiveShopping and video-based service encounters in #retail. Key recommendations for Swedish retailers include:  👉 Offer video-based service encounters for increased accessibility and willingness to pay. Both employees and consumers see the benefits of this form of phygital service encounter.  👉 Engage employees in live shopping. Store employees are considered knowledgeable about both the product range and customer needs, which increases consumers' willingness to engage. 👉 Create relevant content. Consumers appreciate the inspiration, entertainment, social aspects, and enhanced product information that live shopping provides. 👉 Enrich product pages with recorded video content from live shopping. Live shopping can be used as a cost-effective way to increase consumer satisfaction and engagement with online stores while simultaneously boosting sales. 👉 Implement and experiment with video-based services. We found overall positive effects when retailers implement and offer different types of video-based service encounters. 🙏 Thank you The Swedish Retail and Wholesale Council for so generously supporting our research, our partner companies Kjell & Company and Bambuser for a very productive collaboration, and our wise and knowledgeable reference group members Nicholas Bálint, Annelie Gullström, Fam von Heijne, Jakob Laudon, Caroline Linzenbold, Filip Henricsson, Tirdad Zadeh, Anna-Frida Rodin! 📚 Links to project report and summaries in comment below.

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How should firms cope with relentless digital disruption? INSEAD professor Annet Aris and chairperson of the INSEAD board Kristin Skogen Lund distill lessons from Schibsted, Norway's world leader in online classifieds. Read the article here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dKasJ2n9 #BoardLeadership #DigitalStrategy #DigitalDisruption

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Does your organisation model openness and bravery? My latest edition of Courage Bytes explains how to transform FOMO into Fair Organisations Model Openness. Happy reading! 🥊

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-A rapid industrial transition towards further strenghtened competitiveness and sustainable products and processes is taking place in the greater Gothenburg Region and Västra Götaland as a whole. -To fully accomplish this, more electricity generation (Intermittent and Dispatchable) is needed in the region and that's both very near term (2026) and long term (2032 onwards) in order to utilize the very ambitious Investment plans from the Industry. Serveral strategically important electricity generation initiatives are ongoing in the region which is promising and valueable. -Had the great pleasure to visit Vattenfall Stenungsund Site this week. The Site was constructed some 65 years ago (originally built for using fossil oil) and is an engineering masterpiece. A massive facility built inside the Mountain and directly connected to the grid. The picture show 1 out of 4 (!) turbine halls. Find the doors to get a grip of the size. -I consider the site's potential for dispatchable (e.g. combustion turbines) and environmentally sustainable electricity generation, benfiting from existing basic infrastructure, to be one of the strategically important pieces in the Västra Götaland electricity puzzle. This to support the Industrial transition taking place Right Now in the region

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Yesterday, along with my three fellow students, I successfully passed the exam in Effective Strategic Leadership and Management as part of the HDO program at CBS. This elective was something I intentionally chose to strengthen my skills in strategy, strategic thinking and -implementation, as well as organizational communication. The course has been incredibly engaging, offering deep insights into key topics such as strategic narratives, sensemaking, subcultures within organizations, how to use AI in strategy formulation & KPI’s and so much more! I’m grateful for the opportunity to explore these areas and am looking forward to applying this knowledge and skills in my work. #HDO #CBS #strategy

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Standards are essential for driving the transition toward a circular economy, benefiting society, the economy, and the planet. Key advantages of these new Circular Economy standards that were just released: 🔑 Resource Efficiency: Standards facilitate the sustainable use of resources and energy while protecting consumers, workers, and the environment. By closing resource loops and maintaining material value and quality throughout the product lifecycle, standards contribute to resource efficiency, waste reduction and often cost reductions. 🔑 Consumer Trust: When products align with circular principles (such as durability, reusability, and repairability), consumers can trust shared, recycled, repaired, or upcycled goods. Standards ensure consistency and reliability in these aspects, fostering consumer confidence and preserving the value of products for all. 🔑 Global Collaboration: Harmonized standards support business and trade across regions and borders. International standards organizations, such as ISO, work on developing circular economy standards, enabling collaboration between economic partners. Hurray and welcome! Raul Carlson Josefina Sallén Malin Orebäck Ulrika Vejbrink Marcus Linder

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How will Sweden regain innovation leadership in the AI era? Inspiring to be back at my old school, Stockholm School of Economics, to listening in to Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith and prominent Swedish thought-leaders on AI and digital policy having a panel debate. What are your thoughts on the topic?

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Creating Replicable and Ethical AI TogEther an initiative with public sector organisations in Sweden http://ibm.com/info/create Generative AI provides an opportunity for public organizations to rethink how they serve Swedish citizens. IBM believes in the collaborative, ethical and replicable use of generative AI, and looks forward to seizing this opportunity with organizations that share the same beliefs. IBM proudly invites you to participate in a 10-week initiative. Develop a pilot on watsonx, our generative AI and data platform, plan to take the pilot to an initial release, and network with a select group of industry peers.  Who we are looking for Teams from Swedish public organizations (agencies, regions, or municipalities) with: - An ambition to rethink citizen services - Organizational buy-in - Time and resources to participate IBM CREATE is an initiative without any commercial commitments; participating teams contribute with time and resources.

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Looking to implement #Copilot in your business? This #AI tool is a must for any organisation looking to optimise the way their teams work. This week, Microsoft introduced 16 new langauges to Copilot. A game changing moment for businesses. The Digital Neighborhood

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Inner Work Today I found out about the IDG Summit (thanks Dorothee Fischer for that). I am amazed at how more and more people are realising that there will be no solutions to our problems unless we address each individual in the equation. Many people are investing in transforming people one by one and raising the collective consciousness. They all have different approaches, some very old, like yoga, some very new, like neuroscience. But they all know that in order to have peace in the world, we have to have peace within ourselves. You cannot fight anger with anger, it is time to spread a different kind of energy. It is time to spread mental fitness and empower people to act in love instead of reacting in fear. That is what we need now and we need it in every context. In our homes, in our communities, in our workplaces. It is crucial and we should all be working on it. First on ourselves, like putting the oxygen mask on ourselves, and then helping others to raise their awareness and consciousness. This is where science meets spirituality, now is the time. https://lnkd.in/eMpc3ShU #IDG #MentalFitness #CollectiveConsciousness

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🌍 RESHAPE the NOW - Shaken or Stirred 🌍 Exciting discussions at Deloitte's "RESHAPE the NOW", where Michael Svarer presented the latest report from Small Great Nation, "Shaken or Stirred? The Danish Economy in an Era of Slowbalisation." This report sheds light on the balance between globalization benefits and the dependencies it creates—insight that feels especially timely given today’s geopolitical challenges. With "slowbalisation" on the rise, Danish businesses are adapting, reconsidering supply chains, and leaning into local and European partnerships to secure supply in a shifting global landscape. But what does this mean for the green transition? 🌱 There’s both opportunity and challenge here: Potential for Sustainability Gains: Shorter, localized supply chains can lower transportation emissions and bring production closer to home. Risks for Green Progress: Reduced access to global green tech and materials may slow the adoption of essential clean energy solutions. As Denmark and the EU navigate this new reality, there’s a need to balance resilience with innovation. Regionalized trade may bolster energy security and supply stability, essential for a sustainable future, even if it may come at a higher cost. A huge thank to Deloitte, Kraka - Peter Mogensen and Michael Svarer to put focus on these urgent topics. Link to the report https://lnkd.in/ddEYEGfK Let’s keep reshaping the now to secure a resilient, green tomorrow! 🌍 💚 #RESHAPEtheNOW #GreenTransition #Sustainability #Deloitte

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We met in Geiranger, where ÅKP had invited professor Dr. Florian Hoos and myself for a 2 day session in November 2023 with leaders from the area of Ålesund kommune. The first day was led by the professor and I was given the task day two to give examples on how to use challenges in society to drive transformation - divided in 2 sessions. I used my more than 30 years of experience of both mistakes and successes on how to use the challenges in society to drive transformation and business growth. Part 1: What do you do when your core business-offers are seen as one of the biggest sustainability problems in the world? Part 2: What do you do when nobody asks for your business offerings? The “Kodak moment”!  This resulted in a deepdive into Ragn-Sells Group journey from 2015-2023 runned by the professor. The IMD case study has just been published but much more are in the pipeline in the future. The progress we as a company has achieved only the last year, will have the potential to become a case study initself. I would like to thank Martha Gausdal that brought me and the professor together for this very special session with the Geiranger fjord as its backdrop - you can say that everything started in Norway!

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The report titled “RESTART Sustainable Business Model Innovation” by Sveinung Jørgensen (Professor at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) and Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen (Associate Professor at Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and published by Palgrave Macmillan, provides a strategic framework for #businesses seeking to integrate #sustainability into their core operations. The authors present a systematic approach to #businessmodel #innovation, focusing on how companies can respond to #environmental and #socialchallenges while remaining competitive. Key Highlights: 1. The RESTART Framework: At the core of the report is the RESTART framework, which stands for Redesign, Experiment, Shift, Team, Align, Resource, and Transform. This model helps businesses rethink their practices and make sustainability an integral part of their strategy. It promotes radical #innovation rather than incremental changes, encouraging #companies to reimagine their role in the market. 2. Sustainability as a Competitive Advantage: Jørgensen and Pedersen emphasize that sustainability should not be seen as a constraint but rather as a source of long-term competitive advantage. They argue that businesses that embrace #sustainability can create #newmarkets, attract loyal #customers, and mitigate #risks. 3. Practical Application: The report offers practical steps and examples of companies that have successfully implemented sustainable #businessmodels. It highlights key challenges, such as resource allocation and cultural shifts, and provides insights into how these can be overcome through #innovation and collaboration. 4. Cross-Sectoral Relevance: The principles outlined in the report are applicable across various sectors, from #manufacturing to #services. The authors stress the importance of cross-industry learning and the need for businesses to collaborate in building #sustainableecosystems. 5. Long-Term Value Creation: The report concludes that sustainability is not just a trend but a fundamental shift in how businesses operate. By embedding sustainability into their business models, companies can create lasting value for both shareholders and society. In conclusion, the report presents a compelling case for why and how companies should innovate their business models to contribute to a more sustainable world. It provides a clear roadmap for businesses ready to embrace sustainability as a driver of innovation and success.

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The EPD team Athira Sreenivasan Fanni Végvári Srikanth Panda Amy Stockwell are at the SETAC LCA conference in Gothenburg this week. We would love to say hello and have interesting discussions about the world of LCA and EPD. EANDO CarbonzeroAB BIMobject

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