It is hard to predict the future. Someone once said that the Internet was a fad. Amazon hit the road a year after a futurist claimed that online shopping was irrelevant. There is room for failure when trying to predict the future. However, I dare to paint the contour lines of the future, based on the impressions I got last week at the World Economic Forum Davos 2022 summit. Obviously, the topics calling for an […]
(First published on LinkedIN in October 2021) People tend to feel comfortable with what is obvious. It has a scent of fact. It seems definite, clear, uniform. Especially when we ask for an advice in critical times, we tend to absorb the message of what we should do. Maybe our heading could be defined of (1) our blisters, (2) our passion, and (3) accepting that being a successful leader does not mean that you have […]
“It seems as if working for the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods industry has become more respected after COVID. The World has seen the importance of supply chain excellence. Of keeping the wheels running, providing governments, businesses, and consumers with necessities. This has become a present purpose for this industry. I think we all have felt it on ourselves”. The words come from Nadja Minde, Senior Consultant at Mangaard & Partners – Executive Search. Having worked within this […]
Can you crack the code of culture? Head of Commercial Operations, Magnus Jelen, enlightens us about behaviour made quantifiable.
We recently conducted a search for a senior level professional, and when the search was completed, we had to reject the final candidates that didn’t get the job. One of the rejected candidates called me a few weeks later to discuss why he didn’t get the job and to get some general feedback on the process.