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Proud and able citizens!
Proud and able young citizens! How the school system misses the opportunity to take care of its side effects – mental illness and learning fatigue – by focusing too much on knowledge goals. A lot can be said about Western school systems. I can think of few societal functions that have as many and as…
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Health vs. Care
A friend of mine, Lars, was diagnosed with diabetes type 1 when he was just thirty-six years old. In the middle of life, family and career, he was struck by the lightning of a chronic disease that would affect everything. However, being somewhat of an entrepreneurial spirit, Lars decided to not let this insulin production…
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The Metrics of Life
Over the years, as a facilitator of collaboration to management teams and startups, I have been recurrently surprised that our everyday societal functions actually are quite bad at giving us what we really want. Things like energy, public transport and education seem to get away with delivering half way. I mean, they are clever at…
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1+1=5!
You could say that it is naive and old fashioned to talk about trust and common visions when war and covid are raging the world. But I argue that those who like to call themselves realists and then spend all their effort on protecting what is left, are the ones that are truly naive. If…
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+1 in Science Village
There are actually few places that are better suited than a science park, if you want to manifest the magic equation of 1+1>2. Exploiting thoughts and ideas that take humanity to new insights and knowledge about our world, is an expression for collaboration in an almost philosophical sense. It becomes even more significant when you,…
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1+1 can be less than 2
Many years ago, I worked in a big organisation with several independent project teams. The whole company was governed from the headquarters in Stockholm and the regional units had a local self esteem and collaboration culture that promoted sharing of ideas and helping each other out between projects. 1+1 was more than 2! One morning…
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The power of 1+1>2
Our whole society is actually based on the magic premise that one plus one can become more than two. Two individuals become three when starting a family. Four people founding a company that will soon become 75. Many students on strike become a climate movement when they join up around a common idea. Something extra…
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Silicon Valley wasn’t created – it emerged!
How ecosystems are born and what they mean for us. Many are the places that have set out to replicate the vibrant innovation culture of Silicon Valley. But most of them neglect the fact that Silicon Valley actually never was created in the first place. It emerged! Ecosystems always happen because the circumstances for them…