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In my role as CEO of Bisnode, I had the privilege of being responsible for a business that operated in 19 countries. Being super interested in people and cultures, it was a goldmine of learning for me.We had a strong presence in Eastern Europe, operating in nine...

Since childhood, I have had a genuine interest in taking responsibility and leading. I believe this is "my gift" that has been given to me.After all the years of being passive on Linkedin, I have decided that it´s time for me to start sharing thoughts and experiences...

As I shared in my previous post, we were on the path to create the industry's largest player in IT infrastructure by consolidating many competitors into one major player, Atea. Many of my CEO counterparts in the industry had Atea as a topic of conversation along the...

As the CEO of Martinsson Information Systems, in 2002, I received the board's approval to carry out an acquisition of one of our major competitors, IMS. The acquisition overnight doubled our size.In 2004, we acquired Lindahl & Rothoff, adding around 100 more...

I've never seen society change as rapidly as it is today. This places significant demands on effective leadership in our organizations.A few years back, I attended a lecture on 'the future.' I wondered, 'How can Iensure that the companies I lead will thrive in the...

One of my most important driving forces is "learning." Perhaps that's why I love "best practices," as I've always seen this as an effective opportunity to learn from the best. Let me provide two concrete examples of how I have applied this throughout my leadership...

We live in a world that, in many ways, is more unsettled and disharmonious than it has been in a long time. Many share my concern about the numerous significant and challenging issues that seem to be moving in the wrong direction.Allow me to share the opening of the...

Returning to the good old times of the early nineties, I, alongside skilled colleagues, operated an IT company in my hometown Umeå.We were then the IT partner for our clients and proudly installed PC networks. Quite often, we placed a PC server with Novell installed...

When I came in as new CEO to Bisnode in the beginning of 2012 we had 276 different brands in 19 countries. I realized that we had one common denominator in our group - all companies were dealing with data. We needed a fundamental shift in our setup to help our...