Finland
Former Nokia CEO Kalle Isokallio is wondering about the fuss in Finland concerning Nokia and Microsoft collaboration
In today’s Finnish Iltalehti, the former CEO of Nokia Kalle Isokallio criticizes both Finnish politicians as well as other critics that do not see the opportunity of this new partnership that Microsoft and Nokia has created. Isokallo wonders how all these skilled Symbian developers would be worse off when given modern and more productive software…
Read MoreUnderstanding your Ecosystem and Leveraging it Using Modern Social Media Tools
Today I have been working on a chapter to my third book that has to do with ecosystem research and understanding the influencers within it. This is something that organizations are slowly but surely moving towards and these are the reasons for it: 1) Most organizations really do not know how to define their ecosystem…
Read MoreMy experiences are nothing compared to the collected experience of 30+ people
I am lucky. I have now concluded more than 30 interviews for my upcoming book Rohkeasti maailmalle. As an author, I have to say that I am very humbled of the hundreds of years of experience that people have given me in the form of stories of their personal life and how their families have…
Read MoreLooking for expats and immigrants to be interviewed in an upcoming book
I am in the process of doing interviews to my upcoming book from Talentum. This book is about living a life outside your own native country with all of the different things that you will be facing during the years. I am looking for individuals, families to be interviewed in topics such as: 1) Reasons…
Read MoreCopying with family when living across the Atlantic can be hard
When we emigrate to a new country, we do not typically think about how to deal with our aging parents and other family members back home in your native country. I am sitting in a tram in Helsinki on my way to my wife’s mother who has been very illa for quite a while. How does…
Read MoreTech job moving abroad? Offshore yourself with it!
If your job is moving overseas, maybe you should move with it. Many American IT workers have looked with increasing worry as programming and datacenter jobs shifted to India, China, Eastern Europe, and elsewhere, with companies seeking cheap labor and Internet connectivity making offshoring a plausible business option. I like the approach that this article…
Read MoreWhat Makes Finnish Kids So Smart?
I recent article by Wall Street Journal explains why Finnish kids rank among the top in international tests. It was very nice to read specifically as the country of my origin is getting so much attention in the educational system.
Read MoreThe manuscript of my upcoming book is ready for the publisher to be reviewed
Finally, the first phase is over and I am ready to turn my manuscript over to my publisher Talentum. You can view my comments and feelings from the embedded video. This video is recorded during a very beautiful Dallas, Texas morning with 106 Fahrenheit outside. That translates to +41 celcius.
Read MoreA required book to be read – In Spite of the Gods by Edward Luce
I have worked with multiple Indian companies for the past couple of years and I have to say it has been very, very intersting and also challenging. The challenges are mainly from cultural reasons and I am not saying it is negative; it is just so different when compared to Scandinavian or Finnish culture. It…
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