Aalto Leaders' Insight

How to Identify New Business Opportunities and Develop Strategic Expertise? Seven Questions and AnswersWhat are the signals that I’m unable to interpret right now? Am I missing something I should see? Do I only realize afterwards that the signals were t...

When Reshoring Manufacturing Makes SenseHigh-cost countries like Finland have grown accustomed to seeing production slip away. Lauri Saarinen uses data analytics to identify circumstances in...

Design Fiction Portrays Possible Futures Through StorytellingWhat services and products will we use 10 or 20 years down the road? Design fiction helps answer such questions – and also supports innovation, risk m...

Hands-on Innovation in the Design Thinking Capital of the WorldAalto EE's Innovation Challenge Program gave a team of LG Electronics' designers, engineers, and content planners a crash course in product and servic...

Learning is a Lifelong AdventureTaking ownership of one's own skills and knowledge is vital for both personal and career development, says Luca Cardani, Head of B2C & Food Service Bu...

Digitalization Transforms Traditional Ways of Doing BusinessWhat type of businesses survive change, and what should leaders do differently? We asked Domenico Dargenio, Director of Digital Transformation at Wärt...

Power of EngagementEmployee Engagement is crucial for company’s success but how to measure it - and how to empower it in?

Medical Director Sally Järvelä’s career path: ”The EMBA studies showed me what leadership is really about”Sally Järvelä is the Medical Director of Kanta-Häme Hospital District. She has advanced in her career at a fast pace, successfully combining work, fam...

The Low-hanging Fruits of Data Analytics Are Ripe for HarvestThe world’s data doubles every two years. Massive data resources have led to considerable hype around data analytics, and demand for data science skil...

More Functional Public Service with Service Design—Helsinki Central Library Oodi as a Shining ExampleMore functional services can be achieved by using service design in public administration, whilst simultaneously bringing about financial savings. Use...

Does Your Pricing Match Your Strategy?Marco Bertini, ESADE claims that pricing is an area where the level of sophistication does not match the importance of the topic.

Ethical Blindness Explains Why Good People Do Bad ThingsProfessor Guido Palazzo is an expert on the dark side of the force – why good people do bad things. Aalto Leaders’ Insight spoke with Palazzo about a ...