The FLT Podcast

This week Finnish Leadership is exporting our mindset!   We sit down with Arctic 15, COO Toni Räsänen, to discuss taking Finnish leadership internationally, taking lessons from multicultural leadership settings, returning home after travelling the world, the importance of timing, what it takes to build a leadership culture from scratch and much, much more.   Enjoy. Support the show... FLT LinkedIn: (1) Finnish Leadership Team – FLT podcast: Overview | LinkedIn (1) Finnish  FLT Website: https://the-flt.com/  FLT Support the show: https://the-flt.com/support-the-show/  Mark’s LinkedIn: (1) Mark Hayton | LinkedIn Anneli’s LinkedIn: (2) Anneli Karlstedt (she/her) | LinkedIn Alexei’s LinkedIn: (2) Alexei Koveshnikov | LinkedIn Bella’s LinkedIn: (1) Bella Kayumova | LinkedIn Kelly’s LinkedIn: (2) Kelly Keodara | LinkedIn A big thanks to... Bloom Finland: Bloom ry (bloomtogether.fi) Digital Fireworks: Home - Digital Fireworks Populum: Your People & Culture Experience platform – Populum Helsinki Think Company: https://www.thinkcompany.fi/   Our channels FLT YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-FLT  FLT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Sj5YAyZ8AJGooVYLC8RA6  FLT Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/the-flt-podcast/id1727605372  Podcast 24: https://podcast24.fi/podcastit/the-flt-podcast  PodBean channel: https://the-flt.podbean.com/

This week Finnish Leadership is focussing on feedback!   We sit down with award-winning entrepreneur  and Trustmary CEO Johannes Karjula, to discuss feedback, leading people who can manage themselves, finding a problem worth solving, the way out of the jungle, what our calendars say about us and much, much more.   Enjoy. Support the show... FLT LinkedIn: (1) Finnish Leadership Team – FLT podcast: Overview | LinkedIn (1) Finnish  FLT Website: https://the-flt.com/  FLT Support the show: https://the-flt.com/support-the-show/  Mark’s LinkedIn: (1) Mark Hayton | LinkedIn Anneli’s LinkedIn: (2) Anneli Karlstedt (she/her) | LinkedIn Alexei’s LinkedIn: (2) Alexei Koveshnikov | LinkedIn Bella’s LinkedIn: (1) Bella Kayumova | LinkedIn Kelly’s LinkedIn: (2) Kelly Keodara | LinkedIn A big thanks to... Bloom Finland: Bloom ry (bloomtogether.fi) Digital Fireworks: Home - Digital Fireworks Populum: Your People & Culture Experience platform – Populum Helsinki Think Company: https://www.thinkcompany.fi/   Our channels FLT YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-FLT  FLT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Sj5YAyZ8AJGooVYLC8RA6  FLT Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/the-flt-podcast/id1727605372  Podcast 24: https://podcast24.fi/podcastit/the-flt-podcast  PodBean channel: https://the-flt.podbean.com/

This week Finnish Leadership is empathising with our egos.    We sit down with award-winning keynote speaker and seasoned event host Kamilla Sultanova, to discuss resilience and vulnerability, DEI and tokenism, growing as a leader while managing your ego as you go, bringing your whole self to work and what inclusion really looks like in practice and much, much more.   Enjoy. Support the show... FLT LinkedIn: (1) Finnish Leadership Team – FLT podcast: Overview | LinkedIn (1) Finnish  FLT Website: https://the-flt.com/  FLT Support the show: https://the-flt.com/support-the-show/  Mark’s LinkedIn: (1) Mark Hayton | LinkedIn Anneli’s LinkedIn: (2) Anneli Karlstedt (she/her) | LinkedIn Alexei’s LinkedIn: (2) Alexei Koveshnikov | LinkedIn Bella’s LinkedIn: (1) Bella Kayumova | LinkedIn Kelly’s LinkedIn: (2) Kelly Keodara | LinkedIn A big thanks to... Bloom Finland: Bloom ry (bloomtogether.fi) Digital Fireworks: Home - Digital Fireworks Populum: Your People & Culture Experience platform – Populum Helsinki Think Company: https://www.thinkcompany.fi/   Our channels FLT YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-FLT  FLT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Sj5YAyZ8AJGooVYLC8RA6  FLT Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/the-flt-podcast/id1727605372  Podcast 24: https://podcast24.fi/podcastit/the-flt-podcast  PodBean channel: https://the-flt.podbean.com/

We kick off 2026 with a discussion with Studio Lead and Game Design guru, Risto Holmstrom. In this episode we discuss    - Understanding your environment and finding the right direction.   - Building commercial success in creative industries.   - Choosing our words carefully…   … among excellent questions, habits, constraints leading to innovation and the role of leaders in providing meaning for their teams.   Give it a listen and let us know if enjoyed Risto’s thinking and dulcet tones as much as we did. Support the show... FLT LinkedIn: (1) Finnish Leadership Team – FLT podcast: Overview | LinkedIn (1) Finnish  FLT Website: https://the-flt.com/  FLT Support the show: https://the-flt.com/support-the-show/  Mark’s LinkedIn: (1) Mark Hayton | LinkedIn Anneli’s LinkedIn: (2) Anneli Karlstedt (she/her) | LinkedIn Alexei’s LinkedIn: (2) Alexei Koveshnikov | LinkedIn Bella’s LinkedIn: (1) Bella Kayumova | LinkedIn Kelly’s LinkedIn: (2) Kelly Keodara | LinkedIn A big thanks to... Bloom Finland: Bloom ry (bloomtogether.fi) Digital Fireworks: Home - Digital Fireworks Populum: Your People & Culture Experience platform – Populum Helsinki Think Company: https://www.thinkcompany.fi/   Our channels FLT YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-FLT  FLT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Sj5YAyZ8AJGooVYLC8RA6  FLT Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/the-flt-podcast/id1727605372  Podcast 24: https://podcast24.fi/podcastit/the-flt-podcast  PodBean channel: https://the-flt.podbean.com/

What incredible energy! We recently hosted a fantastic debate at a Slush side event that truly filled the room with entrepreneurial spirit. Thank you to everyone who attended live!!! The debate covered: ⏱️ What entrepreneurs really need. 🫂 What incubators really provide ⛏️ Nuanced learning from those who have actually walked the path This was so much fun and massive thanks to Risto, Minna and Rashad for their thoughtful and insightful discussion, in what was a very Finnish debate.  A big thanks to... Bloom Finland: Bloom ry (bloomtogether.fi) Digital Fireworks: Home - Digital Fireworks Maria 01: https://maria.io/ Helsinki Think Company: https://www.thinkcompany.fi/   Support the show... FLT LinkedIn: (1) Finnish Leadership Team – FLT podcast: Overview | LinkedIn (1) Finnish  FLT Website: https://the-flt.com/  FLT Support the show: https://the-flt.com/support-the-show/  Mark’s LinkedIn: (1) Mark Hayton | LinkedIn Anneli’s LinkedIn: (2) Anneli Karlstedt (she/her) | LinkedIn Alexei’s LinkedIn: (2) Alexei Koveshnikov | LinkedIn Bella’s LinkedIn: (1) Bella Kayumova | LinkedIn Kelly’s LinkedIn: (2) Kelly Keodara | LinkedIn Our channels FLT YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The-FLT  FLT Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Sj5YAyZ8AJGooVYLC8RA6  FLT Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/the-flt-podcast/id1727605372  Podcast 24: https://podcast24.fi/podcastit/the-flt-podcast  PodBean channel: https://the-flt.podbean.com/