Swedish Innovation
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Exporting Swedish Unicornness. No buzzwords. Just real life stories with Sweden's most innovative thinkers and doers.
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In this episode we meet Johanna Hultén, a ClimateTech entrepreneur and inventor and the force behind Cestore. She's on a mission to tackle the climate crisis with groundbreaking innovations: ocean-based carbon capture and carbon conversion. With her technology, removing gigatons of carbon dioxide annually is both feasible and cost-effective, bringing us closer to the goal of limiting global warming to under 2 degrees Celsius.
We also discuss the financial aspect of pioneering deep-tech solutions like Cestore. What types of capital are suitable, and when should they be secured? Join us for an insightful conversation with Johanna, a climate visionary.
EPISODE LINKS
Cestore website
Add Johanna Hultén on LinkedIn
Can you fight single-use plastics products as a small start-up with limited resources? Can you really create a deodorant that is so great it lasts for longer than your lifetime and can be passed on to your grandchildren? And how should you do to be successful on Kickstarter?
Adam Webb, serial entrepreneur, gives his advice on how to make your idea become reality, but also shares his own failures along the way.
EPISODE LINKS:
Kickstarter campaign to lifelong deodorant
Connect with Adam on Linkedin
Lifelong.eco
When everyone else fights for the market shares of e-scooters in the big cities, Hopp has a different business model that works perfect for small towns. Through franchise they have reached small cities like Kiruna long before anyone would imagined. In this episode we talk about the e-scooter business, what difference it makes to both the customer experience, sustainability, quality and market expansion to use a franchise business model. Michel also tells us about the profitability of the franchise model and that it actually can be very profitable for the e-scooter franchise owners.
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Connect with Michel Given on Linkedin
HOPP
What's the difference between the swedish startups and a typical valley start-up?
Annie makes a comeback and gives her review of 2022 in terms of innovations. She also talks about how Swedish startups can learn from Silicon Valley by the program TINC from Nordic Innovation House. And what's the difference between Swedish start-ups and typical valley start-ups?
If you're interested, apply to TINC on the link below.
EPISODE LINKS
Nordic Innovation House - TINC program
Connect with Annie on Linkedin
Why is Sweden so innovative? And how can we boost innovation specifically within the mining industry? Can you direct in which field to be innovative?
Jenny Greberg invited Darja isaksson, who is the director general at Vinnova, to discuss these topics with us.
Vinnova is Sweden’s innovation agency that helps to build Sweden's innovation capacity and contributing to sustainable growth. Their vision is that Sweden is an innovative force in a sustainable world. Vinnova together with Formas and the swedish energy agency are the investors of Swedish Mining Innovation
EPISODE LINKS
Follow Darja Isaksson at Linkedin
Vinnova
Follow Jennie Greberg at Linkedin
Swedish Mining Innovation
Recycling metals, will that kill the mining industry?
In this episode we get insights from reality regarding circular economy within the mining industry. We talk about the current state of recycling, the upsides with it but also the drawbacks with Charlotte Andersson
Charlotte is associate professor in metallurgy at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden’s and one of Europe's leading universities in mining research. Charlotte has an extensive background in mining innovation with a career spanning more than 20 years: She has done research on fossilfree steel production, and worked on industry R&D for state-owned mining company LKAB. Charlotte was the programme director of Swedish Mining Innovation between 2015 and 2018 and is a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
We also talk to Linn Andersson, general manager at Boliden Rönnskär, who is recycling copper already today from old cellphones and computers. Rönnskär in Skelleftehamn is one of the world's most efficient copper smelters. Today the smelter is a world leader in electronics recycling.
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with Charlotte at Linkedin
Connect with Linn at Linkedin
Swedish Mining Innovation
Boliden
Everybody wants an electric vehicle, but no one wants to live next to a mine. This paradox might slow down the transition to renewable energy system, but is it true? Does actually no one wants to live next to a mine? In this episode, the second one in our miniseries together with Swedish Mining Innovation and Jenny Greberg, their programme director, we discuss Social Innovation in the mining industry. For this, we invited Åsa Allan, deputy CEO at Kaunis Iron, who has experience of starting up a new mine in Pajala in northern Sweden. She gives examples of how new mining industry can be in favour for the people living close by and tell us the surprising fact that 98% the young inhabitants in Pajala are in favour of the mine being in operations.
Episode links:
Swedish Mining Innovation
Connect with Jenny on Linkedin
Connect with Åsa on Linkedin
Kaunis Iron
In this mini series we dig into everything from what type of minerals and metals we actually have in Sweden to social innovation and circular economy in the mining industry. To guide us through these topics we have the programme director from Swedish Mining Innovation, Jenny Greberg, and leading Swedish experts. Jenny, a professor in mining and rock engineering, and one of the most prominent voices in the sector, has dedicated her career to put sustainability on top of the agenda by driving innovation and change.
In the first episode, we go into the basics. What is even possible to mine in Sweden? And what other countries do we depend on? What role does mining have in Sweden and what could we export? For this, Jenny has invited Erika Ingvald, Head of Division Mineral Information and Mining Industry at SGU (Geological Survey of Sweden). If someone knows what raw material we have in Sweden and the future potential of mining, it’s Erika.
Episode links:
Swedish Mining Innovation
Connect with Jenny on Linkedin
Connect with Erika on Linkedin
SGU
"The proof is in the pudding" is what Stefan himself says is one of the success factors behind his two very successful startups: POC and CAKE. The idea of POC came to his mind sitting in the ski lift and wanting to contribute to save more lives by making safer helmets that also people wanted to wear. Later on, when Stefan got a hand of a very early electric motorbike prototype it was just way too fun and astonshing for him to not share it with the rest of the world. So tune in and enjoy an hour of inspiring talk with Stefan Ytterborn, one of Swedens most famous superentrepreneur.
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with Stefan on Linkedin
CAKE
POC
Want to grow your business during 2022? E-commerce is here to stay, and Soledad Gonzalez will tell you all about what you need to focus on during 2022 and what top trends you cannot skip. Soledad works as E-commerce analyst project manager for E-barometern. E-barometern is a quarterly report giving you all insights you need to succeed with E-commerce. Sandra Bourbon and Soledad talk about the report for Q1 2022 which has second hand and sustainability focus. You will get the answer to the question: "Will sustainability effect the conversion rate at checkout?". Let us see if you will be as surprised as Sandra when hearing the answer!
E-commerce stands for electronic commerce and includes buying and selling goods and services, or the transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the internet.
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with Soledad Gonzalez on LinkedIn
Download the lastest report E-barometern
PostNord
Skrym
Kjell & Company
WeChat
Energy storage solutions and solar power systems are here, but still not affordable for many. A large upfront cost can be challenging. Ulrika Tornerefelt, the CEO of Stella Futura, has worked hard with implementation of clever business models to boost the transformation to solar power and battery energy storage systems, both in Sweden and in Africa. Stella Futura enables usage of both batteries and solar power by a leasing model with so-called Power Purchase Agreements (PPA). Learn more about how they run their business in Africa, giving financial accessibility to modern green technology and creating impact by educating local women “solarpreneurs”, and thereby establishing possibilities for a farmer or a hospital in Africa to utilise sustainable and affordable power.
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with Ulrika Tornerefelt at Linkedin
Stella futura
How does one of the most creative gaming companies such as Paradox Interactive work with innovation? And what can other industries learn from the gaming industry? Charlotta Nilsson has a broad experience from many different industries. She gives us the reason why the gaming industry needs to be more creative and how she makes creativity spark at Paradox Interactive. We also discuss if a company needs to be short on resources to keep up with their innovative work. Don't miss out to get inspired by Charlotta!
EPISODE LINKS
Connect to Charlotta Nilsson at Linkedin
Paradox Interactive
Nordnet
Industrifonden
Few are left untouched when listening to Shori Zand's life story. Graduated from university only 19 years old. Came to sweden with two small kids and had to start all over not knowing anyone. She is one of the pioneers that challenged the public heathcare system meaning it did have care for every patient and with using diversity and inclusion as real asesset 20 years before it was a thing she made a strong position on the swedish healt care market. Don't miss out getting great advice from a great entrepreneur!
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with Shori Zand on Linkedin
Read "Den udda fågeln" - a bibliography about Shori Zand
Avesina group
Time to increase your results times two? With the extraordinary results method it is possible. In this episode, Sandra Bourbon talks to Maximilian Tropé about how he helped a pharmaceutical company go from one approved drug per year to two. Maximilian became obsessed with goal settings to reach extraordinary results when he played ice hockey. Today, he helps elite athletes and business leaders set goals to achieve extraordinary results. He is also the co-author of the book For Full Potential - Exploring the possible, achieving the extraordinary which describes the method. In this episode, Maximilian tells you how to achieve extraordinary results and why it is extra important when it comes to innovation.
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with Maximilian Tropé on LinkedIn
Maximilian Tropé's consulting company Me-Maximilian
The book For Full Potential - Exploring the possible, achieving the extraordinary
Ever wondered what a Chief Innovation Officer does and how to succeed in the role? Martin Daniels has the answers!
Martin is a former Boston Consulting Group (BCG) management consultant. For the last 8 years he has been involved in transforming Synsam Group from drab to superhero. Synsam just went public on the Stockholm stock exchange valued at around EUR 925 million.
Synsam is one of Europe's leading players in the optics industry and offers solutions in both Eye Health and Eye Fashion.
In this episode, Sandra Bourbon had a talk with Martin about how Synsam has increased its business with popular subscriptions for glasses and how increased revenue can go hand in hand with sustainability. Martin also shares his best tips when it comes to how to succeed as a Chief Innovation Officer, how Synsam does to constantly challenge themselves and competitors, how they are organized (instead of silos) and how they pilot ideas quickly to stay ahead of competitors.
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with Martin Daniels on LinkedIn
Synsam Group
More on circular business models: episode #18 with Josefina Sallén from RISE
Follow Swedish Innovation on LinkedIn
Christina Lundbäck's father was an inventor from tip to toe and when he passed away Christina took the decision to let those "da Vinci" inventions become alive. One of the offsprings was Surfcleaner with the invention of a machine that can separate oil from water very efficient and reliable. Hear Christina’s unique story about how it was to take the company from nothing to where they are today, what drives her and how it was to grow up with her inventor-father.
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with Christina on Linkedin
Surfcleaner
CorPower Ocean
Cascade Drives
Every wondered why some of the world's most successful organizations can stay ahead of disruption, adopting and implementing innovative strategies while others fail? Kurt Matzler has the answer: open strategy. Kurt is professor of strategic management at the University of Innsbruck, academic director of the Executive MBA program at MCI in Innsbruck and a partner at the international management consulting firm IMP. He is one of four co-authors of the recently published book Open Strategy: Mastering disruption from outside the C-Suite. Kurt is not Swedish, but open strategy applies wherever you are in the world if you want to succeed with innovation, especially distributive innovation. In this episode Sandra Bourbon talks to Kurt about what open strategy is and for which organizations it fits. Kurt shares his knowledge, and many inspiring stories, of what is needed to succeed with open strategy such as leadership, an open mind, business model disruption and the role of the top management. We talk about the challenges: how to treat sensitive information, how to find and involve external experts (without paying them) and what first step you can take to pursue open strategy to generate more revenue and higher profits.
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with Kurt Matzler on LinkedIn
IMP Consulting
Buy Open Strategy on Amazon
Did you know that you may be entitled to financial compensation that you did not even know about? Or that you can book a free introductory meeting with a lawyer? Getting help from the right jurist as a private person is both difficult and costly. Lawyers Azra Osmancevic and Evelina Anttila got tired of this and started the robot lawyer Justic. We get to hear everything about their start up story, what has been the most difficult and fun. We also get to know what it's like to work with your best friend: is it really that smart? Evelina's and Azra's passion that everyone should have the right to legal advice is contagious! We are also talking about the future of legal tech and whether artificial intelligence will take over the legal profession.
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with Azra Osmancevic on LinkedIn
Connect with Evelina Anttila on LinkedIn
Justic
Familjens jurist
William Bergh just couldn't stop thinking about the battery ecosystem and the missing link. How could batteries be reused? How could customers, consumers, producers, buyers and other key-functions find each other to create a circular business system? Only 25 years old, he decided to be the change he didn't find and founded Cling systems.
Cling systems develops the intelligent trading platform that connects the battery ecosystem to ensure batteries are reused, repurposed and recycled. William is a humble and inspirational entrepreneur and inventor. And if you're into batteries or circular economy, this is an episode for you!
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with William on Linkedin
Cling systems
Josefina Sallén works as circular catalyst at the reputable RISE Research Institute of Sweden where she uses the latest research when it comes to circular economy and helps organizations to implement it. Josefina has worked as leader and management consultant in Sweden and internationally. But sustainability has not always been a matter of course for Josefina. Before she thought of sustainability as a cost for the company, which was affecting the bottom line negatively. Sandra Bourbon had a talk with Josefina about business models and how circular economy can help to create a circular business model to earn more money (and help to save the planet) fast! Josefina explains why using products for a long time and many times are much more important than recycling. She also shares her best advise on how you can get started to develop your first circular business model right away.
EPISODE LINKS
Connect with Josefina on LinkedIn
RISE
Sandvik
Volvo
Hack your closet
H&M
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