Our guest in this episode is Luise Bang. Luise is Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Vodafone in Denmark. During her career, Luise has led strategy and transformation and gained insights in a number of industries, among them aerospace. renewable energy (specifically offshore wind energy), defense, industrial engineering, surface treatment technology, information Technology, Software Development and Toy Manufacturing. She has worked at companies such as Airbus Defence and Space, MHI Vestas, Bombardier, Danfoss, tantec, Sentia, e-Soft and Lego Group. Luise is known for her ability to pull together high performing teams, create transparency in complex matters and to engage her surroundings.

“You can no longer segregate your digital transformation from your overall transformation, because every transformation consists at the heart of it of digital elements.”

Is the “business as usual” mindset outdated? Digital transformation affects more than just work processes. It affects the way we stay productive, as a team and individually and it forces companies to completely rethink their routines. This is necessary in order to master the transformation process with the needed speed and at the same time pull employees and associates together to seek a common goal – future-readiness. In this inspiring conversation, Luise talks about the greatest strategic challenge for companies and gives insight into how your leadership style affects your teams’ motivation.

From the shift in the longevity of transformation strategies, via the importance of empathic people management for an efficiently performing team, to the leadership style as a key factor for the success of a company. One thing is for sure: Successful transformation strategies need to be adjustable, and they need to recognize the fast changes of trends and focus on the near future, because in today’s economy nobody can look 10 years ahead and thrive with long term strategies.

What does transformation have in common with furniture design, what is the productivity secret of the Scandinavian way of working and how does a natural networker design future transformation strategies while running, skiing or sailing with her five children and their partners? – tune in! 😊