Episodes
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In this podcast we discuss corporate entrepreneurship and the challenges of innovation in the floating offshore wind industry where partnerships are complex, some firms are well-established and time horizons are longer than those encountered by many startups. Our guests are Sebastian Bringsværd, Senior Vice President Business Development at Aker Offshore wind and Thomas Hoholm, Head of the Strategy and Entrepreneurship department at BI Norwegian Business School. Susanna Pinnock, the host, is a PhD student in entrepreneurship at BI and a former entrepreneur.
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How can a dual-purpose company contribute to addressing the overload in public social care? Social entrepreneur Fredrik Gulowsen of Nyby talks with us about the challenges of pursuing profit and scale to achieve social goals.
Fredrik Gulowsen is the CEO and founder of NyBy: a platform which enables the public sector to utilize resources in welfare services at scale.
Alessandra Luzzi is an associate professor at department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship in BI. Alessandra’s teaching focuses on innovation and technology strategy, with a particular interest in Social and Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Susanna Pinnock, the host, is a PhD student in entrepreneurship at BI and a former entrepreneur.
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Is AI the future for start-up businesses, and is it worth investing in AI now?
In this episode, the subject lead in cyber threat intelligence, Alan Saied, Associate Professor Ed Saiedi, and host Susanna Pinnock, discusses the importance and challanges of AI in businesses.
Alan Saied is the Subject Lead in Cyber Threat Intelligence at Defendable, with many years of experience in cyber security, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. He is also an associate professor in the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI.
Ed Saiedi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI. Ed’s research focuses on financing entrepreneurship and innovation, entrepreneurial strategy, and how digitalization affects both.
Susanna Pinnock, the host, is a Ph.D. student in entrepreneurship at BI and a former entrepreneur.
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Clusters can take various forms; they can be geographically concentrated, or involve cross-industry collaboration for knowledge transfer, even develop into international ecosystems. Starting from a doctoral thesis, Nykode gradually evolved into a thriving startup with its own cluster in the field of biotech, which is not a popular entrepreneurial direction. Listen to the discussion between the co-founder of Nykode, Agnete Fredriksen, Professor Heidi Wiig, and the host, Susanna Pinnock, who talk about female entrepreneurship and the role of clusters, support organizations, and international networks in entrepreneurial growth.
Agnete B. Fredriksen is the founder and current Chief Business Officer of Nykode Therapeutics, an Oslo-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical platform company.
Heidi Wiig is an Associate Professor at BI´s department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. Heidi research regional and global innovation systems and networks.
Susanna Pinnock, the host, is a PhD student in entrepreneurship at BI and a former entrepreneur.
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Is the niche market of platform businesses profitable? Should you follow the stream or stand out in this competition?
Tidal, a music streaming platform that started in 2014, highlights the challenges of launching a platform business and the shifts in the music industry. In this episode, founder of Tidal Andy Chen, Professor Johannes Loh and host Susanna Pinnock, discusses "chicken and egg problem," niche strategies, and why people invest in platforms that aren't making a profit.
Andy Chen is the founder of TIDAL, a Norwegian-American subscription-based audio streaming service that also streams music videos. He is also the CEO of WeOrder; a vertically focused financial platform for the restaurant industry.
Johannes Loh is an associate professor at department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship in BI. Johannes focuses his research primarily on digital platforms and the actors participating in these ecosystems.
Susanna Pinnock, the host, is a PhD student in entrepreneurship at BI and a former entrepreneur.
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From the day the startup embarked on the path of scaling, joys have multiplied, as well as challenges. How does the business navigate the discrepancies between metrics that matter to investors and those critical for the company? What cultural conflicts might arise between long-time employees who've grown with the product and newcomers from larger corporations? From hands-on involvement in a small team to overseeing a larger organization, how does the founder´s role evolve?
As the first release of our new series: entreprenuership beyond start-up, this episode is joined by the founder of Kahoot, Johan Brand, Professor Peter Kalum Schou, and the host, Susanna Pinnock, who talk about growth measurement, talent integration, and organizational restructuring in a scaling start-up.
Johan Brand is a co-founder and former CEO of Kahoot, the game-based learning platform founded in 2012.
Peter Kalum Schou is an Associate Professor at BI´s department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. Peter research how startups and ventures scale.
Susanna Pinnock, the host, is a PhD student in entrepreneurship at BI and a former entrepreneur.
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How to compete in a fast-moving consumer goods market? Listen to the discussion between the CEO of Agra, Knut Heje, Professor Ulf Andersson, and the host, Thomas Borgen, who talk about how they have built successful brands in the food industry.
Knut Heje is the CEO at Agra, one of Scandinavia's largest brand-based food groups with multiple subsidiaries including Mills. Knut has been in Mills since 2009, appointed as CEO in 2016, and became CEO of Agra in 2020.
Ulf Andersson is an Adjunct Professor at BI’s department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. His areas of expertise are subsidiary development, knowledge governance and transfer, network theory, and strategy and management of the MNE.
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How to successfully foster innovation in a multi-divisional organization? Listen to the discussion between the president and the CEO at Kongsberg, Geir Håøy, Professor Sheryl Winston Smith, and the host, Thomas Borgen, who talk about Innovation’s roots and routes.
Geir Håøy is the president and CEO at Kongsberg, an international technology group that supplies high-technology systems to customers in various industries. Geir has been in Kongsberg since 1993 and became CEO in 2016.
Sheryl Winston Smith is a Professor at the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, and also the Associate Dean of Entrepreneurship and Innovation program at BI. Her areas of expertise are strategic management, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
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How does a global organization react facing disruptive events and complex dynamic environments? Join the discussion with the Chair of the board at Yara, Trond Berger, Professor Øystein Fjeldstad, and the host, Thomas Borgen, who will talk about the challenges on the path of transformation, and the interplay between the board and the management.
Trond Berger is the Chair of the board at Yara, a world-leading crop nutrition company and a provider of environmental and agricultural solutions. Trond joined the board in 2018 and has been the Chair of the board since 2020.
Øystein Fjeldstad is a Professor at the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI. Before joining BI, he worked as a Manager at Accenture for 8 years. His areas of expertise are value creation, organizational design, and business models.
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In this new episode hosted by Thomas Borgen, you can hear from Grethe Bergly, the CEO of Multiconsult, on how they made a tough turnaround happen, and the academic views brought by Professor Lena Elisabeth Bygballe. They also share thoughts on the recipe of constant improvement and the digitalization in construction industry.
Grethe Bergly is the CEO of Multiconsult, one of the leading firms of consulting engineers, architects, and designers in Norway. Before becoming CEO, she has played various roles at Multiconsult for 17 years.
Lena Elisabeth Bygballe is an associate professor and the head of Centre for the Construction Industry at BI. Her research interests are innovation processes and inter-organizational relationships, with construction industry as a particular empirical setting.
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Join the discussion with the CEO of Statkraft Christian Rynning-Tønnesen, Carl Fey, and the host, Thomas Borgen, who will talk about sparking innovation in different parts of an organization, tools, and methods to facilitate innovation, and the role of organizational culture.
Christian Rynning-Tønnesen is the CEO of Statkraft, the largest renewable energy producer in Europe. Christian has been in various positions in Statkraft since 1992 and became the CEO in 2010.
Carl Fey is the Provost for Research and Societal Impact at BI Norwegian Business School. Some of his research interests are innovation, human resource management, and organizational culture.
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Join the discussion with the CEO of Telenor Sigve Brekke, Professor Birgitte Grøgaard, and the host, Thomas Borgen, who will talk about pursuing a common purpose, developing a global leadership team, and localizing vs globalizing.
Sigve Brekke is the CEO of Telenor, one of the largest Norwegian companies in the telecommunications industry. Sigve has been part of Telenor since 1999, led teams in Asia, and got appointed as President and CEO in 2015.
Birgitte Grøgaard is a Professor at the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI. Her research areas include international strategy, multinational corporations, and headquarter-subsidiary relationships. She also has industry experience from Statoil and consultancy.
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Join the discussion with the CEO of DNB Kjerstin Braathen, Associate Professor Espen Andersen, and the host, Thomas Borgen, who will talk about technological innovation, talent attraction and development, and sustainability.
Kjerstin Braathen is the CEO of DNB, one of the largest financial services companies in the Nordics. Kjerstin has been part of DNB since 1999 and got appointed as CEO in 2019.
Espen Andersen is an Associate Professor in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI. His research areas include technology, strategy, management, and digitization. He has consulted on technology and strategy for many companies in the USA and Europe and holds a degree of Doctor of BA in management information systems from Harvard Business School.
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Join the discussion with the CEO of DNV Remi Eriksen, Professor Gabriel Benito, and the host, Thomas Borgen, who will talk about reasons for internationalization, local and global innovation, and DNV’s efforts in the global transformation.
Remi Eriksen is the CEO of DNV, one of the largest Norwegian companies in the assurance and risk management industry. Remi has been CEO of DNV since 2015.
Gabriel Benito is a Research Professor at the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI. His research areas include foreign direct investment, structure and strategies of multinational enterprises and foreign subsidiaries, and economic organization of international business.
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Join the discussion with the CEO of Gjensidige Helge Leiro Baastad, Professor Chair Ragnhild Kvålshaugen, and the host, Thomas Borgen, who will talk about the leadership strategies within large organizations to enable continuous development through long periods of time.
Industry guest, Helge Leiro Baastad is the CEO of Gjensidige, one of the largest Norwegian companies in the insurance industry. Helge has been part of Gjensidige for over 25 years and has served as CEO for the last 20.
Ragnhild Kvålshaugen is Professor Chair at the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI. She has more than 15 years of teaching experience and her research areas and interests include strategic change and leadership, process and organizational innovation, and digital transformation.
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Join the discussion with Statnett CEO Hilde Tonne, Professor Chair Per Ingvar Olsen, and the host, Thomas Borgen, who will talk about leadership and communication in a fast changing environment and how this is linked to the latest research.
Industry guest, Hilde Tonne is the CEO at Statnett. Hilde has held various leadership and board positions at leading Norwegian companies. She's also Chairperson at the Research Council of Norway.
Per Ingvar Olsen is Professor Chair at the department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI. He specializes in research on energy, innovation, and cooperatives. Since 2015, he's been Head of Research at the Center of Connected Care at the University Hospital in Norway.
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Join the discussion with the CEO of Wilhelmsen Group Thomas Wilhelmsen, Professor Randi Lunnan, and the host, Thomas Borgen, who will talk about the challenges of a global company, adapting and aligning a diversified portfolio, and strategies towards the Green Transition, as well as their linkages to the latest research.
Industry guest, Thomas Wilhelmsen is the CEO of Wilh Wilhelmsen, one of the largest companies in the maritime industry. Thomas has held various leadership positions within Wilh Wilhelmsen for more than 20 years.
Randi Lunnan has been at BI since 1999 and was appointed full professor in 2008. From 2012 she has been Head of Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and is now focusing her research on the transition of ocean business into the “green” economy.
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Join the discussion with the Chairman at BP and Novo Nordisk Helge Lund, Professor Lars Huemer, and the host, Thomas Borgen, who will talk about balancing an impactful purpose with profitable execution and how this is linked to the latest research.
Industry guest, Helge Lund is the Chairman at BP and Novo Nordisk. Helge was a chief executive of BG Group when it merged with Shell, and served as top leader in other large energy and industrial companies.
Lars Huemer is a Professor in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI and has been a visiting scholar at University of Technology Sydney, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez Chile, and UC Berkeley. He specializes in research on cooperative strategy, value creation, networks, and trust. He is also the Dean for the executive energy master program, a joint program between BI and IFP School in Paris.
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Kristin Skogen Lund is the CEO of Schibsted, a global family of digital consumer brands across media, online marketplaces and technology ventures. Known for being a Scandinavian media powerhouse with Norwegian household names such as Aftenposten and Finn.
The academic guest is Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, associate professor at the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI, where he specializes in research about collaborative organizational design and the impact of AI in organizations. He is also a Research Fellow at Accenture, where he worked for more than 16 years in strategy consulting within high tech industries.
Kristin, Vegard, and the host, Thomas Borgen, talk about encouraging innovation in Schibsted and how they have learned to adapt to the fast-evolving environment of current technology development. Are their strategies aligned with what research suggests?
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Join the discussion with Visma’s Executive Chairman Øystein Moan, Professor Helene Colman, and the host, Thomas Borgen, talk about the main learnings from Visma’s post-M&A integrations and how they are linked to the latest research.
Øystein Moan is the Executive Chairman of Visma, the company delivering software solutions within accounting, invoicing, procurement, and administration for the private and public sectors. As CEO, Øystein grew Visma from 300 to more than 8000 employees in 22 years and did hundreds of acquisitions along the way.
The academic guest is Helene Colman, professor at the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI. She specializes in research about post-M&A integration and
international strategies, particularly focused on organizational identity, managerial agency, and capability building. She also teaches M&A integration and strategic management.
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