The Achievements of Jan Wallander
To be honest, the achievements of organisations are often down to quite basic stuff: a good idea, hard work and a lot of luck. We may suggest analytical tools all we want but often the list of factors explaining real empirical success will include rather basic stuff. It is therefore we get so delighted whenever…
A New Era in Show Jumping
Over the last few years there has been a major change in the sport of show jumping. Back in the days the big players in the sport was often thought to be european countries like Germany, France and Great Britain, plus the US. Compared to other popular sports around the world, show jumping has continued…
Change Management and Existentialism
Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher, who was born more than 2500 years ago, said that “The only constant is change”. This is maybe true, but Theresa M. Welbourne in 2014 also underlined that “Change is escalating, and the current models of managing change do not seem to be working well”. Interestingly, in order to handle change…
Meet Kio Zargarinejadi
Hi Kio! How are you doing? I’m good thank you! Lovely with some snow! What is the best thing about being Grand Marshal? The best thing is to, together with my team, create a two day event that hopefully will be appreciated by so many people. You can build your own dream ball. What is…
United We Stand, Divided We Fall
In 2005 I was supposed to go on vacation with my family to Italy. However, nothing went the way it was supposed to. Two weeks that were meant to be lled with joy and laughter together with people that I love turned into two weeks of confusion, powerlessness and grief. It was the end of…
Being a Citizen of the World- The Tale of Living in Two Countries
Travel as we know it can be a pain, but once you get used to the security checks, bland airplane food and constant pressure of arriving on time, it can become part of your routine. Eventually manage to get through check- in, baggage drop-o , security and make it onto the airplane within a mere…
Lundtan meets Johan Lindeberg
Sitting in a black chair in Craaford-salen with a bottle of Ramlösa next to him, Johan Lindeberg, dressed in a characteristic black leather jacket, black hoodie and white boots, which he coloured himself, began speaking in his cosy Lund accent. Until now, Johan hadn’t held a public speech in twelve years. But because this is…
Making Human Life Mulitplanetary
Imagine going on vacation, not to a different country but to a different planet, or even living there! In 50 years this might be reality. SpaceX is preparing to bring people to Mars and since last week you can get a picture of what that would look like. With the TV-show MARS, which premiered Sunday…
Ground Breaking Years for Women in Business
The economy affects everyone, no matter age, background or sex. It is still common though for economists to think of their discipline as being gender neutral. As a matter of fact, economists have looked and analysed the world through the eyes of men. Since its emergence as an independent field of study it has been…
How could we be so wrong?- What the Donald’s win tells us
What does the exit polls tell us about who voted for Donald Trump and what does it mean? Many would say that the stereotypical Trump-voter is an angry poor white man, but is that the truth? What does the statistics show us after you break them down? Something that I did not expect was the…
