Board Governance – Mergers & Acquisitions and Post-merger Integrations By Kees van der Vleuten and Liselotte Engstam “I think…….if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there as many kinds of love as there are hearts” – Leo Tolstoy. In the current market of
by Liselotte Engstam, Founder Digoshen, Chair Boards Impact Forum & Professional NED A landmark report released by the UN on August 9 is a code red for humanity of the world, and societies and businesses need to act fast. UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group of scientists whose findings
One of the most important leadership treats, when going through transformation and during a crisis, is to ensure reflections from ongoing exchange of learnings. It is very challenging to create time for anything else than ongoing operations and board work. However, the differencewith leaders moving faster into the new normal is making room for short, but valuable, space for experience exchangeand reflections. Reflections where they can, in
The board dinner event, “The Board’s role in strategy, governing ecosystems and artificial intelligence”, held in Stockholm, Sweden in mid November 2019, was co-organized by two board research projects: SISU Boards led by Professor Mats Magnusson of the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and 4Boards.ai led by Professor Robin Teigland of Chalmers University of
As a new year message I like to share some PERSPECTIVES, intended as inspiration and truly WELCOME YOUR VIEWS from your learnings! The perspectives come from insights from my work as Non Executive Board Director on some international companies as well as from coaching startups. Most of us will need to continue to develop our
As we move forward in this world filled of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity), it is important to continue to find sources of guidance and inspiration. VUCA is a term explained for example in this recent Harvard Business Review article – VUCA. Similar challenges are outlined in the recent Economist
I am indeed grateful for the insights I pick up from many of you, in business networks and also from my engagements on boards and working with new ventures. And not the least, from connections at different social media networks as on Twitter and on LinkedIn. Where do you find
