Aalto Leaders' Insight

Good People Management Leads to Doing Things Well and Positive ResultsChairman of the Board, Unicef Finland, Teija Andersen took her EMBA during a major turning point in her career. “The Aalto EMBA studies confirmed a se...

Aalto MBA Journal Part 9: The Diploma of the Recent MBA Graduate Came with a Letter Addressed to Himself“I didn’t even remember writing the letter, but it’s all turned out spot on”, the recent MBA graduate, who completed his studies in the summer, refers...

A Great Place to do Great Work – a View on Modern MarketingLet’s take a look at the term Next Gen Marketing Professional. It’s a somewhat grandiose title and the process to become one might seem daunting at fi...

Luxury 2.0We invited Professor of Practice, Dr. Pekka Mattila to a suite to tell us why a luxury hotel resembles an art museum.

On the Joys of Not KnowingIt may seem counterintuitive for me as the Academic Director of Aalto EE, an institution very much focused on disseminating and developing knowledge, ...

Stora Enso invites startups to join forcesAfter a successful first run, Stora Enso is launching a new Accelerator program. The quest is now on for innovative ideas for the circular economy.

Leadership Inspiration from the Aalto EMBACEO of Estonian electricity and gas transmission system operator Elering, Taavi Veskimägi, has had a fascinating career spanning civil service, politi...

A Career Full of HighlightsNeste Oyj’s President and CEO Matti Lievonen is retiring on October 2018, but he has no intention of resting. In the future, he will share his experti...

Study Leave Was a Wonderful TimeEeva Ahdekivi’s DBA dissertation demonstrates that non-profits serve as a stabilizing investor type on the capital market. She felt her study leave wa...

How to Manage External Resources? Research Indicates That at Least Six Factors Should Be ConsideredMore and more organisations produce goods and services as a network in which not all participants are working for the same employer. What should be ta...

VTT Shifts Its Focus to Customer Needs: Dear Customer, How Can We Help?Antti Vasara and Kirsi Nuotto from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd explain how a research-centered focus gave way to customer orientation...

AI Researchers Should Have Their Own CernCompanies and AI researchers should and could work together, but is it possible when all the data is owned by the companies such as Amazon and Faceboo...