About
If there is a straight career and life path out there, I’ve missed it entirely. I was born in Sweden and have since lived and worked in Japan, the US, Canada, Mauritius, Germany, and Switzerland. My research interests have wandered no less—I've written on sustainability, leadership, cooperatives, political extremism, business history, and the impact of technology. If I had something like a guiding question, it would be how individual leaders and organizations adapt in moments of upheaval, especially when technology is thrown into the mix.
From 2016 to 2020, I was the founding Managing Director of the Swiss School of Public Governance at ETH Zurich and am now a Professor of Management at the Lucerne School of Business, Switzerland. I live in the Black Forest with my wife and our three kids. I have a Ph.D. in History and an Executive MBA.
Oh…and I've long been a passionate user of the “em” dash—long before ChatGPT discovered it!
I've taught, worked, and learned at:
Lucerne School of Business
The Maxwell School of Syracuse University
Harvard University
Colorado College
IE Business School
The African Leadership University
HSG University of St. Gallen
ETH Zurich
EPFL
University of Freiburg
I've published books with:
Oxford University Press
Cambridge University Press
Springer Nature
My writing and commentary have appeared in:
The New York Times
Forbes
Inc.
Chicago Tribute
Fast Company
TED Talk Daily
Big Think
Monocle
Business Insider
BBC
Gartner
NZZ
I by IMD
Contact
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