Unlock the Power of Nordic Business Culture to Enhance Collaboration
Empower your international teams
to integrate seamlessly with Nordic colleagues,
drive trust, and boost productivity
The Nordic Business Culture Insights Workshop is an online, interactive session or series of sessions designed by Lene Rachel Andersen, a Danish philosopher and thought leader, and Chris Shern, an expert in executive education and Nordic leadership.
This workshop will help employees from abroad navigate and understand the core values and work ethics of Nordic companies. Through this workshop, your teams will be equipped to build better relationships, foster a collaborative work environment, and drive organizational success.
What you will learn:
- Nordic Business Culture: Understand the key values and norms that define how business culture is conducted the Nordics.
- Responsibility and trust: The keys to Nordic collaboration.
- Nordic work-life-balance and why it works.
- Effective Communication: Why do your Nordic colleagues think and communicate the way they do: open, equal, transparent. Reduce misunderstandings
- Core Values: Discover the unique cultural principles that guide Nordic workplaces and how to apply them for better results.
Who should attend:
This workshop is ideal for international employees who:
- Are working or collaborating with Nordic teams.
- Are you leading a cross-cultural team that requires understanding of Nordic work culture
- Want to better understand the Nordic work culture to enhance team dynamics.
Why This Workshop is Right for Your Team:
- Tailored to Your Needs: The workshop is customized based on the specific needs of your company, ensuring that the content directly addresses the challenges your teams face.
- Led by Lene Rachel Andersen & Chris Shern: Lene’s deep understanding of Nordic culture and work culture, coupled with Chris’s expertise in executive education, leadership development, and Nordic leadership, offers a well-rounded and unique learning experience.
Instructor Profiles
Lene Rachel Andersen is a renowned Danish philosopher and thought leader. Her insights are informed by both science and human understanding, enabling impactful learning experiences.
She is a full member of the Club of Rome, President of the Copenhagen based think tank Nordic Bildung, and co-founder of the Global Bildung Network. She is also an economist, author, futurist, philosopher and bildung activist, who wrote comedy for Danish television while she studied theology for four years. Her more than 20 books focus on technological development, big history, the future of humanity, and how to educate for it. For her books, she has received two Danish democracy awards: Ebbe Kløvedal-Reich Democracy Baton (2007) and Døssing Prisen, the Danish librarians’ democracy prize (2012). Among her books are The Nordic Secret (2017 & 2024), Polymodernity (2019), Bildung (2020), What is Bildung? (2021), and Libertism (2022).
Chris Shern is a cultural adventurer. Raised in the US Midwest, he has lived and worked internationally for over 25 years. He worked for Scandinavian Airlines for many years in various leadership roles across three continents, giving him a unique “outsider on the inside” perspective to Nordic Leadership. He has also worked with executive education and leadership development as Managing Director of IME, A Danish business foundation. He co-authored “Return of the Vikings – Nordic Leadership in Times of Extreme Change” an inspirational book for Managers & Executives seeking inspiration in the trust-based Nordic approach to leadership.
How the workshop is taylored:
- Designed for Global Organizations: Whether you have one employee in Denmark or a whole international team, this workshop is flexible and scalable to meet your company’s needs. For instance:
- 1 hour keynote with Q&A:
- The Nordic Secret: Intro to the Nordics by Lene Rachel Andersen
- 3 hour workshop, for instance:
- Nordic corporate culture; leadership and employee relations the Nordic way
- A longer series of 2 to 4 online 2-hour workshops over 3-6 weeks
- Our Nordic Secret 3.0 Future Academy
- We will discuss the topics you would like your staff to explore and taylor the series to your needs
Workshop Format:
Online Workshop: Delivered via a user-friendly online platform.
Interactive Sessions: Engaging activities and discussions designed to foster participation and learning.
Duration: Tailored to your company’s needs, ranging from one hour to one or more full days of immersive learning.
Customization: Content can be adapted to the specific challenges your company faces.
Pricing:
The pricing for the Nordic Business Culture Insights Workshop is customized based on the size and needs of your company. We understand that each organization has different goals, and our pricing reflects that flexibility. Contact us today to discuss your specific needs and receive a tailored proposal.
Testimonials:
I’m falling up. I am bombarded with new thoughts, stories, quite unexpected viewpoints and experiences. This is called Nordic Bildung Future Academy, and I really love the way this unusual program is constructed and run: without fears, with plenty of jokes and good humor, and high-level thinking. This is true learning—making me feel like my mind is actually expanding. It really is: UP!
Mihail Krikunov
Dean, Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine
Participating in the future academy training has been like opening new windows of possibilities in my mind. Grounded scientific content, disruptive innovative ideas brougth with wisdom and care by Lene in each module enhances the curiosity and willingness to cocreate a more meaninful future for education and society.
Ines Medeiros
Psychologist and founder of Values Move, Brazil
The Bildung events are a source of hope that emerges, witnessing incredible human capacities to apply education to solve complex social, environmental, cultural, political, or economic problems. The people who gather at the events are the fateful minority that, through partnerships and prototypes, draw trajectories for future Bildung development.
Irena Pranskevičiūtė
School principal, Domus Solis, Lithuania