Today the report Svensk konsultsektor i ny belysning (The Swedish consultancy sector in a new light) was presented by one of the authors: the Chairman of KTH Executive School, Eric Giertz. The report is based on a unique mapping of the consulting industry in Sweden.

The report concludes that the consultancy sector is expansive, but also that many of the companies are facing vast challenges and need to develop new business models and make new strategic choices.

Our programs usually start by looking into the future. Here the future of mobile networks at Ericsson 5g studio in Kista. 5g will be used to control traffic, power distribution and production plants. By 2020 it will be possible to commercialize the technology according to Professor Jens Zander, KTH/Wireless@kth

Sara Öhrvall has kindly accepted our invitation to lecture in the course Digital Transformation. Sara is an executive advisor, a writer and serves on the board of among other companies Investor and SEB. Her work covers the fields of digitalization, innovation, change and trends within technology and customer behavior.

Read more about the course here.

On site in Singapore it is striking how marginalized Europe is in the public dialogue. Beside Asia, only the US is in focus. We believe that Swedish enterprises still can benefit from globalization. We find South East Asia particularly interesting with its approx. 650 million inhabitants, 5,5 – 6% annual growth rate and a growing, modern middle class. We are therefore looking into an initiative aiming to improve the capabilities to capture business opportunities in this region.

Mr Lennart Evrell has kindly accepted the invitation to come back and lecture, in our Executive Program in Industrial Management. His presentation will be about “Strategy in reality: The case of Boliden Group” and will fit in perfectly in the first theme of the program; “Business environment and business strategy”!

And by the way, for Q1 2016 the Boliden Group surpassed analysts’ profit expectations by 19 percent!

Mr Ulf Södergren, CTO at ASSA ABLOY and member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, has kindly accepted the invitation to lecture in the Executive Program in Industrial Management 2016.

The title of his presentation is; “R&D strategies in the times of digital transformation: the ASSA ABLOY case“. This presentation is an important part of the programs theme “Value based R&D management”.

Mr Hans Holmström, CEO Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery AB, has kindly accepted the invitation to come back and lecture in our Executive Program in Industrial Management 2016. His lecture will be about “Technology shifts and change of technology: The case of Siemens Industrial Turbo Machinery“. Understanding technology shifts in general is crucial in order to understand specific technology shifts as e g digitalization!

And by the way, Hans is also an alumni from the Executive Program in Industrial Management 2004.

Mr Kai Wärn, President & CEO Husqvarna Group, has kindly accepted our invitation to come back to us and lecture in our Executive Program in Industrial Management 2016.

The topic is “Strategy in reality: the Husqvarna case”.

Mr Lars Martinsson, Senior Executive GE Energy Connections / Power Transformers, has kindly accepted our invitation to lecture in our Executive Program in Industrial Management 2016. Lars is since some years now stationed in France (with Alstom SA before the acquisition by GE). He has also held positions in Pharmadule AB and ABB. In his lecture Lars will focus on leadership and strategy in a multicultural business environment on a global arena.

Lars is also an alumni from the Executive Program in Industrial Management 2002.