We discussed the questions related to successful recruitment of international talents. Regina Ainla from Business Finland will share insights on the existing support mechanisms for employers related to the topic. And we heard a personal case experience from alum Paulo de Tarso Fonseca Silva, who is a 2017 graduate from the University of Helsinki and is currently working as a consultant in Finland.
Our alum Pete Saarnivaara inspired us to discuss about the interest formatting of communication, which helps us to reach our target groups better and make our message memorable.
How to build a career that looks like you? And what are the most important characteristics of servant leadership? Inspirational speaker was alum Maija Eklöf.
Have you graduated max. 5 years ago? Are you a current PhD student at the University of Helsinki or studying in one of the following Master’s Programmes?
How do you draw boundaries to work? How do you recognise good enough in your own work? How do you avoid fatigue and maintain your own endurance?
The alum (MSocSc), information writer and working life coach, former creative director and communications consultant Aurora Airaskorpi served as an inspirational speaker for this morning's discussion.
In this Think & Lead morning we were able to hear perspectives about hybrid threats and their impact on society and various actors. We discussed how to take into account the topics in your own operating environment and workplaces. What is the role of management and what does proper preparedness and resilience require?
As an inspirational speaker for the morning was alumn (MSocSc) Markus Kokko, who is a communications leader at the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE).
In the Think & Lead morning, we discussed what is the humane sustainability of the organisation and how it can be built. Kaisa Muilu, an alum of the UH, led us to discuss on this interesting topic.
In the leadership morning, we were able to discuss, under the leadership of our alum Jarno Koponen (YLE), what it takes to manage multidisciplinary activities and how to inspire teams into creativity.
In our morning event Helsinki Alumni member Kaija Bridger, Head of Talent and Culture of KONE leads us to discuss about leading diversity with the inspiration of case KONE. We are focusing especially on staff development and recruitment. What does diversity leadership mean from these perspectives and what kind of role it has e.g. related to job satisfaction?
In our morning event, alum and certified business coach Roberto D'Abrosca inspired us to discuss about coaching leadership. How coaching can help to create efficient working environment and support your success in a leading position.
What kind of role Service Design have for current leadership and organizations? How can Service Design support organization development? Introduction and inspiration for this topic was given by our alum Jesse Maula (Avidly).
What are central characteristics of leadership at the time of crisis? What kind of characteristics and skills does a leader need in this situation? Discussion will be activated by our alumni Miira Heiniö (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health) and Asko Sartanen (Eastern Uusimaa Police Department.
What kinds of expectations do the various parties on the employment market have regarding self-directedness? What is its impact on occupational wellbeing? We will discuss these topics with our alumni Miia Savaspuro (Miltton Sparks) and Hannakaisa Länsisalmi (OP bank).
We talked about finding and experiencing meaning at work as well as taking diversity among employees into account in strategic operations. The topics were introduced by Helsinki Alumni member Franz Mittler, who has supported the strategic development in several companies, and Future Fellow Krista Laitila from the University of Helsinki’s student influencer programme. The event was held in Finnish.
Introductory talks on the topic of multicultural workplaces were given by alumni Malin Gustavsson (Ekvalita, CEO, Gender equality and diversity expert) and Kirsti Kujanpää (Vice President, Peacekeepers Association Finland).
We talked about how we can take steps toward sustainability in our work and professional communities. The topic was introduced by alum Katja Atsar, head of coaching and training at Ilmarinen. The event was held in Finnish.
The workshop was organised in cooperation with dLearn research group
The introductory talk was given by Helsinki Alumni member Riitta Hyppänen.
Following the theme of Alumni Day 2020, the discussion focussed on the significance of artificial intelligence for leadership. Participants included Tero Ojanperä, CEO of the artificial intelligence company Silo.ai and former CTO and Executive Vice President of services at Nokia, along with Academy Research Fellow Arto Klami, who is an assistant professor at the University of Helsinki
At this event, we focused on the demands placed upon leaders by our current digital age and the ways leadership has changed. We were joined by alumni Pirkko Aminoff (entrepreneur, founder of Mind Avenue Oy) and Krista Pahkin (director, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health).