AUTHENTICITY, LEADERSHIP AND LEADING ONESELF
MIKAEL LUNDGREN Senior lecturer in organization and leadership, Linnaeus University (Sweden)
Mikael is an experienced senior lecturer in organization and leadership at the School of Business and Economics,LNU in Kalmar. He is Programme director of the Leadership and Management in International Contexts master programme as well as platform leader of the Leadership and Organizational Renewal knowledge platform. He also has vast experience of supervision and examination of bachelor and master degree project, and acts co-supervisor in doctoral studies.
PHD STUDENT INPUT AND EXAMPLES OF DILEMMAS IN PHD SUPERVISION
PhD tale and group discussions on dilemmas and solutions of these, followed up with reflections from the student organization Linnaeus Union.
Marina Wernholm Senior lecturer in pedagogy, Linnaeus University (Sweden)
Marinas’ research contributes with knowledge about children’s out-of-school teaching and learning journeys in digital communities, which is of relevance to educational research as the conditions in which children shape their social relationships, identities and learn are changing. Children today are living in an age of great technological progression and are in a unique position to share their experience of learning in practices that are in a constant state of flux. As part of the course, Marina will share her experiences from here journey as a PhD student.
Micha Hallberg Student and doctoral student representative, Linnaeus Union, Linnaeus University (Sweden)
Micha is a student and doctoral student representative at the Linnaeus Union – Linnéstudenterna – at Linnaeus University. As part of the course, Micha will join to represent the doctoral student organization in a discussion workshop.
PANEL DEBATE
(UN)AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS?
The recent pandemic situation showed many organizations that in order to gain resilience and change the ways of doing business, they had to embark a process of digital transformation. This process of change demanded some sort of leadership. The question is of course what kind of leadership – authentic? Crisis management? Or did it just happen because the digital “revolution” had already been there?
Most welcome to join us for this public panel presentation and discussion at the School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, Universitetskajen, Kalmar, on the 6th of May; 10.00-12.00. Through the eyes of academics and business leaders, we will discuss the leadership dimension of digital transformations, also we will explore the managerial aspect of the change in technologies by having experts of leading digital transformation/business in the panel.
Keynote Speaker and Panelists:
Keynote speaker Timo Schneider An experienced executive & practitioner (Germany)
Timo has been working as a specialist, manager and external consultant in the field of digital commerce and online marketplaces for over 20 years, ranging from setting up the first German online marketplace to being responsible for the development and construction of digital business models in start-ups, mediumsized companies and corporations through to strategy development and management tasks for several online shops. Timo has extensive experience in the areas of strategy and business development and brand management as well as eCommerce and marketplace management.
David Lengström Supportive organization: CEO ALMI Business Partner Kalmar (Sweden)
David has worked at ALMI Business Partner in Kalmar since 2009, and from 2016 he is the CEO for the Kalmar office. ALMI works to spur business development through coaching and offering loans to companies with growth potential, both for business in the start-up phase as well as established companies. In his work, David has identified digitalization, innovation, sustainability, and internationalization as megatrends affecting firms and the business context, which also ALMI takes into consideration in their work to support company growth in the region.
Emelie Sjölander Practitioner: Founder and CEO of Boksmart Publishing and www.barnsmart.se (Sweden)
Emelie has a background as executive and coach within the travel business and sales. Since 2016 she is the founder and CEO of Boksmart Publishing and www.Barnsmart.se producing books and digital school material for kids. The books are easy-going tales with classic and playful illustrations - everything for a child (and adult) to easily learn important things. The company is run in close collaboration with her husband, and together they have spurred a business with a core close to their values of producing wisdom focusing on children's wellbeing and ability to set boundaries and learn about everyone's equal value.
Rene Lydiksen Pracademic: PhD; CEO web-development Oxygen and global business leader at Lego Education International. (Denmark)
Rene Lydiksen is currently a CEO at web-development Oxygen. Rene is also a global business leader at Lego Education International. Prior to that, he had been director of sales and marketing at the company Veksø for four years. He holds a PhD. in international entrepreneurship and management from University of Southern Denmark and a MBA from Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.
Marianna Strzelecka Academic: Associate Professor at the School of Business and Economics at LNU (Sweden)
Marianna conducts teaching a nd research within the eXperience knowledge platform and works with sustainable tourism. The research is cross-scientific to shed light on the socio-cultural aspects of relationships between communities of place and local ‘natures’, how tourism allows to re-negotiate these relationships and application of big data for sustainability of tourism destinations.
This panel discussion is open to the public and will be moderated by Per Servais (Linnæus University, Sweden)
Venue: Fo1040K (House Forma at Universitetskajen, Kalmar) and via Zoom
Time/date: 10:00-12:00 am on May 6, 2022
Registration: no registration required
Fee: no fee applied
Flier: it can be downloaded here
Contact the host: Susanne Sandberg, Linnæus University, Sweden.
This panel discussion is part of the IETN PhD supervisor course in 'Authentic Leadrship' that is hosted and certified by Linnæus University.
