mad & bad*
*Make A Difference - Be A Difference
Born in Oslo, raised in Sandnes (Norway), and lucky with teachers who were given the time to care. A childhood spent in the scouts, providing ample Sunday morning opportunities to clean up puke, broken bottles, used syringes, and the odd condom (how else would we ever afford tents, fiberglass canoes, and Primus burner stoves?).
A ‘failed’ year at university of Bergen, followed by a year in His Majesty the King’s Royal Guard, leading into a semester of studies in Spain - a decison aided by the girls to boys ratio on the programme. Two contracts in the armed forces, this time as a NATO paramedic in Bosnia-Hercegovina, and an armed Venezuelan robbery later (being robbed, not robbing… I’m no Billy the Kid), the trip went to England, where I - a somewhat reluctant student - gained my Bachelor, Master’s, and PhD in leadership.
return (of the jedi)
Following 20 years in the great melting-pot that is the United Kingdom, and 15 years’ academic experience, participation in the inaugural Scottish Crucible academic leadership programme, and having served in roles such as research assistant, lecturer, professor, board member, head of department, and editor-in-chief, I returned to Norway in 2019.
In the luggage, I brought newly created ideas about how we can develop and provide better leadership in support of change, transformation, and innovation. I also brought with me an unhealthy interest in coffee, craft beer, gin & tonic, as well as a perverse number of jeans. Japanese selvedge denim. Nerdy stuff…
are you mad enough ?
Being an international leadership and organisational change expert - some would argue a rebel against status quo - I regularly deliver gigs such as keynotes and facilitation of workshops, both in English and Norwegian, abroad and in Norway, to private as well as public sector organisations.
You will never be asked to pay a speaker fee for such a gig. Rather, you will agree on a direct donation to a not-for-profit organisation.
Back in Norway, I continued delivering Change Leadership on the UiS Executive MBA, before changing my focus to Leadership for Innovation (in Norwegian) on the Master’s of Transformation and Innovation (MTN Master i transformasjon og nyskaping), Norway’s first and only leadership master’s based on design thinking principles and purpose-based leadership.
Read what our candidates say about the programme (in Norwegian).