An organisational unit specialised in design methods, business strategy and innovation management for the circular transition. Home of the Circular business lab. Revenue wise we are at 50% strategy consultancy, and 50% publicly funded innovation projects.

Managing 13 people specialised on analysis related to sustainable innovation, including LCA, psychometrics/econometrics, circular economy and social sustainability.

Responsibilities: employees and recruitment, project portfolio and research agenda, implementation of policies and systems. Business and research area: Actionable research at the intersection of environmental sustainability & business administration & business model innovation. Contributions: I help facilitate the team's strong developments in the areas of circular design, strategy advice and circular finance during this period. I made active contributions to cohesion and shared… Show more Responsibilities: employees and recruitment, project portfolio and research agenda, implementation of policies and systems. Business and research area: Actionable research at the intersection of environmental sustainability & business administration & business model innovation. Contributions: I help facilitate the team's strong developments in the areas of circular design, strategy advice and circular finance during this period. I made active contributions to cohesion and shared vision for the department and management team of System transitions at RISE that I am part of. My unit experienced profitable organic growth of around 50%. During this period I gained recognition as an authority within circular economy issues (e.g. policy advisor, keynote speaker, roles in phd defences, board memberships). Show less

Cradlenet aims to accelerate Sweden's transition to a circular economy as a platform for knowledge and networking in circular economy. We support companies and organisations with the transition to circular economy by offering our members advisory services, market intelligence, studies, visibility, education, seminars and networking opportunities locally, nationally as well as on a nordic level. During my tenure Cradlenet relaunched the Circular Economy Outlook Report with a tenfold increase in… Show more Cradlenet aims to accelerate Sweden's transition to a circular economy as a platform for knowledge and networking in circular economy. We support companies and organisations with the transition to circular economy by offering our members advisory services, market intelligence, studies, visibility, education, seminars and networking opportunities locally, nationally as well as on a nordic level. During my tenure Cradlenet relaunched the Circular Economy Outlook Report with a tenfold increase in budget and impact. Show less

Founded in 1996 and hosted by Chalmers University of Technology, the Swedish Life Cycle Center (SLC) is a center of excellence and collaboration platform for academia, research institutes, industry and government agencies. It fosters competence-building and knowledge exchange in advancing and applying the life cycle field. With its multidisciplinary methodology and collaboration between researchers, practitioners and decision-makers, the Center is a recognized player in the field. During my… Show more Founded in 1996 and hosted by Chalmers University of Technology, the Swedish Life Cycle Center (SLC) is a center of excellence and collaboration platform for academia, research institutes, industry and government agencies. It fosters competence-building and knowledge exchange in advancing and applying the life cycle field. With its multidisciplinary methodology and collaboration between researchers, practitioners and decision-makers, the Center is a recognized player in the field. During my tenure with SLC, a fourth expert committée was created in the center, focused on the circular economy and chaired by RISE. Show less

This was my vehicle for odd gigs over the years. Early gigs were websites (LAMP) and a little bit of SEO. I ran a column in a magazine (innovationmanagement.se) for a while. I ran the lectures, exercises and graded assignments for the course module "Quantitative research" in the course "Research design and methods" (2015-2020) (Graduate level) at Chalmers university of technology for many years. And I ran the course "Economics of Innovation" (2014) (Graduate level) one year.

As the research manager of the application area Sustainable Business I am responsible for the project portfolio growth, employees and recruitment to the application area.Contributions: I managed the team during an M&A of 37 businesses in a three year-process in the creation of RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. My team faced among the largest organisational changes of the around 300 teams involved. Still, my team roughly doubled revenue and profitably throughout the reorganisation… Show more As the research manager of the application area Sustainable Business I am responsible for the project portfolio growth, employees and recruitment to the application area.Contributions: I managed the team during an M&A of 37 businesses in a three year-process in the creation of RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. My team faced among the largest organisational changes of the around 300 teams involved. Still, my team roughly doubled revenue and profitably throughout the reorganisation process.Business & research area: In close collaboration with industry we study the synergies and conflicts between environmental sustainability and profitability. Primarily within the fields of circular economy and mobility as a service. Our areas of expertise include key performance indicators, business model innovation, product design methods, business eco-systems and transition management. Show less

Main contributions included formulating and cementing the team's signature focus on the value retention perspective on circular business models and circularity indicators in two very well-cited articles (one of which was the main citation used at Wikipedia for circular business models for many years).Context: Right after my PhD studies, I joined two colleagues I got to know at Chalmers to help kick-start the Sustainable Business application area at Viktoria with a strong focus on… Show more Main contributions included formulating and cementing the team's signature focus on the value retention perspective on circular business models and circularity indicators in two very well-cited articles (one of which was the main citation used at Wikipedia for circular business models for many years).Context: Right after my PhD studies, I joined two colleagues I got to know at Chalmers to help kick-start the Sustainable Business application area at Viktoria with a strong focus on circular business models. Though at that time I called it "innovation management for proactive profit-driven recirculation of material goods." Show less

Primarily, I write a regular column on the latest trends in the blogosphere pertaining to innovation management. Basically I attempt to collect the latest and best links to the worlds blogposts about innovation metrics, business model innovation, creativity, disruptive innovations, how to sell an innovative idea internally and other innovation related activities.

The deliverable was a business plan outlining how to utilize a - at the time unique - city wide ZigBee-network in order to maximize revenue and profit. I was looking for large, multi-million dollar turn-over business opportunities. These were generated, evaluated and developed through numerous creative meetings with all parts of Göteborg Energi and CBI, as well as with many potential customer organisations.