Mathias Jakobsen Email & Phone Number

Copenhagen Metropolitan Area

Unlocking business opportunities through design. Working within the Ørsted Design Center of Excellence to partner with business units around the globe. Humbly bringing a dose of creativity—with the greatest respect for the engineering- and financial craft that makes large scale implementation and operation of energy projects possible.

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Backstory: After running Think Clearly as a small side-hustle for the past six years, I'm incredibly excited to once again jump in with both feet and dedicate myself, my time and my energy to helping people all over the world think more clearly. Why? Because your life is better when you are driving the future and not just following the norms and expectations of others. When you know what you want, why you want it, and have clarity on what you need to do to get it, you gain the freedom to succeed in life on your own terms.In the coming months we will be launching professional- and life coaching via chat and a range of online courses that help you unlock the mindset and courage to go after your dreams. A quick history of Think Clearly:Version 1.0: 2011-2014, NYC, full-time, consulting with startup ceos, co-founding teams and corporate executives Version 2.0: 2014-2020, NYC, side-project, keynotes and inspirational content (newsletter and podcast) Version 3.0: 2020-, Copenhagen, full-time, online courses, chat coaching and much more.

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

My goal is to help as many startup founders as possible get their new business up and running and ready to scale. My focus is on helping founders solve the right problems first, getting the clearest and most convincing evidence of product-market-fit in the shortest possible time.

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

Helped Implement get started on the internal transformation necessary to become a truly virtual company, where the unique culture and specialized offerings can exist and be delivered virtually, globally with passion and energy.

New York City

Writing words with clarity and occasional wisdom, that allow our clients to see their own world with new eyes. Clients include Cravath, Cognizant, Kate Spade, IBM, BlackRock, Pfizer, PayPal and Prudential

New York

Teaching various courses in design thinking and innovation as part of the Strategic Design and Management (MS) program http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/masters-design-management/

Greater New York City Area

The 4A’s, founded in 1917, is the leading authority representing the marketing communications agency business. It provides leadership, advocacy and training that empowers agencies to innovate, evolve and grow. It serves 740 member agencies across 1,400 offices that control more than 85% of total U.S. advertising spend.The 4A’s is committed to protecting the best interests of its members, their employees and the industry at large. Its Benefits division insures more than 164,000 agency professionals, and the D.C. office advocates for policies that best support a thriving advertising industry.With its best-in-class learning and career development programs, 4A's and its Foundation fuel a robust diversity pipeline of talent for its members and the marketing and media industry, fostering the next generation of leaders.

Consulting and advising on strategy in executive development

New York City

Tasked to help build internal learning in a way that is useful, impactful and scalable.Also consulting on client projects specifically around leadership, feedback and learning.

New York City

Hyper Island designs learning experiences that challenge companies and individuals to grow and stay competitive in an increasingly digitized world. Our range of immersive programs and courses seeks to equip people with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead change and begin a journey of lifelong learning.–As a learning designer I bring together the right speakers and collaborators for our intensive executive programs and facilitates the learning experience with the participants.

Greater New York City Area

Fashion media platform that brings everyone closer to the runway action.

Founded in 2007 by Helle Rohde and Mathias Vestergaard, GadeMode.dk came to define street style in Denmark – literally. The site has more than 2000 unique visits every day, and has been recognized in local and international media (US, UK, China, Germany). GadeMode.dk has collaborated with major publications including Buck Style (UK), AnotherMag (UK), Shopper Magazine (China), Politiken (DK), Euroman (DK), Eurowoman (DK), Women's Health (US), Petra (Germany) and more._As strategic director I have been involved in the development and execution of the overall concept, our media strategy and I have negotiated partnership contracts with other companies.

Denmark

Business consulting practice specializing in helping small and medium sized businesses harness the power of technology. Noteworthy client cases include:_Netfidus.dk – one of the first profitable e-learning platforms in Denmark, used by more than 15% of all elementary schools. Developed in collaboration with Dansklærerforeningens Forlag (publishing house) in the years 2002-2007. _Darklandsberlin.com – a highly successful ultra high-end men's fashion store (a pair of boots start around $1800). Designing a user experience that will accomodate a such a high-end niche clientele is en enormous challenge. Frequent make-overs and redesigns kept the look fresh, while intentionally staying raw and different from mass-market online platforms like Asos and Zappos. _

Teaching digital creation and multimedia production for undergrad, grad and ph.d. level.

M.Sc., Information Technology

Aarhus University was recently awarded the most entrepreneurial university (2009) with several initiatives to support this proposition.

Ba, Information Studies & Cognitive Semiotics

Activities and Societies: SAIS, Delfinen, Lassegruppen,

Micro Economics