Country Manager Network Breakfast: Crash Course into the New Finnish Government and HQ Communication
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Country Manager Network Breakfast: Crash Course into the New Finnish Government and HQ Communication
@amchamwatch| @HofstedeInsight @RudPedersenFIN
Crash Course into the New Finnish Government and HQ Communication
Egbert Schram CEO HofstedeInsights Esa Suominen Managing Partner Rud Pedersen Kathleen Naglee Head of School & CEO International School of Helsinki
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Amcham Finland, October 3rd 2019. Esa Suominen
Content
Short introduction New Government Influencing Finnish Government Input for group discussions
Rud Pedersen Public Affairs
Part of Rud Pedersen Group – pan- European public affairs and PR group. 6 countries, 180 experts. Politically diverse and experienced. Working with over 200 clients in industries such as defence, health care, FMCG, Infrastructure, Finance, Energy, NGOs, Finance.
i Brussels Gothenbur g Oslo Copenhagen Helsinki Tallin n StockholmEsa Suominen
40 year old father of three. Master of Social Sciences, University of Tampere Managing Partner of Rud Pedersen Public Affairs since 2015 – State Secretary, Ministry of Finance 2014-15 Special Advisor, Ministry of Education 2013-14 Special Advisor, Ministry of Transport and Communication 2012-13 Director of Administration, Palvelualojen ammattiliitto PAM 2011-12 Head of Political Department, Social Democratic Party SDP 2009-11
07/10/2019 6 Esa Suominen Managing Partner +358 43 824 5668 esa.suominen@rudpedersen.comNew Government
07/10/2019 Page 7New Government
suffering defeat.
to succeed.
tripartite cooperation, supply-side employment reforms cancelled.
07/10/2019 8Centre-left Government led by SDP PM Antti Rinne since April 2019
Influencing Government
07/10/2019 Page 9Your goal is helping them to reach their goals
Your case is more interesting if it helps them to achieve their goal. Give them ideas and tools they can use – partner up! Employment, health tech, climate I t s abou t f r am ewGive tasks
9 lobbyist out 10 fail when asked: “Ok. I’m enthusiastic. What should I do?” Know where, when, with whom – AND GIVE CONCRETE TASK.Pay attention also to the engine room
Minister is busy. MP is valuable if in a right place. Political advisor hold the pen and have the ear. Civil servants are forever.Input for conversations
07/10/2019 Page 11QUESTIONS
SOLVE?
Hofstede Insights The Key to Culture
Cultural Analytics and Country office influencing Amcham country managers session October 3rd 2019 Egbert schram
Ongoing PhD in Social Psychology MSc in Forestry Areas of expertise: internationalization, SME´s, culture, international account management, HRD and business development. Dutch native living in Finland.
Group CEOEgbert Schram
https://www.linkedin.com/in/egbertschram/ egbert.schram@hofstede-insights.com Helsinki, FinlandAbout Hofstede Insights
WHAT WE DO
We make fuzzy topics such as Trust and Culture tangible, using a data- driven approach. Insight into culture is the ultimate growth hack
OUR BACKGROUND
Founded with support of Geert Hofstede 34 years ago. We translated his academic research into applicable solutions.
WE ARE
nearly 130 people in 60 countries Data technicians and facilitators.
The survival of mankind will depend to a large extent on the ability of people who think differently, to act together
“The essence of our work ”
Global HQ in Helsinki, FinlandHOW WE WORK
ABOUT US
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@Hofstede InsightsIf you can ignore culture you should.
But you can’t. So you should understand where, how and when culture impacts your business.
Lesson number one. You look at the world through your own lenses
What do you see?
@Hofstede InsightsWhat does this mean for country office influencing focus?
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