Insights from the field
In our blog we publish short columns, articles and essays from our members. We publish in Finnish, English and Swedish.
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A human design talk at Humans breakfast concentrated on our handprint In March 2024, world’s leading geologists concluded that humankind still hasn’t transformed the planet…
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Thinking like mountains
What could more-than-human mean for Humans? In 2018 in Stockholm I stood, captivated but disturbed, in front of beautiful photographs of mountainscapes. These photographs had…
Keep readingElements of strategic thinking – a psychologist’s perspective
Social scientist supporting strategic decision making often default to research and recommendations, taking decision makers and a process of decision making out of focus. The…
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Ihmisymmärryksen ja ennakoinnin yhteinen maaperä alkaa hahmottua
English summary: The common ground of human insight and strategic foresight is emerging. The volatile business environment, changing consumer expectations and creative destruction in the marketplace have recently emphasized customer-centric and forward-looking thinking. However, human insight and strategic foresight are often far apart from each other in…
An anthropological take on product management
We as product development specialists need to start complexifying our understanding of how ‘product-market fit’ ought to be articulated. Learnings from anthropology, as well as the broader human sciences, are going to be critical for this.
Book Club notes: Changing practices – or practicing change?
For anyone interested in renewing how strategy work is done, it might be useful to understand how it has been done in the past. How have the shared ways of doing strategy – its practices – changed over time?
Strategiatyö kaipaa dynaamisempaa ymmärrystä organisaation omasta kyvykkyydestä
Pertti Pitsinki & Tuomo Ketola, Noren Strategiatyö nähdään edelleen usein johdon ja asiantuntijoiden vastuulle kuuluvana analyysi- ja suunnittelutyönä, jonka tuloksena syntyy joukko yrityksen toiminnan muutosta ohjaavia linjauksia ja päätöksiä. Onnistuneen strategiatyön kriteerinä pidetään strategisten linjausten selkeyttä ja toteutettavuutta. Selkeys nähdään osoituksena laadukkaasta ajatustyöstä ja laadukas ajattelu tuottaa…
Debating the utility of ‘ambivalence’ for human-centric strategy formulation
In many ways, the notion that ‘ambivalence’ or ‘self-contradiction’ might, in fact, be part-and-parcel of business strategy formulation seems perfectly sensible. After all, the idea that humans possess the propensity to act in ways that seem to go against their ethical modi operandi or ‘objective’ self-interests seems…
Humans and Things: Revisiting Stakeholders’ Role in Strategy
Liubava Shatokhina, Human Sciences in Strategy Board Member The name HUMANs seemed liked a good one when we started our association, a group of social researchers who seek to contribute to the strategic decision-making of business and policy-makers. We settled on the name HUMANs because, put simply,…
New aspirations, new demand Nya drömmar, ny efterfrågan
Oskar Korkman, Human Sciences in Strategy, Member of the Board (scrolla ner för svensk text) Finland has the great benefit of being a small society with a high education level, with high standards of technical competence and few barriers to collaborate. This has created success stories from…
Mistä on kyse? What is going on here?
Miten tulevaisuutta voi tehdä ihmistieteiden avulla – Creating the future with human sciences Heli Rantavuo, Human Sciences in Strategy, Member of the Board (Scroll down for English) Seison torstaina 27. helmikuuta 2020 Sörnäisissä erään startupin keittiössä kahvikuppi kädessä. On kirkas talviaamu. Juttelemme Kiinassa leviävästä viruksesta, josta on…
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