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Design as means to sustainable transformation, with Matti Mölsä

Matti Mölsä has been leading and practising design for over two decades. As one of the founders of Nordkapp, and a freshly assigned interim Managing Director, he has faced global changes in what design is and how it’s perceived & applied first-hand, experiencing the challenges that came with it. When we spoke, Matti had yet another challenge to face: to reach mount Teide, one of the highest peaks in Spain, climbing a 4,000m volcano with nothing but a bicycle and plenty of time for personal reflections.

Transformation

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Design as means to sustainable transformation, by Matti Mölsä
Design as means to sustainable transformation, by Matti Mölsä
Transformation

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Future is Present Tense

·Apr 13

Transforming hospitality

Scanning the past and future of S Group hospitality transformation for clues of the building blocks of sustainable digitalization in the luxury business — This article was originally published in SOK Design. Hospitality has always been an experience business at the core. To assemble together these experiences, the culture and practices need to be right for the teams that make them possible. Sokos Hotels and other S Group services, SOK hospitality operators, have been…

Design Thinking

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Transforming hospitality
Transforming hospitality
Design Thinking

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Published in

Future is Present Tense

·Jun 3, 2022

Why does integration of strategy fail?

There is often a disconnect between high-level ambitions and daily work. We’ve found a repeating pattern in companies we work with: there is no lack of visions, strategies or individuals driving them, but it is near impossible to execute successfully without a common understanding or shared direction in the organisation. — What we do at Nordkapp — strategic design— smoothes the transition from a grand vision to a set of principles that can be used to make choices on an operational level. There are common issues we’ve discovered in our projects, that often prevent the integration strategies into practice. …

Strategy

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Why does integration of strategy fail?
Why does integration of strategy fail?
Strategy

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Future is Present Tense

·Feb 15, 2022

We can’t solve new challenges with old ways and means.

In 2022 and beyond, the world isn’t largely anymore in what many of us would consider by using the term normal (“ordinary or usual; the same as would be expected”). The issues businesses face in today’s complicated and constantly changing environment are complex and messy. We live in a system…

Strategic Design

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We can’t solve new challenges with old ways and means.
We can’t solve new challenges with old ways and means.
Strategic Design

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Published in

Future is Present Tense

·Jan 20, 2022

Matti Mölsä appointed as the Interim Managing Director of Nordkapp

Founding Partner Matti Mölsä has been appointed as the Interim Managing Director of Nordkapp. He will start in his position on 1st of February 2022. — “Having served as the managing director also during the first years of Nordkapp (2007–2009), this isn’t my first time filling these shoes. I am excited to take on this responsibility again! Since then, the world has changed a lot, but the main drivers still are the same: Nordkapp has a…

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Matti Mölsä appointed as the Interim Managing Director of Nordkapp
Matti Mölsä appointed as the Interim Managing Director of Nordkapp
Announcements

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Published in

Future is Present Tense

·Feb 19, 2021

5 common pitfalls when doing customer research (and how to avoid them!)

To launch a successful new product or service, the first step is to find a real customer need to solve. This is easier said than done — sometimes it’s obvious what the problem is, but often the main issue or point of focus is unclear. If we’ve learned something from…

Customers

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5 common pitfalls when doing customer research (and how to avoid them!)
5 common pitfalls when doing customer research (and how to avoid them!)
Customers

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Future is Present Tense

·Feb 3, 2021

Hello 2021, it’s good to be here

As a friend from another agency described, 2020 was one hell of a year which didn’t discriminate but revealed dents and hiccups equally from everyone. Every disruption is also an opportunity for reconfiguration and that’s exactly what we’ve been doing for the past couple of months, and while the pandemic…

Studio

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Hello 2021, it’s good to be here
Hello 2021, it’s good to be here
Studio

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Future is Present Tense

·Oct 2, 2020

Weeknote #687: Rails & Tennis

This week we’ve been a part of National Railways renewal and played some virtual tennis. VR.fi Launch Our Annukka and others have been working with VR’s own design team and other collaborators to launch an amazing new website & eshop for VR, the Finnish National Railways. This service touches so many Finnish…

Weeknotes

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Weeknote #687: Rails & Tennis
Weeknote #687: Rails & Tennis
Weeknotes

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Future is Present Tense

·Sep 28, 2020

Weeknote #686: antifragile

During the uncertain times, such as this with corona pandemic, we tend to search solace from various patterns; research, information and disinformation. Our brain tries to look for patterns also where those might not be seen, looking to make sense of the chaos. One of the frequent terms thrown around…

Weeknotes

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Weeknote #686: antifragile
Weeknote #686: antifragile
Weeknotes

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Future is Present Tense

·Sep 18, 2020

Weeknote #685: Consultant life

Working as a consultant can be something that people love or try to avoid. But those who get used to it will definitely experience a lot of fascinating challenges. Quite often people are saying that changing a job is exciting and but also exhausting. How about if you’re changing the…

Weeknotes

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Weeknote #685: Consultant life
Weeknote #685: Consultant life
Weeknotes

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