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Speakers
[ Goran Carstedt ]
.jpg) Goran Carstedt, one of Europe's most prominent business leaders, has run some of the world's leading companies. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most practical presenters on leadership, organisational learning and change his presentations are lively and thought provoking. Recently he has been responsible for establishing a global community for the Society of Organizational Learning - founded by Peter Senge. In this thought provoking presentation Goran will ask and provide answers to the following:
What if people don't mind change, but they do mind being changed?
What if people are not led by managers, but by good ideas?
What if change is less about understanding new things or having new ideas, but more about seeing old things with new eyes - from a different perspective?
What if organizations don't act like machines, but more like living communities?
What if change is less about reorganising, restructuring and reengineering and more about re-conceiving?
What if learning is less about absorbing information and more about becoming part of a meaningful community?
What if the Information Age is less about having answers and more about being open enough to keep asking questions?
What if you can only earn people's trust by being trustworthy?
Dr. Carstedt is also a consultant and coach to various US and European organizations and serves as Chairman and Board Member in several corporations. He is the former head of IKEA Retail Europe and member of the IKEA Group Management Board. He served from 1990-95 as President of IKEA North America in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Before joining IKEA, Mr. Carstedt served for many years with Volvo. He joined Volvo in 1974 as Manager of Market Planning at the Car Division in Gothenburg, Sweden. From 1977-82, he was Manager of Corporate Planning Office at Volvo headquarters, and from 1982-85 he was President of the Car Division at Volvo France SA in Paris. From 1985-90 he served as President of Volvo Svenska Bil AB, the Swedish Volvo sales organization for cars, trucks, buses, spare parts, financial and computer services and car rentals. During this time he was also a member of the Volvo Group Management Committee.
Dr. Carstedt received his Ph.D. from the University of Umea in 1974. From 1987-88 he was an Executive Member of the Swedish Bidding Committee for the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Dr. Carstedt speaks Swedish, English, and French.
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