Jan Sturesson
A “C-suite” focused consulting brand, it concentrates on innovative business strategies and leadership development. My clients are “glo-cal”: global & local and include private companies, cities and international organizations. A common key question is how to find the way to the future, linked to current societal trends and developments. This is about strategic knowledge navigation.
Responding to these questions is a complex knowledge process which requires authentic, humble and bold leaders. Leaders who will lead ahead of the game. My aspiration and mission is to inspire “C-suite” leaders to anticipate, perceive and create a desired future based upon strong vision, passion and mission.
Value proposition:
- CO-CREATE new knowledge and skills with my clients – applying resilient and deeply rooted values sourced from applied wisdom
- Designing new processes for better strategic NAVIGATION using new innovative knowledge mental maps, creating competitive advantage for the future
- CHALLENGE mature, courageous, yet humble clients to better lead in essential and emerging IN-BETWEEN SPACES
Client promise:
- Strong personal engagement with responsibility
- New energizing knowledge and perspectives
- Honest and transparent dialogue
Before starting RESTING, I was a partner of PwC and served as the global leader for government and public services. My responsibilities covered all work for public and non-profit clients, including international organizations such as: UN, EU, World Bank, IMF and NATO. During my time at PwC, I collaborated a great deal with WEF – World Economic Forum.
In addition, I was a member of three (3) Global Agenda Councils: 1. Future of Urbanization, 2. Future of Government and 3. Future of Global Governance. Another collaboration partner was The New Club Of Paris – an international research based organization focusing on intellectual capital and innovation.
Each new assignment has been an opportunity to serve, innovate and to share responsibility for a more purposeful future!
Strategy Consulting
Strategic Navigation —> Position, Direction & Speed
- Social Intelligence – Analyzing trends and drivers within society with a focus on emerging issues, industries, technologies and new in-between spaces. The arenas of emerging digital technologies and urban futures hold a special place in my heart …
- Strategic Scenario Planning – linked to: vision, mission, values, brand and action plans within a holistic approach
- Orchestrate competitive business models and unique innovation ECO systems
Leading Change —> Mindset, Business models and Skills
- Energizing new perspectives and inspiring new mental maps and business ideas
- High level strategic systemic thinking, together with hands-on road maps
- Fostering and enabling a culture of imagination and innovation, applying rapid prototyping for best option in opportunity space
Leadership development —> Inject Energy into Authentic & Serving Leaders
- Creating the leaders of the future today by shifting from:
- boundaries to in-between opportunity space
- knowledge to knowing to the unknown
- management to leadership to flow
- profit only to purpose & meaning in life
- managing from the top in the background to leading from the front and serving from underneath
- Team leadership – TEAM =Together Everybody Accomplishes More…
Speaking
I’m passionate about a range of international speaking opportunities developed through many years of C-suite consulting and leadership training. See videos clips below.
Specialist speaking topics in my ‘FUTURE’ series include: The Future of…
- Leadership – leading in-between…
- Social intelligence – from reactive sea charts to interactive digital data lakes
- Key trends impacting society today and in the future
- Trends – from mega to giga to terra trends impacting society
- Knowledge navigation – when the map changes the landscape – the power of anticipate and perceive foresight
- Digital technology – it’s impact on growth, jobs and skills
- Government and value co-creation
- Cities of the future – from knowledge cities to city brains and wise places
- Smart cities – Innovative free zone or digital prison
- Villages of the future – Rurbanization and territoryzation
- State and city owned companies SOEs
- Industries, sectors and functions
- Innovation ECO system & entrepreneurship
- Sustainable regional growth and development – the new multi capitalism…
- Strategic board work and strategic agenda setting – good governance in practice
All topics are presented “in colour” with an international outlook, in-between approach, new perspectives and dimensions, creating a base for reflections and practical applications.
Examples of speeches delivered, giving motivation and vision for the future:
- Skills for industry conference european commission
- Dubai Knowledge Summit 2022 – Future of the knowledge economy and world of intangeable
- New York -Sweden Chamber of Commerce; The new holistic capitalism
- Future of Procurement, Cape Town South Africa
- Cities of the future, Sidney, Australia
- Innovation for a nation, Windhoek, Namibia
- Digital skills – MC of 5 EU Commission seminars in Brussels, Belgium
Investing
My investment philosophy is about adding value to entrepreneurs and society through active engagement and passion for the future. My focus is:
– StartUps
– Tech Focus
The most exiting investment right now are:
- SwiftCourt – Legal and FinTech Industry— Sweden
- Zero1 – High Tech Industry (Li-Fi) – Luxembourg/Dubai
Board Work
Over the last 20 years I have served on many boards in different sectors and industries. My contributions have focused on:
- Corporate governance issues – roles and relationships between owner, board and CEO
- Strategic board work including board evaluation – structure, agenda and processes
- Advisory board orchestrion – external input with a multi- knowledge approach
- University of Lund – Dept of Economy, Member advisory committee – Sweden
- Brightec Group – Chairman of advisor board
- ICCC International – Sweden – Chairman
- Swiftcourt – Sweden – Board member
- Space – Finland – Board member
- Zapmeet – Norway – Charman of the board
- EEIG – Chairman – Belgium – PwC owned European consulting company working for EU Institutions
- New Club of Paris – France – Chairman advisory board
- PwC Sweden – Chairman of the client committee
- Medicon Village – Sweden – Advisory board member
- Global Forum – Committee chairman – Most sustainable city award
- Global Challenge – Sweden – Board member
- Scandinavia Publishing House – Denmark – Board member
- Prinfo Team Offset – Sweden – Chairman
- Hyllie Park Holding – Sweden – Chairman
Videos & Pods
Publications
To date, I have had the privilege to think, explore and write about different topics, all carrying a seed for a new, better and preferable future… The result has been a multitude of articles, reports and books either as author or co-author.
Articles
Reports & Books
Connect With Me
Jan Sturesson
Billeberga, Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)70 569 37 37
E-mail: resting@jansturesson.se