Work

I help people and organisations do knowledge work more effectively, and at a pace that can be sustained over the long run. That has been my work for over a decade, as a coach, trainer, and the author of three books and a newsletter.

Previously I led lean and agile coaching at VTT, Finland's state research institute, where I trained hundreds of professionals and built the organisation's agile approach from the ground up.

I am a systems thinker, and my approach to organisational development is grounded in how to work with complex adaptive systems. I am also a proponent of self-directedness and self-management. The goal is to build systems, policies, and shared understanding that let people do their work well without being managed in the detail. In my experience, that is how good work scales.

I have a master’s degree in economics and business administration. I have also worked as a researcher in Aalto University, focusing on experimentation-driven development and how to manage uncertainty in innovative projects.

Photography

I started to take photography seriously in the early 2000s when Canon and Nikon released their first affordable dSLR’s. At first my aim was to get material that I used to create digital art, but over time my focus shifted more towards pure photography.

A big leap in developing as a photographer took place in 2010-11, when I lived in South Korea. And to this day Seoul remains my absolute favourite place for street photography. A more dynamic and diverse city is hard to find.

My urge and interest in creating photographs has waxed and waned over the years. Sometimes it has been hard to grab a camera, let alone create anything I could be happy with. Yet photography has remained by my side to this day.

I am likely to be a student of photography for the rest of my life. Maybe I will start to take it really seriously when I retire and have more time to spare :)

Over the years I have shot with different cameras from Nikon, Olympus, Lumix, Sony and Leica. My current kit consists of Fujifilm gear and a battered old Ricoh GR.

Other

In addition to photography, a significant pastime is board games, which I have accumulated by several dozen.

I try to keep myself in shape by doing calisthenics, going to the gym and running. The older I get, the more I find myself spending time on mobility exercises. I also enjoy riding motorcycles during summer and snowboarding during winter.

I appreciate books, music, coffee and dark chocolate. As an old nerd who started playing games with Commodore 64 and Amiga, I am especially keen on the creations of From Software and CDPR.