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“Severe occupational burnout has increased.” This was the headline of a recent press release by Työterveyslaitos - Finnish Institute of Occupational Health According to their research: ➖ one in four employees has an increased risk of burnout. ➖ the likelihood of burnout has increased, especially among managers. The number has tripled compared to the pre-pandemic period. ➖ severe burnout is twice as likely among young people under the age 36 compared to 2019. ➖ cognitive disorders and cynicism at work have increased. The study, with over 1200 respondents, revealed the main reason behind this increased burnout risk; uncertainty about one’s own job (job insecurity) combined with a growing sense of hopelessness for the future😢   While this data is specific to Finland, I believe it reflects a similar trend across Europe. ❓WHAT CAN WE DO TO TURN THIS TREND AROUND❓ The statistics are worrying, but also awaken the fighter in me. There must be a way for us to reduce job insecurity and create more hope for the future! 👉 I’d love to hear from you: What strategies or approaches have you found helpful – as a leader, or just for yourself – in: 1️⃣ reducing job insecurity, AND/OR 2️⃣ increasing hope for the future? How can we, as workplaces, build a sense of stability and optimism for everyone? Please share your best tips – let’s tackle this challenge together! #Stress #Burnout #Future #Work #Hope

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The digital maturity assessment of 50 Finnish digital service providers reveals the following insights based on six key dimensions The analysis highlights that, even in a digital-native sector, there are variations in maturity levels, emphasizing that digital transformation remains an ongoing process across different focus areas. This fact-based overview provides a snapshot of digital maturity patterns and areas for growth within the Finnish digital service sector SMEs. The analyzed data included 50 Finnish digital service providers of varying sizes: - Micro-size (1-9 employees): 40 companies - Small-size (10-49 employees): 7 companies - Medium-size (50-249 employees): 3 companies Finnish AI Region (FAIR EDIH) European Digital Innovation Hubs Network Helsinki XR Center Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Vantaan kaupunki - Vanda stad - City of Vantaa Enter Espoo Helsingin kaupunki – Helsingfors stad – City of Helsinki Aalto University University of Helsinki Espoon kaupunki - Esbo stad - City of Espoo KIRAHub CSC EIT Digital

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What a great evening! I had the honor to speak at EEX Oy Collaborator's Club event and share my learnings about ecosystems and intrapreneurship while working at Nokia, KONE, ABLOY and Betolar I reflected on my experiences working at these four companies building a new ecosystem business. Some people might say that the platform and ecosystem business hype has passed, but I argue that value creation has permanently changed. Hypes come and go, but if your company has not considered how to collaborate in value creation, you are missing out. Being an intrapreneur and building new kinds of business in a company with strong existing business can be a daunting task. Some of my key points involve: ✅ Complementing the core business instead of building silos ✅ Understanding and nurturing coopetition instead of fearing past competitors ✅ Building business models and pricing that fit your industry instead of jumping to conclusions based on others Thank you Elisa Kitunen and Tapio Peltonen inviting me and for DLA Piper for hosting us all tonight! #ecosystems #intrapreneurship #eex #entrepreneurship #innovation #businessmodels

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How many companies can say they have done a comparative study for how exactly GenAI is changing their business? Pretty soon we at Solita together with ISS Palvelut can! 💪 Just yesterday me and our customer team had the chance to hear more from the amazing Jenni Heinisuo about ISS's AI journey, vision and strategy. As Jenni said, now is not the time to wait and see what others are doing, now it's time to learn by doing. 🦸‍♀️ Brave words from a courageous leader, something both of our companies share. 🫶 Let's do epic stuff! https://lnkd.in/dww7mv-B

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How to work with company data - Pietari Suvanto 📊 🚀 Listen to when Pietari Suvanto - CEO & Co-founder at Vainu - joined Josef in B2B SaaS CEOs 🎙️ 💡 They talked about: - How to work with contact data - Social selling as their best lead-generator - The extreme advantage of being a data-focused company - And much more...💡 Listen to the interview by searching for" B2B SaaS CEOs" where you listen to podcasts. 🎧 #CompanyData #ContactData #Sales #B2BSaaSCEOs

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Always good reason to consider another technology. Skilled consultants are a constraint and cause a bottleneck for upgrades. How about real multi-tenant Cloud instead of collection of hosted on-prem and cloud? Look for options. Infor

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How can you move fully from on premise to Microsoft Azure? Discover the full Bravida cloud journey below👇🏻 #datacentre #cloudmigration #azure

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It’s day 10 of our #CopilotAccessibilityAdventCalendar🎄 💡Tip: Effortless Content Creation with M365 Copilot Business Chat: https://lnkd.in/dBXj2kjU Ever stared at a blank screen, unsure how to start that important email or document? We've all been there! #M365CopilotBusinessChat is like having a creative partner right by your side. Whether you're drafting a personal email, anticipating additional information, or suggesting calls to action, Copilot helps you turn your ideas into polished content effortlessly. Example Prompt: "Copilot, I need to write a performance review for my team member. Can you help me structure it to highlight his achievements, areas for improvement, and set goals for the next quarter?" #DigitalInclusion #accessibility Tatiana Sarah Lucy Liz Heather

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Watching the Agentforce 2.0 launch event the other day got me thinking more about the Agentic AI and what it means to companies. Here are some thoughts about it…   🤖 Future business operations and workstreams will be run by AI and humans together, working side-by-side to execute business processes and workflows. 🤖 Agentic AI is a game changer and it will supercharge productivity for many industries. 🤖 Agentforce 2.0 is a great opportunity for Salesforce customers to take on Agentic AI approach and harness the power of digital labor and its unlimited scalability. 🤖 When you start outsourcing your workflows, processes and actions to your fellow, the AI agent, this change will enable you to focus on your human strengths like imagination, intuitive problem solving, big picture thinking, emotional intelligence and building relationships. 😊 These human strengths are still critical factors for any successful business.     Here is a link to a article about our customer #insinööriliitto who has been a true #trailblazer in utilizing Salesforce AI in their organisation! 🙌

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💡In this article by YLE (the Finnish national broadcasting company) you can get a peek into the super-interesting, and seemingly rare, expertise of biomimicry, with focus on how to apply it in design - through an interview with Denny Royal, MS, BPro who heads design in Tietoevry Create. It was super nice to see you f2f in Finland too Denny 🌟

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The (second) most important day of the year is approaching! See you at Microsoft Business Applications Launch event (virtually) on 29th October? I'll definitely be there. Will you Vesa Nopanen [MVP] or Jukka Niiranen? And what's the very number one most important day of the year? For me, it's the grand opening of the winter swimming season - no matter if there's frozy lake or icy river or no ice nor snow nor minus Celsius degrees ;-) So what to expect next week? It's the deep dive into the new and enhanced AI capabilities included in the 2024 Release Wave 2. Microsoft (Charles Lamanna to be precise) will explore how the latest features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform can help optimize operations. #copilot #sulavasti #lifelonglearning This post was not written nor rewritten with AI <3 - please comment if you will join the event (or winter swimming season)!

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To bring effectiveness, quality and productivity of health and social care services to the Finnish wellbeing services counties, Tietoevry launched a #Lifecare partnership model in 2021. Since then, we have closely collaborated with the 8 counties in Finland to support health and social care professionals in their daily work to provide equal services for the residents in the counties. Thanks to the powerful union: the wellbeing services counties of South Karelia, South Ostrobothnia, Kanta-Häme, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Kymenlaakso, Päijät-Häme and Satakunta in Finland. You do an amazing job by serving about 1.4 million people! Together we care! The Finnish IT magazine Tivi wrote about the joint model. #TietoevryCare #purposefultechnology

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Check out my Certificate of Completion - CELEMI Apples & Oranges digital certificate issued by Cesim Oy via Sertifier! #sertifier #digitalbadge #digitalcertificate #digitalcredentials #analyticalthinking #businessacumen #financialliteracy #changemanagement #strategicthinking #cashflowmanagement

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We had a chat with Bård Bognøy, CFO at Ardoq about 3 top KPI's he's focusing on in 2025 📊 Curious about insights from all 8 experts? Check out the full article here: https://lnkd.in/d6iPWGf8

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Check out this great article from SaaSiest featuring our very own Bård Bognøy CFO at Ardoq. A wonderful insight from 8 industry experts. #SaaSiest #Thoughtleaders #2025KPIs #DigitalTransformation #Ardoq

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Feel free to contact us and talk to our experts about anything that you find interesting about digital transformation! #digitaltransformation Roima Intelligence AVEVA

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You’ve likely heard about Einstein Copilot. This is our conversational AI for CRM, grounded in your company data. So, how is it? Read VTT’s experiences on Einstein adoption and the value it brings in the latest edition of Tivi

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Exciting news! 📣 I just received fresh references for my side-hustle where I offer sales and marketing training. 💼 My coaching focuses on helping customers improve their sales process and grow their sales results using recent best practices and modern sales methods. 💪 Check out my references and drop me a line if improving your sales is on your agenda right now. Let's work together! 🔥 #sales #b2b #marketing #modernsales

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If you ever need to watch one, just one conference speech about where the software development is going with AI, watch this. https://lnkd.in/dunjGyAJ By Marko Klemetti and Henri Hämäläinen of Eficode in #futureofsoftware conference. #DevOps #softwaredevelopment #ai #artificialintelligence

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