Anssi Rantanen

What are the common denominators of the best high-growth companies? In this fun and inspiring talk Anssi will uncover the strategies and tactics of the fastest growing companies in the world and what you can learn from how they work. He covers topics such as:

• The systems, processes and frameworks for growth
• Foundational pillars: customer-centricity, self-learning organisation and experimentation
• The Growth Mindset, Psychological Safety and other key soft skills for growth
• Plenty of examples from top companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google

In this uncertain and unpredictable world resilience is becoming more important than ever: how can you proactively ride the wave of change? How can you increase your own and your team’s resilience? In this talk Anssi will cover:

• The theory of resilience
• Improving individual resilience with Growth Mindset, Locus of Control and antifragility
• Why prioritisation is a critical component of resilience
• Best practices and habits for increasing team resilience

We all work in teams, but few of us know the habits and tactics of world-class teamwork. In this talk Anssi will give you practical and actionable tactics and strategies on how to master teamwork. He covers topics such as:

• The five pillars of top-notch teamwork: meaning, autonomy, growth, impact and connection
• Key learnings from studies from Harvard and Stanford about maximizing teamwork and team impact
• Plenty of examples from top organizations from sports, NASA and various businesses

Our attention spans are worse than they’ve ever been. How can we ensure that we’re not only getting things done, but we’re getting the right things done? How can we fight our decreasing focus capabilities? In this talk Anssi will teach you the art and science of focus and getting things done. He covers topics such as:

• How technology can be a force for good and also evil in the age of distraction
• Information diet theory: how what and when you consume information affects your brain
• Best practices on becoming indistractible: time-blocking, focus buddies, 80/20 thinking and essentialism amongst others
• How living an indistractible life will also positively affect your mental health

AI promises to revolutionize how we work, but how can we best harness it in our organizations? How do we create a mindset and culture change within our teams to adopt these new technologies? In this talk Anssi will uncover:

• The transformative potential of rapid learning in the AI age
• Machine Learning’s role in revolutionizing business efficiency
• Key strategies to harness AI for exponential growth
• The strategies and tactics on how to lead change in your teams