How to talk to Finns

I while ago, me and a friend started a YouTube series called the Foreigner’s Guide to Finland. It was a bit of fun, and we learned a lot about mics, cameras, interviewing, and uploading content to YouTube. We also made a ton of mistakes - that’s how you learn.

This was one of the more informative and fun episodes we filmed - How to Talk to Finns. Excuse the poorly-spelt channel description - unfortunately the channel logins are now lost to the void…

I Woz there - Steve Wozniak's guide to the new age

I Woz there - Steve Wozniak's guide to the new age

I got negative feedback for this article - but I enjoyed writing it so much! The editorial guidelines for Nordic Business Forum coverage state we must choose one theme from the keynotes we watch, flesh it out, and keep focused. The problem was that everything that came out of the Woz’ mouth was gold…

Fast fashion? Pure Waste.

Fast fashion? Pure Waste.

One of the great things about writing for the Nordic Business Forum is getting crash courses in new industries and technologies. The piece I wrote on Finland’s Pure Waste textiles taught me much about the the unsustainable nature of fast fashion, and what can be done to bring about change.

Jordan Peterson - a story of fatherhood

Jordan Peterson - a story of fatherhood

I spent a chilly autumnal Sunday evening a couple of week’s back attending the last date on Jordan Peterson’s world tour in Helsinki’s Kultturitalo. As it was father’s day in Finland that day, Dr Peterson centred his talk around what is means to be a good father. And as all questions have multi-layered, deep answers, that’s precisely what he gave us. Strap in, this goes out into the weeds for a while before coming home …