Culture beyond the basic concept of folklore is a complex heritage for all human beings. We learn first from our parents, then our family and relatives, and then the environment around us. Culture is transmitted through the process of learning and interacting with...
Finn Majlergaard
Dr Finn Majlergaard is the founder and CEO of Gugin. He is leading the global Gugin team when helping companies around the world developing winning corporate cultures.
He is also a serial entrepreneur, professor, author and an award-winning keynote speaker
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Cross-Cultural Team Development in the Southern French Alps
Develop your team's intercultural competencies in one of Europe's largest nature reserves, Parc National du Mercantour. We can learn so much from nature and we want you to use wild nature as inspiration for your own and your team's development. For many years, Gugin...
United Airlines corporate culture – a patient to be examined
The United Airlines corporate culture exposed When a Kentucky physician was dragged off a United Airlines plane it naturally created headlines around the world as it was an incomprehensible act, which didn't make sense to anybody. If it had been a violent passenger or...
How creative are you? And how do you turn it into innovation?
We often hear about the need for being creative. We even have a so-called creative class. It is usually people ( all dressed in black ) working in the advertising industry. They claim they have unique skills when it comes to creativity and they are excellent at luring...
Managing exceptions :: The key to excellent performance
This article is about managing exceptions and why excellence in this ability makes us stand out as leaders. Many years ago, right after graduating from University I got a job with IBM as a trainee and had to learn to make advanced computer programs in "C" - a widely...
How a bank discovered that banking wasn’t its core competence
This article is about what can happen when you look at your company's culture and core competencies with an open mind. It is also about having the courage as a leader to make drastic decisions in order to leverage your company's culture in the very best way. A...
The New Homeless
Home means protection, belonging, feelings of ownership, safety, and overall a place where everything is known. At home, we understand the way things work and the relationships among others. We learn from others (parents) or teach others (brothers and sisters, sons...
Cultural challenges in the healthcare industry are blocking innovation and service improvements
The cultural challenges in the healthcare industry have to be addressed I am writing this article because I have received a number of questions and requests for help lately from companies in the healthcare industry about how to deal with cultural challenges in the...
What are you willing to die for? Think about it and get your priorities right in life
Sometimes you have to stop everything you do and make sure you are on the right train in the right direction. This article tells you what you can do as a self-assessment.
I just say things as they are…
"I just say things as they are" is a phrase you might hear quite often. Maybe even without paying attention to it. If you - as we do in Gugin work with leadership development, conflict reconciliation and cultural identities you DO pay attention to phrases like that....