
[slow down to speed up]
Welcome to a journey beyond business as usual! Here, Elisabet Lagerstedt aims to inspire and support you in developing conscious and impactful leadership, building Better Business, and co-creating a better future—from the outside in, inside out, and from the future back.

This short clip is from a longer dialogue with Vincent Stanley, the Director of Philosophy at Patagonia (January 12, 2023), as part of the Better Business Acceleration Program™. You can read more about Patagonia’s journey here >>
The Better Business Acceleration Program™ will help you move beyond business as usual to develop future-fit leadership and a future-fit business.
This journey starts with you!
As business leaders, we can go far beyond demonstrating in the streets. We can mobilize capital, minds, and actions and cooperate to nudge consumers into making choices that co-create the healthy future we want and need for our business, humanity, and the generations to come—our own children and grandchildren included. Below are a few resources to help you accelerate this important shift.



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Beyond Business as Usual
Welcome to slow down to speed up – and enjoy the reading!

Leadership
The DELA Summit: Supporting Social Entrepreneurs for a Better Future
Last week, I attended the DELA Summit in Älmhult, Sweden—a remarkable gathering co-hosted by Ashoka and IKEA Social Entrepreneurship. The summit brought together a…
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Leadership
Thriving in a VUCA World: Why Vertical Leadership Development is Key
In today’s world, we as business leaders face challenges that the best practices of management theory and even the best Ivy League business schools…
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Leadership
Book: Leadership and the New Science
I just finished listening to the book Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World, by Margaret Wheatley, initially published in…
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Leadership
My brain is plastic – yours too!
When I was younger, I was taught that our brains stopped developing at the age of 25. It was believed that the brain had…
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Leadership
Why We Need Inner Development to Navigate and Catalyze Outer Change
Today’s world is often described as VUCA—volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. The acronym captures the unpredictability of modern life, where everything from climate change…
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Leadership
Inner Development for Outer Change
The Inner Development Goals (IDG) Summit in Stockholm last week was an inspiring reminder that the path to a sustainable, thriving future lies in…
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Reading
Book: All Societies Die – How to Keep Hope Alive
In today’s world, with the accelerating impacts of climate change, nature loss, rising inequality, and increasing political instability, Samuel Cohn’s book All Societies Die:…
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Leadership
The power of Executive Presence
Have you ever considered what makes you want to follow one leader but not another? In its essence, it boils down to that person’s…
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Leadership
Book: Immunity to Change – How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization
In their groundbreaking book “Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization” published by Harvard Business…
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Leadership
Book: Energy Rising – The Neuroscience of Leading with Emotional Power
Energy Rising: The Neuroscience of Leading with Emotional Power, by Julia DiGangi (Harvard Business Review Press, 2023), delves into the intricate relationship between neuroscience,…
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Leadership
Book: The Source – open your mind, change your life
In today’s rapidly evolving world, traditional leadership models are being challenged. The need for leaders who can navigate complexity, inspire collaboration, and make a…
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Innovation
It’s time for Creative Renewal
Creativity is one of humanity’s most valuable assets. It can be defined as the ability to generate new and useful ideas, solutions, or works…
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