Hi!

I’m glad you found your way here!

I’m Elisabet Lagerstedt, the founder and director of Future Navigators and the author of two books. I am based in Höllviken by the sea in southern Sweden.

Like you, I’m many things and find defining myself increasingly difficult.

Here, I still want to give you some hints about my professional background and path.

Guiding business leaders

For over a decade, I have guided business leaders into the future. Everything focused on the business leader as an essential force for positive change and transformation towards Better Business and a Better Future.

Career

Early in my career, I was responsible for one of Sweden’s first and leading sustainability brands (Grumme), which opened my eyes to an avenue beyond business as usual in the late 1990s.

Especially after having my second child (in 2010), I started asking myself, “How can I make a more meaningful difference?”. It then slowly became absolutely clear to me that I needed to step up my own game to better contribute to co-creating the future that I believe we all want for our children and the coming generations. Ultimately, to inspire and empower other business leaders to step up, too.

After a 20-year corporate career as a business leader and executive in well-known and responsible international companies  (Unilever, GfK, Cederroth, Hilti, and Thule) I started my boutique consultancy in 2013.

This major shift allowed me to have a valuable business impact while balancing life. It also allowed me time to focus on co-creating better futures for coming generations.

Since then, I have spent 60 percent of my work time on strategic, innovative, and transformational client projects and 40 percent of my time on future exploration, learning, teaching, and writing, as well as supporting young entrepreneurs and change-makers at Lund University’s Master’s Program of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Education and personal development

Academically, I hold a Master of Social Sciences from Lund University School of Economics and Management.

I’m a strong believer in lifelong learning. Hence, I have invested considerable time and resources into executive education at some of the world’s top business schools. From Harvard Business School, IMD Business School, Oxford Saïd Business School, MIT Sloan, INSEAD, to Singularity University, and others. I have also invested considerable time and effort in supporting others on their paths.

Even more so, I’m a firm believer that business – and business leaders – can be a force for good in our society. That’s why I am today a Nordic B Leader and a Climate Reality Leader, trained by Nobel laureate and former US Vice President Al Gore. I also guide, teach, and coach business leaders to help accelerate this critical paradigm shift.

Since personal development is close to my heart, I have also deep-dived into the wisdom traditions, adult development, and Vertical Leadership Development. I have explored TheoryU, Integral Theory, systems thinking, complexity theory, and other transformational theories and practices.

I hold an InnerMBA from New York University’s MindfulNYU and SoundsTrue. I’m also a certified StageSHIFT Coach and a Fellow of the Institute of Coaching.

Not surprisingly, my toolbox has come to integrate several fields today and goes far beyond business as usual. It is all valuable knowledge that I – on top of my long business experience – put to use in client projects.

Writing

In all of this, writing has become a way of creating clarity, structuring, and sharing my thoughts.

My blog (in Swedish) saw its first light in 2010 and has been followed by two books, Navigera in i Framtiden (2018, in Swedish) and Better Business Better Future (2022). A few ideas for the next book are already cooking.

Trusted advisor, consultant and coach

Today, I’m a trusted advisor, consultant, and executive coach. I help business leaders navigate uncertainty, build Better Business, and co-create a better future through insight, foresight, strategy, innovation, and transformation.

Get in touch

Why not reach out to set up a free discovery call via elisabet.lagerstedt@future-navigators.com! I would love to hear from you.

You can explore more about my background on LinkedIn and connect there.