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How the boss of Ikea gives his workers permission to fail
Jesper Brodin of Ingka Group gives out "banana cards" to staff in a bid to promote innovation by allowing them to fail ...
Ikea’s foray into secondhand furniture is the ‘smarter’ thing to do—but scaling it up will be a challenge, says group CEO Jesper Brodin
“It works—people like it,” Jesper Brodin, the CEO of Ikea’s main operator Ingka Group, told the Financial Times. “We have ...
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Sustainability Backsliding Doesn’t Have to Mean Back to Square One
This period of backsliding will demonstrate which funds are really committed to responsible investing, and investments will ...
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Top IKEA retailer says in Davos that tariffs could drive prices higher
pass it on to the customers," Jesper Brodin said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Sign up here. Inflation and high interest rates have had a ...
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IKEA annual sales slump 5% on weak housing market as company commits to price cuts
“In all our markets we experienced a slowdown of the economy and a slowdown of the home furnishing industry, almost simultaneously,” Ingka Group CEO Jesper Brodin said. “We never experienced ...
The secrets of success with Jesper Brodin, CEO of IKEA, the leader who puts purpose and planet at the center of everything he does
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The secrets of success with Jesper Brodin, CEO of IKEA, the leader who puts purpose and planet at the center of everything he does
Jesper Brodin is the CEO of Sweden’s most famous furniture company. Since he took over the yellow giant’s global retail operations in 2017, the company underwent a drastic transformation.