Speaker Michael Andersen

Michael Andersen

Throughout my career 3 themes has been the driving passion 1) psychology 2) leadership and 3) business-acumen. It has therefor been natural for me to study business and organizational psychology in business-oriented schools like HARVARD and INSEAD and combine that with innovative ways of working with leadership, high-performance, business development and business-acumen. The understanding and combining of the clinical perspective as well as the business perspective has, in my believe, been where I have added the most value in the process of moving Bunker Holding from 18 bill. USD to 62 bill. USD in turnover in 7 years, without letting go of the company’s core values.

As an American Psychological Association (APA) international affiliated clinician/psychologist (membership # 3506-9079) I have worked with a clinical psychodynamic approach to business development and high performance world wide having companies, high-end executives, and award-winning actors as clients. This has given me indebt knowledge on the driving forces within high-performers.

As a result of my special interest in High Performance, business development and business-acumen I did my INSEAD Master Thesis on -the influence of shame, vulnerability and self-esteem in sustainable high-performance.

As my education and skills has unfolded to the one I am today, doors as external associated professor at universities in- and outside of Denmark has opened as well as assignments as keynote speaker at conferences and award-ceremonies.
- Thursday 03 May 2018
  20:00 - 20:30 Dinner Speaker: The truth about cooperation (if we really need the cooperation to work)
  That cooperation is wanted and expected at any workplace is known by us all. But it's only a few of us that know what true cooperation really consists of. Only few know that curiosity is the most important ingredient in cooperation, and only a few know that honest and deepfelt curiosity is one of the most difficult disciplines amongst humans. When only a few of us has this insight, then it's due to lack of honest and deep felt curiosity. Most people are happily ignorant to what true cooperations takes. This ignorance makes it possible for many good people to give extremely bad advice when it comes to cooperation. These bad advices are often given by people, who them self is part of the cooperation. Although it's really bad advice it often given with the best intentions. So how do organizations create and develop cooperation and how do they create fruitful cooperation relations?
  
  These questions will be answered by Michael Andersen in his keynote “the truth about cooperation”