Finlandia

It’s the opening night of the biggest music festival of the summer. Expectations are running high. You’ve got to hit all the right notes. And leave them wanting more. What do you perform?

Highlights

00:00 Introduction

02:09 Naked in the Baltic Sea [Leading you]

04:25 Speaking louder with silence [Leading teams]

05:30 Reinventing Nokia since 1865 [Leading organisations]

07:15 Sisu [Word of the week]

08:00 Final step

08:22 Close

References

First Night of The Proms — Friday, 14 July 2023

Finlandia — performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra in 2015

Nokia — corporate website

Final thoughts

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