Future Place Leadership

At Future Place Leadership we believe in talent mobility. We believe in collaboration across borders. We believe, we are not competitors but collaborators in our industry. We are proud to have had Morten King-Grubert spending Friday in Chisinau, #Moldova together with Invest Moldova Agency and Irina Tolstousov and a multitude of relevant government representatives and key stakeholders. Why? Because in the current macroeconomic and geopolitical situation, a united Europe matters. And sharing knowledge across the Baltic Sea Neighbourhood (Thank you government of #Estonia and #Lithuania for sharing your best practice aka Kristi Veskus and Laima Bendoraitytė to Moldova as well). Project title as you may have guessed: Piloting cross regional talent attraction cooperation: Baltic Sea Neighbourhood. Much more to come on this. For now simply grateful that we made the journey and connected with what will be the beginning of a beautiful friendship we hope. Last but not least, thank you to Svenska institutet for funding this project

Our very own Morten King-Grubert has spent the past week in #Norway, #Denmark, #Sweden, and now #Moldova talking to past and upcoming speakers and attendees of PLACExNordic - The Place Attractiveness Conference. He says it's amazing to meet with our community as the event is far from a stand alone Conference. It is a year long learning journey of knowledge sharing, project development, site visits (connect with fellow attendees), and well to be honest friendships too. We are feeling and hearing a lot of excitement and buzz around our May '25 event already. Maybe you should join in on the fun … Early Bird expires 31/12 2024. Yes prices will go up by then. But 50 percent discount is also a great deal. Use EB50 on PLACEXweb. Go to https://lnkd.in/gkbN-BAJ

Both Nicole van Haelst & Morten King-Grubert are pretty excited these days. They are putting everything they know - and more - together for our forthcoming Talent Attraction Management Training, Feb 4-5 in Amsterdam / Zaanstad Best practices, inspiring cases, proven methodologies, great guest speakers and an international peer network. You don't want to miss it. This program is ideal for anyone involved in economic development, place marketing, and human capital agendas, including public sector policy units, economic development arms, and representatives from science parks and educational institutions. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gRHZXkEV #futureplaceleadership, #talentattraction

What to do when you finished a great assignment in Vestfold fylkeskommune, you need to head to your next gig in Denmark, but it is a Friday night in Norway? Here is what our own Morten King-Grubert says about that... If you happen to be in #Norway but have no business in #Oslo… I suggest to make Oslo your business. Had a great time catching up with Mari Strømsvåg Friday night. Yes, I did make Oslo my business. Mari was there at the very beginning of Oslo's work with attracting international talents. And she is still going strong. We are now partners in European Talent Mobility Forum working on mobility and knowledge sharing at a European wide perspective. And Friday night in her company talking shop (and life) is well worth anyones time. Such an inspiration do'er, expert, and leader in our industry of international talent and places across Norway, the Nordics and beyond. Until next time Mari!

To many of our customers, we at Future Place Leadership is the Nordic agency empowering places to attract and retain talent and businesses. Often when we do that, we come in and find a multitude of stakeholders seeking to come together and identify the win-win for all parties in collaboration with each other. … And so today - live from Norway - our very own Morten King-Grubert finds himself with longtime client Vestfold fylkeskommune running a workshop for 100+ employees across different departments and sectors on how they can be more human (customer) centric in their approach and innovative in their service offerings while avoiding working in silos. Design Thinking for places if you will. Fun day ahead!

Did you miss it? More exciting speakers added to our PLACExNordic - The Place Attractiveness Conference: Including: 🇩🇰 Asbjørn Overgaard: "How can investment promotion play a role in addressing the world’s key societal challenges, from advancing sustainability to enhancing resilience?" 🇳🇱 Manou Nonnekes: "New Dutch - Repositioning the place brand of the Netherlands" It is in #Uppsala, #Sweden May 12-13 2025. Theme: Reimagine places: Electrifying change - Creating attractive and liveable places of tomorrow for people and businesses! And yes 50 percent Early bird is still live. Use EB50 until Christmas! Link: https://lnkd.in/gHNbkfZX With Partners: #Norduppland, Stockholms Handelskammare, and Destination Uppsala AB.

Psst: The secret is out: Are you looking for competence development, industry insights and a strong international peer network for 2025? We are feeling in a generous mood .... PLACExNordic - The Place Attractiveness Conference has a great program already. So why not use our Early Bird discount before 31/12 and get 50 percent off your tix price? Go to web and use code: EB50. Link: https://lnkd.in/gHNbkfZX Get it before your neighbor:) With partners Stockholms Handelskammare, Destination Uppsala AB, and #norduppland. Who is coming to #Sweden and Greater #Stockholm region and #Uppsala in May 2025? #earlybird #PLACExNordic

Europe - Africa Talent Bridge anyone? We are proud of how our very own Nicole van Haelst has been pioneering mobility of talent between the 2 continents. As such it made perfect sense that our friends at International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) made her master of ceremonies at the recent high-level representative meeting of the Rabat Process and the Khartoum Process in #Lisbon cohosted by the government of #Portugal and #Egypt with many dignitaries and stakeholders from the great African continent participating, Purpose: crafting innovative pathways for skills mobility between Europe and Africa, while discussing optimal solutions - data-driven, balanced and legal - to create the triple win.    We are now in dialoge with many government representatives on opportunities within talent mobility between Africa and Europe. Reach out if we should chat too!

Hi C4TALENT. Thanks for having our very own Marcus Andersson in beautiful #Alghero to provide insights on talent attraction. We love in-person sessions and discussions like the one we had together and how it can help shape your Integrated Action Plans. We think you are much closer to your goal: Attracting talent. A lot of hard work done already. Now onwards and upwards 👏 🎥 Check out the recap video to catch the atmosphere of the meeting and hear Marcus share his insights! https://lnkd.in/gvcRngXr #C4TALENT #Alghero #URBACT #TalentAttraction #CompetitiveCities #futureplaceleadership

Drumroll please .... : We are excited to announce the first line of speakers for our PLACExNordic - The Place Attractiveness Conference event: Time to mark your calendar for being in the Greater Stockholm region with our host in #Uppsala, #Sweden May 12-13 2025. Theme: Reimagine places: Electrifying change - Creating attractive and liveable places of tomorrow for people and businesses! Selected speakers: 🇮🇸 Inga Hlin Palsdottir: "The Reykjavik story: Building sustainable destination management from scratch" 🇳🇴 Øyvind Såtvedt: "Oslo: still the little brother of Scandinavian Capitals? 🇸🇪 Carolina Pettersson: "Norduppland: Successful corporate driven and funded place promotion" Call for speakers still open and more details to come. Check https://lnkd.in/gkbN-BAJ for more info and tix. In partnership with #Norduppland, Stockholms Handelskammare, and Destination Uppsala AB.