Ten years of thinking out loud, and the theory it produced.

The Open did not arrive in one piece. It was assembled across a decade of articles, studies and public conversations with leaders working through transitions in real time. The essays come first; the work that led to them follows.

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Essays

Ia Adlercreutz & Mikko-Pekka Hanski · 2026 · 6 min

The Open and the Power of Imagination

Every successful organization lives in two worlds: the one it already understands and the one it cannot yet imagine. Between those worlds lies The Open. It is there, between what is known and what is possible, that imagination becomes a strategic capability.

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Texts to draw inspiration from the themes that keep inspiring us: leadership, organisational culture, creativity, technology and foresight.

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Recorded conversations

Artful Leaders in Times of Transition.

Nine public conversations on art as a method in leadership work, hosted in Helsinki. All editions, together with an essay on what art brings to business and the research behind it, live on their own page.

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