2Gather the Elders

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus, but a molder of consensus.–Martin Luther King

Whatever Happened at Nokia?

Nokia was until recently a legend of adaptability and survival. The predecessors of the modern Nokia were the Nokia Company (Nokia Aktiebolag), Finnish Rubber Works Ltd (Suomen Gummitehdas Oy), and Finnish Cable Works Ltd (Suomen Kaapelitehdas Oy). Nokia started in 1865 when mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a groundwood pulp mill on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids in the town of Tampere in southwestern Finland in the Russian Empire and started manufacturing paper. They’ve come a long way. In that journey, Nokia followed some obvious moves, such as entering the telecom industry in the 1970s, ...

Get The Strategy of Execution: A Five Step Guide for Turning Vision into Action now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.