Dr. Jonas Ridderstråle

Dr. Jonas Ridderstråle is at the forefront of the new generation of European-based business gurus. The 2001 Thinkers 50, the world’s first ranking of management thinkers, ranked Ridderstråle and his partner Dr. Kjell A. Nordström at number 17 (one place below Nicholas Negroponte and one ahead of Stephen Covey).

Jonas’ uncompromising, imaginative and decidedly funky take on contemporary business life has made him one of today’s most sought after speakers. Jonas practices what he so persuasively preaches. He is an advisor, lecturer and consultant to a number of international corporations and is also on the board of several companies.

Jonas Ridderstråle’s day job is as an assistant professor at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Leadership at the Stockholm School of Economics. Jonas has a doctorate and an MBA from the same school. His research focuses on new organizational models and leadership styles in the information age and has been published in leading academic journals, magazines and newspapers. He has also run the School’s Advanced Management Program, a five-week top-management program that attracts the elite of Scandinavian business leaders. Jonas was recently recognized as Sweden’s outstanding young academic of the year.

His latest book, Funky Business: Talent makes capital dance (co-authored with Kjell A. Nordström) is a manifesto for the new world of business (more information at www.funkybusiness.com). The book is already an international bestseller and has been featured on CNN and CNBC. It has also appeared in Fortune, Fast Company, Time Magazine, Financial Times, Paris Match, etc. So far, it has been translated into more than 25 languages. In 2000. Amazon.co.uk and Management General rated Funky Business as one of the five best business books of that year.