that’s how we manage a complex future. Or, to put it more correctly: The values that make successful leadership happen in the future also ensure livable work and happy people.
Freedom&responsibility, cohesion and trust.
The proof is the Nordic countries of Europe, where work has been done for centuries the way we will do it in the future.
Let us learn from the future!
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Finding the right speaker
Most of the people who end up here weren’t looking for happiness straight away. Were you?
Many of my clients first searched for Positive Leadership, Future Leadership, Diversity, Employer Branding, Innovation Mindset, New Work, Sustainability, Trust, Cybersecurity, Selfleadership, Residency, or Employee Satisfaction. And then you landed on the topic of happiness. Congratulations!
You’ve discovered the secret driver behind all the complex issues of this time. It’s happiness-driven values that will guide us safely through the stormy future.
Happiness is the solution to almost everything that causes you headaches and also the basis of all the things that inspire you. Do you want to make customers happy? Bond your teams together? Turn employees into committed and courageous thinkers? Have executives act in a forward-thinking way? Transform your company into a happy place where people create groundbreaking solutions together? Then you have come to the right place.
Each talk is unique, as individual as your environment, your company, your challenges. Below you can see a few ideas in which direction the content of the journey could go. But – quite honestly – the best way is to contact my office angel: +49 40 226 161 160.
IMPULSES FROM THE COUNTRIES WHERE THE FUTURE OF WORK IS AN EVERYDAY REALITY
The fifth-best architecture firm in the world bases its concepts on errors. A truck manufacturer wants to create them. A Swedish furniture company creates something entirely new out of them.
What that means for your company, your leadership and your crew in concrete terms can make you break out in a cold sweat. But people who are willing to take risks are demonstrably happier. I navigate you safely into this uncertain future.
WHY THE SCANDINAVIANS LOVE THE FUTURE
Digitization doesn’t start in the head, but in the heart. Scandinavians are innovative and highly digitized. Stockholm follows right behind Silicon Valley as a technology hub.
I report directly from Stockholm on how to inspire your employees and colleagues to become curious co-creators, self-running entrepreneurs and rebellious new thinkers. Without forgetting one thing: Life comes first.
THE SUCCESS CODE OF SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES
Scandinavians have always stood for new concepts, clever solutions and creative ideas. In addition, they are happy people who work on average 20% more productively.
With a lot of humor and situation comedy I will introduce you to the principles of successful Scandinavian (corporate) cultures.
WINNING THROUGH HUMANITY
Sweden, Denmark and Finland have led the European Innovation Scoreboard for years. But these small countries are also at the top of many other global rankings.
People are most productive and creative when they feel good. This is precisely Scandinavia’s declared goal: everyone should feel good.
Humans are allowed to develop as a whole person and thus gain access to their energy. This is what makes the people of the North so efficient. Because instead of constantly bending and losing power, they gain energy from all areas of their lives.
ABOUT THE VALUES OF A HAPPY LIFE
The speech based on the German Besteller of the same name. I traveled through the 13 happiest countries in the world and interviewed 300 residents, experts and journalists.
This keynote reveals which values make us happy in our daily lives. It is peppered with personal stories from my travels through the happy countries.
HOW THE VIKINGS CONQUER THE WORLD TOGETHER
How do we get team spirit into the company and grow together beyond ourselves? How do we avoid envy, hoarding of knowledge, mutual demarcation and internal competition? And why do we need love for every single individual to create more of a “we” feeling?
Scandinavians are world champions in uniting individual personalities into one big whole. Learn from over 1,000 years of team experience. ME = WE.
I am Maike van den Boom. Some know me from TV and radio. I’m a bestselling author, happiness researcher and in love with the future. My Mission Possible is to help humanity’s happiness a tiny bit. In life and in my job. For the sake of yourself and others.
After my research journey through 30 Scandinavian companies, I moved to Stockholm in 2018. From there, I can help you change the perspective on your own work environment and enrich you with new impulses from the Nordic happiness countries. More about me can be found here.
I want to give thought-provoking impulses that make people look at their thoughts and actions from a happiness perspective – and maybe even change the way they think. With this goal in mind, I have become the best-known keynote speaker on happiness and work in Germany.
My distinctiveness is that I report directly from the most innovative and happiest countries, i.e. from lived practice. And if you have studied the references above, you know that there will be a lot of food for thought, a lot of ouches, a lot of anecdotes and a lot of laughter. And lots of stuff that will last a long time …
Which brings us to the topic at hand. After more than 10 years, that’s not enough for me. I want to have a long-lasting effect on you and accompany you in your transformation process. Therefore I offer as a follow-up to the keynote: 
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