Opening of the Fairness League
January 2025
Helsinki Musiikkitalo
Fairness League opening in January 2025 at Helsinki Musiikkitalo
Finland is not growing, except in terms of labour problems. We believe that instead of waiting for the macro-economy, it is time for work communities to start moving upstream towards a better working life that is growth-oriented.
We invited 200 working life experts, leaders and decision-makers, as well as a diverse group of the best in Finnish working life development, to Helsinki’s Musiikkitalo to look beyond company and industry boundaries to find practical ways to promote a better working life and fairer growth to boost growth in Finland as a whole.
Hosted by Peter Nyman, the event aimed to condense into just over an hour practical tips on the course change needed at company and workplace level.
What did we get in response? Practical perspectives on the topic were served up by,
- Frank Martela, Associate Professor at Aalto University
- Jari Hakanen, Research Professor at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
- Noora Hautakangas, Relove, Entrepreneur, founder
- Fadumo Ali, Hoiwa Oy, Entrepreneur, founder
- Karoliina Salminen, VTT, Researcher, Development Director
- Tuomas Nousiainen, Luoto Company, Founder, CEO
The atmosphere was enhanced by an art exhibition on the theme, created for the initiative by the amazing street artist Rasmus Tikkanen.
The initiative will continue with a research challenge for a better working life for growth, the results of which will be made available free of charge to all in early 2026.
RECORDINGs OF THE OPENING
Moderator
Peter Nyman
Peter Nyman is a multi-talented communicator whose voice and face have become familiar to the general public as a news anchor, chief judge of the iconic Newsflash, journalist and presenter of hundreds of seminars and events. Nyman combines a broad knowledge of the issues with solid professionalism – with the right wink of an eye.
Speakers and panellists
Frank Martela
Frank Martela is a lecturer, coach and philosopher at Aalto University who studies the human experience in order to create new insights that strengthen people’s ability to live a good life. Martela draws answers to the good life from a wide range of sources in the world around him, breaking down the barriers of philosophy and science with a vengeance.
Serving minimalist management
meaningfull work
Jari Hakanen
Jari Hakanen is a social psychologist and associate professor of social psychology at the University of Helsinki, who works as a research professor at the Institute of Occupational Health, working on the topics of well-being at work and job retention. Hakanen is widely known as an advocate of inspiring work, job satisfaction, servant leadership and job tuning, and is an often quoted thought leader.
Good practices in servant leadership
The thrill of work and tuning up your own work
Fadumo Ali
Fadumo Ali is the founder and CEO of Hoiwa, a successful and fast-growing care company. He is a nurse by training. Hoiwa has boldly changed the social and health structures in society, and Ali has identified improving the Finnish care sector as the core mission of his company.
Appreciation and caring
Tuomas Nousiainen
Tuomas Nousiainen is one of the founders of Luoto Company and the company’s CEO. Luoto Company is an IT services company focused on software development and artificial intelligence technology, known for its exceptional corporate structure, joint ownership based on intellectual capital and transparent governance model.
Managing through structure
Customer experience and fairness (fairness)
Karoliina Salminen
Karoliina Salminen works at VTT as the Director of Intelligent Manufacturing. She is known as an expert in human-technology collaboration in the industrial environment. Her research includes industrial metaverse, exploring with the business community how we could modernise industrial work through metaverse.
Technological change in management and artificial intelligence in frontline work
Meaningfulness in the industrial work of the future
Public Question by Ia Adlercreutz and Karoliina Salminen – Valuing diversity and combining art and work
Noora Hautakangas
Noora Hautakangas is an entrepreneur, speaker and founder of Relove, a circular economy company. Since its establishment in 2016, Relove has grown from a small company of four people to a company with 70 employees. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Hautakangas worked as a radio and TV presenter. She became famous in 2007 as Miss Finland winner and Miss Universe representative.
Relevance and working together
the opening in pictures
