Jonas, tell us a little about your “callings”?

My professional path is characterized by three major callings. The first calling was “philosophically speaking” about “what we can know”. It started in high school and ended with me earning a doctorate in Science Theory and examining the nature, limitations, possibilities, and conditions of scientific and technological knowledge. After that, I worked as a researcher, teacher, and academic leader with a special focus on scientific and technological development, as well as innovation and innovation management.

The second calling made me focus on "business development and especially strategy, business and organizational development". I had various roles as owner, entrepreneur, consultant, strategy manager and chairman of the board. Much was about management challenges that large and small innovative companies face.

The third calling “concerns an inner search for truth” that has grown over a long period of time. It is the result of a long period of maturation, a depression and a long series of experiences during working life.  I became aware of my inner compass that naturally wanted to guide me in my work and I decided to take the exploration as far as possible. I experienced how the inner guidance replaces the personal will. The process can be compared to shedding skin. The old falls away and something new, more vital emerges.

And nowadays you work with leadership development?

Yes, I have dedicated my entire life to development and leading development work and above all the “inner development work”. Since 2020, I have been working to develop leaders at a strategic level. The starting point for the work is the insight that our most important limitations in relation to others and the future reflect limitations that we carry in relation to ourselves. Leadership development with a focus on deepened self-awareness is about transforming limitations into opportunities. And to follow the inner wise compass that shows the way towards a greater adventure, beyond the limitations that our will and imagination constitute.

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