Can you inherit the desire to learn? For Henrik Rhenman, the need to explore has always been one of his greatest strengths. It was as though he was born wanting to know more. Henrik was just five...

What can leaders learn from Anders Tegnell's leadership style during the pandemic?

There are great expectations that vaccinations will enable a return to normality from COVID-19. However, there is massive variation in vaccination efforts, vaccine access, and attitudes to vaccination...

Russia’s war on Ukraine entails lost human capital, both in actual lives lost and due to major disruptions to key functions of the society, such as education and research. In light of this, the FREE...

Nils-Erik Wirsäll (1916-2008) was president of ICA AB 1972-1978 and a member of ICA’s board 1972-1984. He has also been the chairman of Ahlsell and Procordia, as well as vice chairman of Skandia. He...

Wasps Nest (2010, Steel wire, papier maché)

How lessons from family businesses can help all facets of society to bounce back.

New art at SSE. The Göteborg based artist Klas Barbrosson is exhibiting his triptych SNETT/INÅT/BAKÅT (terrorboll), 2025, in Stockholm in a collaboration between Stockholm Konst, Svenska Brasserier...

Too little slack makes nonprofits fragile, while too much risks waste. A new study from the Center for Security and Resilience at the Stockholm School of Economics introduces the idea of “tappable...