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Aalto MBA Association is inviting you for afterwork session "From fear to courage orientation in every encounter and engagement" with Ira Lange, who is an executive coach (PCC), keynote speaker and a founding partner of OK5 Oy Date: Thursday, April 11, 2024 at...

Aalto MBA Association and Evli Fund Management are pleased to invite all alumni members to an afterwork event with Mr. Johannes Halavaara from Evli to discuss How to grow financial wealth. The number of seats is limited. Date: Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 at 17.30-19.00...

Aalto University is supporting university students from Ukraine by offering at least 40 students a place to study at Aalto free of charge. By donating, you can help students cover their living costs during their studies in Finland. You can donate here:...

Come and hear one of the 'hottest startups' in Finland right now! Smartly.io automates every step of social advertising to unlock greater performance and creativity. Dec 2019 'Smartly.io, a company helping advertisers automate their campaigns across Facebook,...

Interested in fair and sustainable societies programs? Join us at Demos Helsinki! Demos Helsinki is an independent think tank, working together with the public sector, private sector, and NGOs. We want to impact the ongoing global transformations actively and aim to...

Growth Tribe is Europe’s first Growth Academy. Growth Tribe empowers people and companies to rapidly gain new skills in areas such as ‘data-driven growth marketing’ or ‘A.I. without code. https://youtu.be/XBqM17MKz6U...

Place: Hirsala Golf  Welcome to the traditional golf contest of Aalto University School of Business. The contest takes place at Hirsala Golf starting at 13.00. The green fee is 55€. Register for the contest by August 5, 2019 by sending an email...

Futurice is a new breed of innovation consultancy with digital at its core. They help their clients unleash innovation through digital product design and build, emerging technology, agile software development and lean organisational change. Presented by Saku...

This event has been cancelled / postponed. Aalto University MBA Association is happy to invite you to a Growth Hacking event with Growth Tribe. Topic: Growth Hacking -- what, how, why? Speaker: Anssi Rantanen, CEO Growth TribeS Anssi has spent the last...

Topic: Accountability 2.0 - making conscious choices in life and work by Jason Staines Many of us chase after a work-life balance but, according to Jason, the whole work-life balance, as we’ve come to know it, is a myth. Instead, the focus should rather be on...

Aalto University MBA Association is pleased to invite you to its Annual General Meeting. After the AGM, you will hear how JCDecaux' inspiring story that started more than 50 years ago in France with a single bus stop shelter and one paper ad. It is now at the...

Aalto University MBA Association and Finnair cordially invite you to hear about one of the oldest operating airlines in the world. Finnair was as well one of the safest airlines during 2018, according to a recent report. It is also very committed to...

MBA Association welcomes you to the traditional preChristmas event: Movie night to Riviera Kallio theater - Harjukatu 2, Helsinki on 12th December, kl 17 – 20. Champagne, snacks and great music from The...

Aalto University MBA Association and Fiskars cordially invite you to hear about: Building digital business drivers and capabilities in a well-estabilshed business environment Date: November 26th 17:00-19:00 Presentation 17:00-18:00 Networking with snacks/drinks...

October 24 - Invesdor company visit on October 24th at 17:30 - See separate post of the event details and agenda. November 26 - Digital & Fiskars Group: Building digital business drivers and capabilities for the oldest company in Finland. December 12 - Movie Night...

Invesdor - Digital platform to enable easy investing to unlisted companies Date: 24th Oct 2018 Time 17:30-19:30 Place: Salomonkatu 17 A Invesdor was selected as the best Fintech startup in the Nordics 2018! The presentation will be about 'Digitalising the funding...

  Topic  “Co-working and Co-creation Platform Prototype for Urban Innovations – Entrepreneurial Thought in Action!” Venue  Urban Mill, Aalto University campus in Espoo Innovation Garden Urban Mill is a space, a community and a service situated in at the heart of...

Aalto University MBA Association and OP cordially invite you to visit the new Op premises in Vallila to hear about how OP has adapted and changed their business activities due to transformation in financial sector. Date: 16.5. Time: 17:00 -19.30 Address: OP...

Does your business think?  IBM Finland’s CEO Mirva Antila will brief you on putting smart to work. Artificial intelligence, cognitive era and robotics are changing the way we work in almost every industry but what does it all really mean? How are companies already now...

Aalto University MBA Association is pleased to invite you to its Annual General Meeting (agenda is attached). After the AGM, you will hear from Fjord's incredible growth story and the very special role that their Helsinki studio. Design has never been more important...

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In this second Update for the year, the topics covered include: Greeting from the Board Upcoming Events in Autumn Personal Development event is on Monday September 11 Club Evening with Aalto EE is on Friday September 22 A summary of the BMW event A summary of the OLVI...

The invitation to the event has been sent by e-mail on May 5th to the members on the mailing list. For details about the event:...

In this first Update for the year, the topics covered include: AGM and the New Board A summary of the Zoined Company visit A summary of the Ramboll Company visit A listing of the upcoming events and their dates Read the entire Update here. As a notice, the upcoming...

The planned events for the year as of now and subject to change are: May 4: BMW Event - Details and invitations will be sent out shortly May 23: Olvi Company Visit - Invitations have been sent out to members on April 4 June 15: MBA Association Golf Tournament -...

In this fourth Update for the year, the topics covered include: Greetings from the board Association Survey A summary of the Wine Tasting Event at Wine Server The learnings from the Change Management in the Military - Event A summary of the GE Healthcare Company Visit...

We would like to remind of these upcoming events: Wine Tasting Evening: October 13, 2016 Great wine, good stories and wonderful people - What else can you want? At this moment the event is fully booked, however, please make a reservation if you wish to have an...

In this third Update for the year, the topics covered include: Golf Challenge Tournament results A summary of the hugely popular Personal Development event "Get Noticed - Develop Your Personal Branding" An article reflecting on how privileged we are and in what a...

In this second Update for the year, the topics covered include: Benjamin Graham: The Father of Value Investing Always Available - Never present A summary of the company visit to Mercuri Urval in May Information on future upcoming events for the end of the year 2016....

We are adding the Events in the Calendar section of this website as soon as we know they are likely to happen. We have had really interesting high-level visits to ABB and Neste this year. ABB's Managing Director gave a fascinating presentation about the leadership...

Read the entire Update here.  

The Boardmembers for 2016 are Hanna Komusaari (Chair) Jaakko Jauhiainen (Vice Chair) Tarvo Viita-Aho (Treasurer) Elina Karjalainen (Secretary) Kullah Anderson Piia Heikkilä Helena Tadinen Antti Heiskanen Juha Wiskari Sankalp Ahuja

The Board welcomes all alumni to our Annual General Meeting, to be held January 21st at 16:00-17:00. The meeting takes place in ABB Tellus Building in Pitäjämäki. After the meeting, we will have ABB Company presentation (invitations to this Visit with registration...

We have been blessed with a good education. With current cutbacks, strikes and unemployment, the Board wants to highlight the importance of education, science, positive thinking and some fun in the Finnish schools. We decided to sponsor one Helsinki area elementary...

People, Seeing, Emotions and Change by Jaakko Jauhiainen The Networking Best Practices, part 2 by Barbara Ready-Väkevä 2015 Event Feedback Summary MBA Alumni Board's Christmas Present - Heureka Tiedekummi Merry Christmas and Successful New Year 2016!   Read the...

Welcome all to have some glögi, meet friends and colleagues and find new ones. The event is free in form. Drop in after work or stay longer to chat and network. Date: December 7th at 17-19 Place: Arkadia International Bookstore, Nervanderinkatu 11, 00100 Helsinki We...

MBAs from the HSE/Aalto MBA Association recently had the opportunity to engage with a Jolla leader, Stefano Mosconi​. Stefano's presentation centered on purpose, "Building Jolla: The importance of Purpose". In his presentation he took us - retrospectively - through...

Greetings from the MBA Alumni Association Chairman Article by Pia Rautakorpi: Function for implementing strategy Alumni Event Update Professional Development Event in August Read the entire Update...

We hope to see you all refreshed and full of energy after the holidays! Aalto University MBA Alumni Association Board...

Strong winds and light showers in the beginning of the final round of 2015 MBA Alumni Golf Challenge Tour dictated the game to some extent, but despite the hard conditions the eight best  players that had passed the Cut to final round made some amazing results (even...

The first newsletter of the year has been published. Read all about the new board, career links and much more.

And here are some useful professional development links

by Kullah Anderson At some point in time we may have been faced with a career choice or career change. This change or choice may not have come from the “best of places” or the circumstances surrounding it been the most “positive”. The choice or change can, depending...

This year we will be having a ball. The MBA Speakeasy will be open at Katajanokan Kasino from 6pm to midnight on Friday, May 23. So come dressed in your most GLAMOROUS 1920s attire