November 16, 2018
Authenticity Book, Branding, Communication, Other, Purpose, Talks and events

Create innovation and growth by defining your purpose

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Some of the most successful brands manage to look inward and use their inherent potentials to strengthen the company’s authentic brand. This fall Nikolaj Stagis and I held events in a collaboration with The Danish Chamber of Commerce (Dansk Erhverv) in Copenhagen and Aarhus, where Nikolaj talked ...
March 1, 2017
Branding, Creativity and Leadership

Potentials and pitfalls in acquiring the Pihl & Son contracting brand

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Investors are breathing new life into the well known Danish developer brand Pihl & Son which went bankrupt in 2013. Now owner and board member of LM BYG, Carsten Mindegaard, has teamed up with an investor and bought the intellectual property rights from the bankruptcy estate. Together they are ...
December 12, 2016
Authenticity Book, Branding

“Den autentiske virksomhed” book at special holiday rate on our new online shop

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It’s the holiday season and we thought we’d give you an idea for a present and a special seasonal offer on my book Den autentiske virksomhed (The Authentic Company) which will go on sale in our own new online shop this week on www.nikolajstagis.dk. Den autentiske virksomhed is a great ...
May 3, 2016
Authenticity Book, Branding, Talks and events

Brand innovation workshops in collaboration with Danske Bank

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Danske Bank and Stagis have been co-hosting two exciting brand innovation workshops during the past week. The events took place in the beautiful setting of Visit Carlsberg, the original art gallery of the founders of the Carlsberg Brewery. CEO Nikolaj Stagis talked about defining your authentic br ...
June 21, 2013
Authenticity Book

Review of Den autentiske virksomhed (The Authentic Company)

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Book Review: Center for Cultural and Experience Economy just published their review of our book (in Danish). “Let me tell you straight away. “The Authentic Company” by Nikolaj Stagis is a book of high quality. Both in outside and inside. Here you’ll find more than 300 page ...
June 27, 2012
Authenticity Book

”The Authentic Company” receives yet another five star review in Danish business paper Børsen

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The reviewer, business commentator Henrik Jørgensen, had his doubts when he first heard of authenticity as a concept for improving the business of a company. However, after reading ”The Authentic Company”, he acknowledges the topic and the book as a useful tool to highlight internal strenghts i ...
May 1, 2012
Authenticity Book, Talks and events

Noma World’s no 1 again – see CEO Peter Kreiner from the launch of “The Authentic Company” book

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Noma is once again the World’s best restaurant. Through their concept which is at the same time historic and uses the terroir of the Nordic region innovatively, they are able of creating a unique experience – what I call an authentic identity. When I released my book Den autentiske virks ...
April 17, 2012
Authenticity Book, Branding

Truly an authentic position

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Casper Vorting does something nobody else does. He produces beer the old fashioned way. Boegedal Brewery (Bøgedal Bryghus) produces beer without the use of pumps or thermostats of any kind. Casper uses original recipes from the 18th centrury and brews his beer using methods dating more than 100 yea ...
April 9, 2012
Authenticity Book

Five hearts from Politiken

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“Inspiring and sympathetic management book with analysis and cases of international quality and scope.” This is how the danish newspaper Politiken starts its review of Nikolaj Stagis’ book The Authentic Company. Politiken uses hearts as a rating system, and the book recieves five o ...
March 30, 2012
Authenticity Book, Talks and events

Large and Small Authentic Companies at May Conference in Aarhus

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At the art museum ARoS in Aarhus managers from two of Denmark’s most successful companies share their stories on the development of their business’ authentic identity. “LEGO Idea House is a sanctuary, that shows where we come from. The first casting machine, carpenter’s bench, our first ...
March 25, 2012
Authenticity Book, StagisLife, Talks and events

DDA Bar: How do authentic design companies compete?

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On April 18th Stagis is hosting DDA Bar in cooperation with Danish Design Association (DDA) in Stagis’ office in Kompagnistræde, Copenhagen. The event is themed around architecture and design, and the speakers professor Kristian Kreiner, Copenhagen Busines School and Nikolaj Stagis, CEO Stagis wi ...
February 24, 2012
Authenticity Book, StagisLife

Authentic launch of “The Authentic Company”

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Yesterday we launched my book “Den autentiske virksomhed” (The Authentic Company) at a great conference in one of Copenhagens most beautiful and historic settings, the Old Stock Exchange. The speakers at the conference were Federico Minoli, former CEO and president at Ducati, Dr. Andreas ...
April 13, 2011
Authenticity Book, StagisLife, Talks and events

The Authentic Company – still in a state of becoming

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For the past three years I’ve been working on ‘Den autentiske virksomhed’ (or, The Authentic Company, as it may be in English). Now I’m finally coming to an end. There is a full 360-page manuscript which I’m now editing to about 300 pages. I’m planning to deliver ...