"We let entrepreneurs be entrepreneurs" – Raoul Grünthal, CEO Schibsted @ SIME 10

One of my personal highlights at SIME Stockholm this year was the CEO of Schibsted Raoul Grünthal being surprisingly clear on the media industry’s route forward – the one where there are multiple core businesses, one where businesses are required to be lean and agile yet maintain their volumes, one where businesses are driven by entrepreneurial minds and not solely on a vague vision set by the leader on top. The most poignant statement of the whole fire side chat with Raoul was entrepreneurs having a place in large companies today, and Schibsted being one such company where entrepreneurs are allowed to be entrepreneurs, allowed to take their risks within a fluid framework in a large organization.

That calls for a mindset and cultural shift within the whole organization, and Schibsted is one of the very few companies which has managed to get the soil right in their core. It was inspiring to see the head of a media company today being super clear in an industry plagued by constant transformation, disruption and too many death sirens.