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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

HIGHLIGHTS: Lars Strannegård

In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

Norges Bank Investment Management

In Good Company, Business, Norges Bank, Nicolai Tangen

4.8 • 186 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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We've curated a special 10-minute version of the podcast for those in a hurry. 

 

Here you can listen to the full episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/lars-stranneg%C3%A5rd-art-in-business-leadership-and/id1614211565?i=1000697784969&l=nb


In this episode of In Good Company, Nicolai Tangen welcomes Lars Strannegård, President of the Stockholm School of Economics, to explore why art and culture are essential in shaping tomorrow’s business leaders. Strannegård shares how exposing students to creative expression builds empathy, enhances learning, and strengthens uniquely human skills that AI can't replicate. Ever wondered why reading fiction makes you a better leader? Or what business schools can learn from art museums? From the role of storytelling in leadership to the future of education in an AI-driven world, this conversation challenges conventional ideas about what makes great leaders. Tune in!


In Good Company is hosted by Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management. New full episodes every Wednesday, and don't miss our Highlight episodes every Friday.


The production team for this episode includes Isabelle Karlsson and PLAN-B's Niklas Figenschau Johansen, Sebastian Langvik-Hansen and Pål Huuse. Background research was conducted by Sara Arnesen.


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0:00.0

Hi, everybody. Tune in to this short version of the podcast, which we do every Friday for the long version.

0:06.6

Tune in on Wednesdays.

0:09.5

Hi everybody. I'm Nicola Tangan, the CEO of the Norwegian Southern Welfand.

0:13.1

And today we have a very, very special guest.

0:15.8

Lars Strangor is a dean of Stockholm School of Economics, which is one of the finest business schools in Europe.

0:21.4

And Lars, you have revolutionized the Stockholm School of Economics, and we are going to talk about

0:25.9

that today. So, warm welcome.

0:27.2

Thanks so much. Great to be here.

0:29.0

Now, one of the big things you have done is really to introduce culture and learnings about culture

0:35.0

into the school. Why is culture important in business education?

0:39.5

Because when we say culture, we mean arts, we mean literature and also music.

0:46.3

But basically, the idea behind that is to open up your senses, to contextualize,

0:52.7

to make you see the world from new perspectives.

0:55.9

And it's actually, you know, many business school students believe that they know how the world

1:02.2

functions and how it operates.

1:04.0

And you think they don't?

1:05.4

Well, I think they're there to learn, right?

1:07.3

Yeah.

1:07.5

So I think it's a good idea to expose them to things that they don't really

1:11.3

understand, where they start asking themselves questions, where you actually sort of widen the

1:16.6

blinders that we all have, not just students. And art can actually serve as a sort of intellectual

1:22.5

and emotional itching powder to make you understand the world in another way. And also increase your humbleness.

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