It has been reported that Red Bull advisor, Helmut Marko, is retiring at the end of this year. He has overseen Red Bull Racing’s driver development program since 2005 and provided the team with an incredible list of talent including four-time world champions Sebastain Vettel and Max Verstappen. I have been holding a photo I took of Marko and Verstappen at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps in 2005. At the time, Verstappen was driving for Toro Rosso, Red Bull’s junior

Just back from a nostalgic trip to Istanbul where I reconnected with two former Governors of the Central Bank of Türkiye, three former bank CEOs, and two former senior HR/Learning and Development executives, all who supported me forty years ago when establishing the Center for International Banking Studies - Istanbul (CIBS) during a transformative period in Türkiye’s modern economic history. In 1986, with the financial backing of the Banks Association of Türkiye and the World

Two views from my balcony at the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus overlooking that famous waterway, almost 40 years to the day that I first arrived in Türkiye and stayed at this hotel. A full schedule of meetings this week with friends and colleagues from those days. I look forward to sharing stories from a transformational time in Türkiye’s relatively recent history; and what was an exciting and challenging experience for me and my family when we moved here in 1986.

Last evening Amcham Finland celebrated both the Thanksgiving holiday and its 20 th  anniversary. It was a sold-out dinner of Amcham Finland’s members who purchased raffles for donated prizes; played a trivia quiz about popular American songs; and volunteered to sing Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” in the front of the room, all to raise money for HelsinkiMissio, whose mission is to reduce loneliness and increase well-being. The evening was hosted by Amcham CEO Alexandra Paster

In my work with organizations, I take the excellence of Formula 1 racing teams in achieving high performance and turn it into business wisdom. Last week in London, at the Thinkers50 event in the 15 th  century Guildhall, we heard from experts on the topic of “Regenerative Leadership.” Among them was Amy Edmondson best known for her pioneering work on psychological safet y . In 2004, when were writing the first edition of “Performance at the Limit, Business Lessons from Formul

I have been following the work of James Hewitt on human performance since his time as Chief Innovation Officer at Hintsa Performance, and he researched Formula 1 drivers. Today, he is a sought-after keynote speaker helping organizations unlock sustainable success. So, it was great to meet and talk shop with him last evening at Amplify Publishing’s book launch event in London, prior to our both attending the Thinkers50 Summit that starts Monday afternoon.

The Helsinki Book Fair opened this past Thursday and runs through tomorrow. It is the 25 th  year for this event which attracted 98,000 visitors in 2024. Tomorrow afternoon our son, Charly Salonius-Pasternak will be on one of the stages being interviewed about his recently published book, “Tuntematon Tulevaisuus” (The Unknown Future). Today a memory popped up on my laptop from 2018 when my daughter, Alexandra Pasternak-Jackson and I presented at the book fair, one after the o

On November 3-4 I will attend the Thinkers50 London Summit & Award Gala event along with many @100 Coaches colleagues plus a large delegation from Finland organized by the Nordic Business Forum. Thinkers50, often called the “Oscars of management thinking.” is held every two years and will take place at the Guildhall, a beautiful building that dates from the 15th century. For me, this will be the first time I will be back to the Guildhall after forty years. In 1984 I was Corpo

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Great to catch up with Horace Porras, this time in very sunny Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Horace is one of the most internationally...

After working closely with the World Bank and IMF during my years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, it was good to...

Villa Kleineh, in the Kaivopuisto area of Helsinki, was constructed in 1840. After being in private ownership for about 150 years, it was...