Jonas Ridderstråle (born August 26, 1966) is a Swedish business speaker, thinker and author, best known for the bestselling book ''Funky Business - Talent Makes Capital Dance''. He is currently a visiting professor at

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and

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Background

Ridderstråle was born in 1966 as the oldest of three brothers. He grew up in

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in southern

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. He later moved to

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, where he currently lives with his wife and two children.

Education and academic career

Ridderstråle did his graduate and post graduate studies at the

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. He holds an MBA and a PhD in international business. His

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, ''Global Innovation'', from 1996 focuses on product development efforts in

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. He did research and wrote his thesis at the Institute of International Business at the Stockholm School of Economics where he was mentored by the now late Professor Gunnar Hedlund. In 2004, he left the Centre for Advanced Studies of Leadership at the Stockholm School of Economics, and is currently a visiting professor at

in the UK and

in Spain.

Bestselling author and practitioner

''Funky Business: Talent makes capital dance'' was published in 2000, and has been ranked at number 16 in a

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survey of the best business books of all time. The sequels, ''Karaoke Capitalism: Management for mankind'' and ''Funky Business Forever: How to enjoy capitalism'', also describe recipes for how to make it in the new world of commerce (all three books were co-authored with

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). In 2008, Wiley published Ridderstråle's latest book ''Re-energizing the Corporation: How leaders make change happen'' (co-written with Mark Wilcox). His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. Since the mid-1990s, Ridderstråle has worked as a professional public speaker with engagements all over the world. He is also co-owner and chairman of the Swedish Management Group - Mgruppen, a management training and development company.

Honors

In 2000, Jonas was recognized as Sweden's outstanding young academic of the year by JCI Sweden. In 2007, he received the Italian Nobels Colloquia award for “Leadership in Business and Economic Thinking”. The 2009 Thinkers 50, a biennial ranking of management thinkers, ranked him at number 23 globally and put him on the top-five list of European business gurus.

Publications

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References

External links

JonasRidderstrale.com
– Jonas Ridderstrale's official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Ridderstrale, Jonas 1966 births Living people Swedish business theorists Business speakers Stockholm School of Economics alumni