Anna Essén

  • Research about digitalization and innovation (many sectors, including healthcare, transport)
  • Research about ecosystems for complex, smart solutions
  • Research about digital platform strategies.
  • Research about policy around/regulation of digital innovation
  • Research about ignoring/whistleblowing in public health, academia, police, and the arts.
  • Frequently engaged as presenter/workshop leader in areas of hiding problems and digital innovation.

Keywords

Ecosystem/platforms/infrastructures, Digital innovation, Inter-organizational innovation, Ignoring/Whistleblowing/learning from failure

Areas of expertise

  • Business models in the digital era: How to make value delivery, value capture, and value creation fit with the environment
  • Leading innovation partnerships across sectors
  • Learning from failure and knowing what to (not) ignore in organizations

Teaching and outreach

  • Design and execution of digital education content about themes tied to digitalization/innovation/whistleblowing/failure (short videos, podcasts etc.)and real-time webinars (+200 participants) at all levels.
  • Panelist, speaker, conversation series leader
  • Teaching at Bachelor, Master, Doctoral and Executive level

Academic degree
PhD

Nationality
Swedish