--- title: Innoduel Blog | Jussi Simolin description: Jussi is the Co-Founder of Innoduel and works for a greater meaning. His eyes sparkle when he talks to customers that Innoduel helps. For Jussi, Innoduel is about being inspired, happy and pushing the boundaries with learning by doing. Jussi’s goal is to develop Innoduel into the smartest leadership tool with great human touch. --- {% set baseFontFamily = "Roboto" %} /* Add the font family you wish to use. You may need to import it above. */ {% set headerFontFamily = "Roboto" %} /* This affects only headers on the site. Add the font family you wish to use. 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His eyes sparkle when he talks to customers that Innoduel helps. For Jussi, Innoduel is about being inspired, happy and pushing the boundaries with learning by doing. Jussi’s goal is to develop Innoduel into the smartest leadership tool with great human touch. Find me on: [**](http://linkedin.com/in/jussisimolin) [**](https://www.twitter.com/jussi_simolin) ### Recent Posts [![](https://blog.innoduel.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/what%20makes%20a%20good%20leader.jpg) ](https://blog.innoduel.com/what-will-make-you-a-great-leader-that-drives-both-business-results-and-employee-engagement) ## [What will make you a great leader that drives both business results and employee engagement? by Jussi Simolin Harvard Business review published (June 2017) an article  from  [Jack Zenger](https://hbr.org/search?term=jack+zenger) and [Joseph Folkman](https://hbr.org/search?term=joseph+folkman) where the examination of 360-degree assessment data from more than 60,000 leaders showed that only 13% of the them can both drive business results and create an engaged, fun-to-work team. By further deep-diving into the data set they found that six behaviours were common to these high performers:](https://blog.innoduel.com/what-will-make-you-a-great-leader-that-drives-both-business-results-and-employee-engagement) [Read More](https://blog.innoduel.com/what-will-make-you-a-great-leader-that-drives-both-business-results-and-employee-engagement) [![](https://blog.innoduel.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/strategy-building.jpg) ](https://blog.innoduel.com/51-engaging-questions-for-co-creation) ## [5+1 Engaging Questions for Co-creation by Jussi Simolin In the Nordics we are done with summer vacays. So we are ready for the adventures that fall will bring, before the winter comes.](https://blog.innoduel.com/51-engaging-questions-for-co-creation) [Read More](https://blog.innoduel.com/51-engaging-questions-for-co-creation) [![](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/395201/file-2021500485-jpg/marketing_overhaul_CTA.jpg) ](https://blog.innoduel.com/did-you-say-strategy-implemented-successfully) ## [Did You Say Strategy Implemented Successfully? by Jussi Simolin During my years at big corporations I participated and contributed in several strategy preparations. In the process of making there was typically a “head of strategy” leading the strategy work and it took months to finalise.  Once the slide set was ready it was barely explained to the leadership team and team leaders who were supposed to implement the strategy. The small preparation team ran out of steam and the company continued as before.](https://blog.innoduel.com/did-you-say-strategy-implemented-successfully) [Read More](https://blog.innoduel.com/did-you-say-strategy-implemented-successfully) ## [Product Update: What We've Been Up to This Spring? by Jussi Simolin We are continuously developing Innoduel. First of all I would like to thank you all for your feedback about the application! Without it we couldn't survive and improve. Some of your feedback is related to smaller issue that we have implemented right away and some of it will become reality via our future roadmap. ](https://blog.innoduel.com/innoduel-product-update-201705) [Read More](https://blog.innoduel.com/innoduel-product-update-201705) [![](https://blog.innoduel.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/fi-xx-iStock-476118826-excellence.jpg) ](https://blog.innoduel.com/3-things-that-make-company-great-place-to-work) ## [3 Things that Make Company a Great Place to Work by Jussi Simolin Many minds can amplify creativity and create something much more diverse than just one. A co-created view of any topic helps people to commit to shared decisions and goals and work with better motivation. ](https://blog.innoduel.com/3-things-that-make-company-great-place-to-work) [Read More](https://blog.innoduel.com/3-things-that-make-company-great-place-to-work) [![](https://blog.innoduel.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/iStock-92048373-sticky%20notes-1500.png) ](https://blog.innoduel.com/reasons-to-stop-using-sticky-notes-in-workshops) ## [5 Reasons to Stop Using Sticky Notes in Workshops by Jussi Simolin How many times have you been in a brainstorming workshop where the time is spent in never-ending sticky notes exercises? I’ve lost the count.](https://blog.innoduel.com/reasons-to-stop-using-sticky-notes-in-workshops) [Read More](https://blog.innoduel.com/reasons-to-stop-using-sticky-notes-in-workshops) [![](https://blog.innoduel.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/redundant-leader-719476-edited.jpg) ](https://blog.innoduel.com/how-to-make-yourself-redundant-as-a-leader) ## [How to make yourself redundant as a leader? by Jussi Simolin “I can take a month off from work without anything stopping!”](https://blog.innoduel.com/how-to-make-yourself-redundant-as-a-leader) [Read More](https://blog.innoduel.com/how-to-make-yourself-redundant-as-a-leader) [![](https://blog.innoduel.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/iStock-528560071-decision%20making%20links.jpg) ](https://blog.innoduel.com/why-did-i-spend-so-much-time-on-internal-lobbying) ## [Why did I spend so much time on internal lobbying? by Jussi Simolin Large corporations fail in establishing clear decision making processes shared and followed by everybody. This is also a risk in any growth company.](https://blog.innoduel.com/why-did-i-spend-so-much-time-on-internal-lobbying) [Read More](https://blog.innoduel.com/why-did-i-spend-so-much-time-on-internal-lobbying) [![](https://blog.innoduel.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/iStock-596798618-principal.jpg) ](https://blog.innoduel.com/think-leading-a-business-is-tough-try-leading-a-school) ## [Think leading a business is tough? Try leading a school. by Jussi Simolin The pressure is on. **As a business leader**, you need to deliver results, preferably exceed set goals. The way you do it is up to you. Maybe you got some guidelines from your board and shareholders. You can decide to be a value based leader or choose to lead by numbers relying on your CFO’s Excel sheets. You can create an environment of freedom and responsibility or micro-manage every single step of your employees.](https://blog.innoduel.com/think-leading-a-business-is-tough-try-leading-a-school) [Read More](https://blog.innoduel.com/think-leading-a-business-is-tough-try-leading-a-school) [![](https://blog.innoduel.com/hubfs/Blog%20images/new-leader-duckling-birds-yellow.jpeg) ](https://blog.innoduel.com/art-of-in-house-recruiting-helping-new-leaders) ## [The art of in-house recruitment - 3 ways to help promoted newbie leaders by Jussi Simolin “I am making a slow scientific suicide”. This is a direct quote from a friend of mine who was promoted from his familiar role as an astro physicist to lead an entire team of researchers. According to my friend, the administrative duties and bureaucracy killed the creativity and joy of doing science.](https://blog.innoduel.com/art-of-in-house-recruiting-helping-new-leaders) [Read More](https://blog.innoduel.com/art-of-in-house-recruiting-helping-new-leaders) [All posts](https://blog.innoduel.com/all) [Next](https://blog.innoduel.com/author/jussi-simolin/page/2) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Categories - [bad boss (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/bad-boss) - [brainstorming (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/brainstorming) - [business (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/business) - [case (2)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/case) - [co-creation (9)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/co-creation) - [communications (2)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/communications) - [digitalization (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/digitalization) - [diversity (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/diversity) - [employee engagement (10)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/employee-engagement) - [failures (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/failures) - [great leader (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/great-leader) - [great place to work (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/great-place-to-work) - [innoduel (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/innoduel) - [innoduel tips (4)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/innoduel-tips) - [leadership (14)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/leadership) - [meetings (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/meetings) - [mistake (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/mistake) - [product news (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/product-news) - [sticky notes (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/sticky-notes) - [strategy (4)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/strategy) - [technical update (1)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/technical-update) - [workshop (2)](https://blog.innoduel.com/topic/workshop) [see all](https://blog.innoduel.com/author/jussi-simolin/page/1#) ### Recent Posts ##### About Innoduel Innoduel builds a more collaborative tomorrow where people co-create solutions, make better decisions and work towards a common goal. ### Recent Posts ### Contact Innoduel Lapinlahdenkatu 16 00180 Helsinki [+358](tel:%20+358%2050%205815694) 40 747 1793 ### Find us [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/innoduel) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/InnoDuel) Innoduel 2017 | [Privacy Policy](https://blog.innoduel.com/hubfs/Documents/DATA_AND_PRIVACY_POLICY.pdf) ![](https://dc.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=47053&fmt=gif)