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Attitude & Change

Attitude & Change speakers help shift mindsets, build resilience, and turn change into action. A strong fit for kick-offs, transformation programmes, and staff events that need fresh direction and energy.

Antti Mäki as a speaker

Antti Mäki

Speaker | Growth entrepreneur | Technology and change leader | Board professional

Antti Mäki is an entrepreneur, advisor, and board professional known for helping organisations renew at the intersection of technology, people, and strategy. He has more than 20 years of international experience in executive and board roles in large companies and growth businesses. Antti is a clear thinker and a compelling speaker who makes complex phenomena understandable and relevant.

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Emma Kimiläinen as a speaker

Emma Kimiläinen

Motorsport athlete | E1 world champion | Media professional

Emma Kimiläinen is a Finnish motorsport athlete and media personality with more than 30 years of experience in motorsport. In 2024 Emma made history by winning the world championship with Team Brady in the E1 series, the world's first all-electric powerboat championship. Emma is known as an energetic, articulate, and inspiring keynote speaker who shares her experiences and concrete tools for self-leadership and teamwork.

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Johannes ”Hatsolo” Hattunen as a speaker

Johannes ”Hatsolo” Hattunen

Speaker | Wellness entrepreneur | Coach | Non-fiction author

Johannes ”Hatsolo” Hattunen is a speaker, wellness industry entrepreneur, and head coach of Finland's national breakdance team whose energy leaves no one cold. His story is a journey of growth from Jyväskylä's Mäki-Matti to the world's most competitive dance arenas and finally to becoming one of Finland's most sought-after speakers.

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Maria Wahlroos as a speaker

Maria Wahlroos

Physician leader | Speaker | Former head coach of the Finnish cheerleading national team | Entrepreneur

Maria Wahlroos is an exceptionally versatile and compelling expert whose career combines elite sport, leadership, and medicine. She is a specialist in anaesthesiology and intensive care who now works as a physician leader. She coached Finland’s women’s cheerleading national team for ten years and led the team to four world championships.

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Mikael Hugg as a speaker

Mikael Hugg

AI specialist | Serial entrepreneur | Futurist

Mikael Hugg is an AI specialist, serial entrepreneur and popular keynote speaker who helps organisations put artificial intelligence to practical use. As a business graduate and founder of AI companies, he connects academic understanding with business benefits. His concrete talks receive excellent feedback, averaging 9.4 out of 10. He is not interested in hype. He is interested in AI that works in practice.

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Peter Liski as a speaker

Peter Liski

Lecturer in interaction | Crisis and hostage negotiation expert | Non-fiction author

Crises, conflicts, and resolving them are themes in which Peter Liski is one of Finland's leading experts. As lecturer in interaction at the Police University of Applied Sciences, Peter is a professional of speech and encounter who combines the deepest lessons of crisis and hostage negotiation with practical working life in his presentations. Peter is known as an awarded trainer and speaker who has shared expertise from demanding negotiation situations.

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Riku Rantala as a speaker

Riku Rantala

Award-winning journalist | Media personality | Speaker

Riku Rantala is an articulate and charismatic speaker known for the global Madventures phenomenon and his socially impactful documentary series. He is an influencer who combines journalistic sharpness, human presence, and visual storytelling in a way that provokes thought and leaves a mark. Rantala's talks are grounded in his firsthand experiences from hundreds of countries and cultures.

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Saana Nilsson as a speaker

Saana Nilsson

Speaker | Former Supo officer | Intelligence professional | Author

I am Saana Nilsson, an expert in intelligence and security. I worked at the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service for almost 20 years, including as an investigator, chief analyst, and chief of staff. After that long career I founded a company where I share the best lessons of the intelligence world for anyone to use. I am an experienced speaker. I help organisations see what is coming and reach new insights.

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Saana Tyni as a speaker

Saana Tyni

Former entrepreneur | Speaker

Saana Tyni is an award-winning entrepreneur and an inspiring speaker who transformed the cleaning industry by growing her company from zero to 500 employees and exiting it for an eight-figure sum. She is known for bold leadership, inventiveness, and an ability to build workplaces where people want to stay and succeed. Saana's talks are energetic and easy to relate to. She is honest about both her success and her setbacks.

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Saku Tuominen as a speaker

Saku Tuominen

Serial entrepreneur | Creative director | Author | Speaker

Saku Tuominen is one of Finland's most experienced and respected speakers, who inspires audiences to see today's global challenges as enormous opportunities. With more than 35 years of entrepreneurial experience and 19 published books, Saku is an inspiring combination of practical experience, creative thinking, and clear strategic vision. His talks are inspiring, concrete, and narrative.

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Tuomas ”Tunna” Milonoff as a speaker

Tuomas ”Tunna” Milonoff

Award-winning director | Producer | Non-fiction author | Speaker

Tunna Milonoff is a storyteller familiar to Finns, an award-winning creative leader, and the creator of the Madventures and Docventures phenomena. He is an experienced speaker who has succeeded in combining wisdom gathered from around the world and an adventurer’s attitude with the challenges of modern working life. Tunna’s talks offer listeners deep insights, but above all concrete tools for a better everyday.

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Ville Ahtiainen as a speaker

Ville Ahtiainen

Manager | Entrepreneur | Creative leader

Ville Ahtiainen is an energetic creative leader and a sought-after speaker whose career path is hard to match. He is a man who has experienced the extremes of modern working life, from country director in cybersecurity to agent for international elite athletes and leadership roles in the music industry. Ville is known especially for his ability to turn major setbacks into global success stories. Through burnout — his own — he has found a new way to lead creatively.

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