An inclusive labour market

By Mitt Liv

Welcome to An Inclusive Labour Market, a Mitt Liv podcast where founder and entrepreneur Sofia Appelgren delves deep into the world of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), leadership, company value... more

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January 25, 2023 23. The importance of D&I for the long-term survival of companies with CEO Robert Dackeskog from Duni Group
“Companies, not only politicians, play a huge role in helping people who move to Sweden to create a professional network and get into the labour market” - Robert Dackeskog, CEO at Duni Group
This podcast episode features Robert Dackeskog, CEO for Duni Group, and a participant of Mitt Liv’s CEO program, CEOs for D&I!
As a member of CEOs for the D&I Robert will also share his work and action plan at our symposium "An inclusive labour market 2023" on 23 March, with the rest of the group. You can read more and sign up here: https://mittliv.com/en/webinars-events-courses/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
In this episode, hosted by Sofia Appelgren, Robert shares his work with D&I at Duni Group, and the importance of D&I for the long-term survival of companies. He also talks about the inclusion board Duni created, and the important lessons he learnt from being a mentor in Mitt Livs Chans, a mentoring program for academics with a foreign background. To him, mentorship is a great way to truly understand how to help integration and contribute to inclusion in the labour market.
Read more about Mitt Liv: https://www.mittliv.com/
Sign up for our upcoming symposium "An Inclusive Labour Market 2023": https://mittliv.com/en/webinars-events-courses/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
Read about our "CEOs for D&I" program: https://mittliv.com/en/impact-advocacy/ceos-for-d-i/
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December 22, 2022 22. Inclusive recruitment, understanding unconscious biases and the importance of D&I tools with Joakim Skarborg (CEO for Novax)
“Step one is knowledge and understanding. We need to make sure that all of our leaders, and over time, all the people in all of our organisations, are aware of what D&I means and stands for and understand what unconscious bias is. Step two is to use best-in-class tools and processes in recruitment so that we are as unbiased as possible, so that we get access to the full talent pool and that we don’t discriminate any individual.” - Joakim Skarborg, CEO at Novax
This week’s episode features Joakim Skarborg, CEO at Novax and a member of Mitt Liv’s CEO program, CEOs for D&I! As a member of the CEO program, Joakim will also talk about his D&I work on stage together with the other participants at our upcoming online symposium "An inclusive labour market 2023" on 23 March. Read more and sign up here: https://mittliv.com/en/webinars-events-courses/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
In this episode Joakim shares how Novax has a value driven culture and that his most important values are being kind, caring for each other and acting with good intentions. He also shares the importance of realising that win-win situations are crucial in partnerships, and that doing good over the long-haul and pushing for a better society and planet is key. Finally, he shares that including leadership and genuine internest and curiosity in people, are important leadership skills.
The episode is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEj5WL5TXyU&list=PLp_NdRXI5IWlEavbfr5oVxBiA1I88_zk2
Read more about Mitt Liv: https://www.mittliv.com/
Sign up for our upcoming symposium "An Inclusive Labour Market 2023": https://mittliv.com/en/webinars-events-courses/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
Read about our "CEOs for D&I" program: https://mittliv.com/en/impact-advocacy/ceos-for-d-i/

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December 14, 2022 21. Companies who are fighting for values, democracy and human rights are the long-term winners - CEO for Dustin Group Thomas Ekman
We’re excited to share this week's podcast guest with you - Thomas Ekman, CEO of Dustin Group and previous member of our first round of CEO program, CEOs for D&I!
As a member of the first round of the CEO program, Thomas will share, together with the other participants, their work and action plan for D&I at our symposium "An inclusive labour market 2023" on 23 March. Read more and sign up here: https://mittliv.com/en/webinars-events-courses/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
In this episode hosted by Sofia Appelgren (founder of Mitt Liv), Thomas shares his and Dustin Group’s journey in D&I and Thomas shares why diverse and including companies are long-term winners. He shares the importance of working with mindset, stereotypes and attitudes to create change. He also states that he wants the company to mirror society’s diversity and that it is important to always have D&I on the agenda.
Other key takeaways that Thomas shares in this episode are:
- The importance of company values and always striving to improve oneself
- He highlights the importance of focusing on the right competence when recruiting, which in turn leads naturally to a diverse recruitment
- How Dustin Group now has implemented tools to help the company to secure diversity in their teams
- The importance of working with attitudes, mindsets and stereotypes
- How working with an external person in recruitments helps to go outside of your network and ensuring diversity and the right composition of teams
- How important it is that the company mirrors the society
- He says: “I think it is important to have it (D&I) on the agenda. This is the heart of how you build the company and what people we want to attract to the company.”
- There are four core characteristics that you need to have as a leader and human Thomas shares; you need to have courage, be curious, feel responsibility and to be empowered.
- Having D&I constantly on the agenda is key

The episode is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEj5WL5TXyU&list=PLp_NdRXI5IWlEavbfr5oVxBiA1I88_zk2
Read more about Mitt Liv: https://www.mittliv.com/
Sign up for our upcoming symposium "An Inclusive Labour Market 2023": https://mittliv.com/en/webinars-events-courses/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
Read about our "CEOs for D&I" program: https://mittliv.com/en/impact-advocacy/ceos-for-d-i/
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December 06, 2022 20. Kicks' CEO Freddy Sobin on diversity & inclusion and the importance of having a committed board
We are excited to share with you, this week's podcast guest, Freddy Sobin, CEO for Kicks and member of our ongoing CEO programme "CEOs for D&I". He will also be part of our upcoming symposium "An inclusive labour market 2023" – a symposium that highlights the most important measures and solutions to create an inclusive workplace and labour market. You can read about it and sign up here: https://mittliv.com/en/webinars-events-courses/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
In this episode, hosted by Sofia Appelgren, Freddy shares his and Kicks' journey, working with D&I, and also the importance of being open-minded and having board members and owners that are fully committed to D&I.
Some of the topics that are shared in this episode are:
- He shares his milestones that lead him to becoming CEO for Kicks
- He shares the importance of self-insight when it comes to leadership and continuously developing one's skills
- Freddy shares his own childhood, being different from others, with black hair and people asking where he was from, although him and his parents were born in Sweden. So he learned how that feels, to feel outside.
- He also shares that when he joined the Axel Johnson, and taking part of the foundational values when it comes to creating something good in society, that also resonated with him.
- Freddy shares Kicks measuring of diversity and see that the stores that perform the best are the stores with most diversity. He has seen a strong connection between diversity and profitability.
- Social responsibility and sustainability really invoke positive responses and engagements in a company, and it strengthens the employers according to Freddy. - Freddy also shares the purpose that Kicks has set: Set Beauty Free – beauty comes from within, and it is individual.
- Setting KPIs, tracking and measurement really helps diversity work, and working with it with all staff.
“It is so much easier to work as a CEO in a company when the owners and the board are fully committed to both sustainability, form and environmental and climate perspective, but also social responsibility. And these two are two sides of the same coin.” - Freddy Sobin
He also highlights the importance of businesses taking leadership in these matters to see faster results on the labour market, and not just relying on politicians' actions and decisions. Finally, Freddy shares that he has seen a strong correlation between diversity and profitability.
You can watch the video on our YouTube channel as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5N3clwX16g
Read more about Mitt Liv: https://www.mittliv.com/
Sign up for our upcoming symposium "An Inclusive Labour Market 2023": https://mittliv.com/en/webinars-events-courses/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
Read about our "CEOs for D&I" program: https://mittliv.com/en/impact-advocacy/ceos-for-d-i/
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November 22, 202219. Deloitte Sweden's CEO Jan Berntsson on the importance of including management in D&I work and the value of mentoring for integration on the labour market
This episode is part of a series including CEOs from large companies in Sweden who have been part of Mitt Liv's CEO-network called "CEOs for D&I", for increased diversity and inclusion in the labour market. The aim of the program is to get the trade and industry to scale up the work for diversity and inclusion in their organisations and take responsibility for one of Sweden's biggest societal challenges: exclusion in the labour market.
This episode features Deloitte Sweden's CEO Jan Berntsson who was part of the first group of "CEOs for D&I". Jan thinks that it is important that the company mirrors the society – Sweden has a minority group of 20% with foreign backgrounds of the total population which means that the company should reflect this, on all levels including the boards. Jan states that "We must also mirror our clients, to align with their thinking".
The topics in this episode include:
Sign up for our upcoming symposium "An Inclusive Labour Market 2023": https://mittliv.com/en/webinars-events-courses/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/ me opportunities to everyone. This has affected the social sustainability and equality work at Deloitte.

Jan shares Deloitte's journey working toward gender equality and moving toward having an equal amount of female and male partners in the company.

We also learn about Deloitte’s WorldClass ambition; to reach 100 million people by 2030 through programs and partnerships with leading educational organisations around the world. Deloitte invests their people's time, provides volunteers, and donates to support millions of students, teachers, and education leaders worldwide.

The WorldClass program in Sweden focuses on integrating academics with foreign backgrounds on the Swedish labour market, and together with Mitt Liv Deloitte has contributed with many mentors in our Mitt Livs Chans mentoring program for academics with foreign backgrounds.

Jan shares why it is important to involve management, not only HR, in diversity and inclusion work, and how he encourages managers to become mentors to learn about the journey of migrating to Sweden and getting into the labour market.

Jan also shares that their equality work has had a positive impact on satisfaction and profitability, for themselves and their clients.

Jan sees that today, the financial sector is not truly mirroring the society we live in, in terms of diversity and that needs to be highlighted.
This episode is also available with video on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHC3Chrdbmbxkp2Pgx1YPyg
Read more about Deloitte's work here: https://www.deloitte.com/global/en.html?icid=site_selector_global
Read more about Mitt Liv: www.mittliv.com
Sign up for our upcoming symposium "An Inclusive Labour Market 2023": https://mittliv.com/en/webinars-events-courses/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
Read about our "CEOs for D&I" program: https://mittliv.com/en/impact-advocacy/ceos-for-d-i/
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November 18, 2022 18. Harlan Zimmerman from Cevian Capital - Socially sustainable investments with a focus on D&I
Speaker: Harlan Zimmerman, Senior Partner at Cevian Capital In this online seminar we deep-dive into the social aspect of ESG by focusing on D&I (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion).
How can we find those companies who are best managing their relationships with employees and the societies in which they operate? What key aspects of D&I should we look for? And how can we as investors make an impact by influencing companies to do more?
A seminar for investor professionals, as well as companies who meet emerging demands and expectations regarding social sustainability from their owners.
The main topics that we aim to answer during the seminar is:
- What is the extra value in owning companies who do well on social measures, especially when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion?
- What are the main factors you should look at when deciding whether a company is successful within DE&I?
- As an investor/owner, how do we approach ESG both in terms of analysis and our work, to help companies improve?
Read more and sign up to our upcoming free symposium "An inclusive labour market 2023" here: https://mittliv.com/se/webinars-events-utbildningar/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
Read more about Mitt Liv: https://mittliv.com/en/
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November 09, 2022 17. Ulrika Danielsson from AP2 - Socially sustainable investments with a focus on D&I
Speaker: Ulrika Danielson, Head of Communications & Corporate Governance at AP2
In this online seminar we deep-dive into the social aspect of ESG by focusing on D&I (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). How can we find those companies who are best managing their relationships with employees and the societies in which they operate? What key aspects of D&I should we look for? And how can we as investors make an impact by influencing companies to do more?
A seminar for investor professionals, as well as companies who meet emerging demands and expectations regarding social sustainability from their owners. The main topics that we aim to answer during the seminar is:
- What is the extra value in owning companies who do well on social measures, especially when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion?
- What are the main factors you should look at when deciding whether a company is successful within DE&I?
- As an investor/owner, how do we approach ESG both in terms of analysis and our work, to help companies improve?
Speakers:
Magnus Oden, Nordic & CEE Head at UNs Principles for Responsible Investment Ulrika Danielson, Head of Communications & Corporate Governance at AP2 Harlan Zimmerman, Senior Partner at Cevian Capital Enrique Figallo, Manager Engagement Services at Sustainalytics
Panel members: Marjo Grandell, Head of Liquid Investments (FI, Credit, EQ) at Danske Bank Pär Warnström, Senior Investment Manager at Novax Nina Ahlstrand, Head of Sustainable Finance at DNB Markets Fabian Jenny, CEO at Finaport Zurich Read more and sign up to our upcoming free symposium "An inclusive labour market 2023" here: https://mittliv.com/se/webinars-events-utbildningar/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/ Read more about Mitt Liv: https://mittliv.com/en/
Read more and sign up to our upcoming free symposium "An inclusive labour market 2023" here: https://mittliv.com/se/webinars-events-utbildningar/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
Read more about Mitt Liv: https://mittliv.com/en/
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November 01, 2022 16. Magnus Oden from Principles for Responsible Investment: Socially sustainable investments with a focus on D&I
Speaker: Magnus Oden, Nordic & CEE Head at UNs Principles for Responsible Investment
In this online seminar we deep-dive into the social aspect of ESG by focusing on D&I (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). How can we find those companies who are best managing their relationships with employees and the societies in which they operate? What key aspects of D&I should we look for? And how can we as investors make an impact by influencing companies to do more?
A seminar for investor professionals, as well as companies who meet emerging demands and expectations regarding social sustainability from their owners. The main topics that we aim to answer during the seminar is:
- What is the extra value in owning companies who do well on social measures, especially when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion?
- What are the main factors you should look at when deciding whether a company is successful within DE&I?
- As an investor/owner, how do we approach ESG both in terms of analysis and our work, to help companies improve?
Speakers:
Magnus Oden, Nordic & CEE Head at UNs Principles for Responsible Investment Ulrika Danielson, Head of Communications & Corporate Governance at AP2 Harlan Zimmerman, Senior Partner at Cevian Capital Enrique Figallo, Manager Engagement Services at Sustainalytics
Panel members: Marjo Grandell, Head of Liquid Investments (FI, Credit, EQ) at Danske Bank Pär Warnström, Senior Investment Manager at Novax Nina Ahlstrand, Head of Sustainable Finance at DNB Markets Fabian Jenny, CEO at Finaport Zurich Read more and sign up to our upcoming free symposium "An inclusive labour market 2023" here: https://mittliv.com/se/webinars-events-utbildningar/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/ Read more about Mitt Liv: https://mittliv.com/en/
Read more and sign up to our upcoming free symposium "An inclusive labour market 2023" here: https://mittliv.com/se/webinars-events-utbildningar/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
Read more about Mitt Liv: https://mittliv.com/en/
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November 01, 2022 15. Online Seminar Introduction: Socially sustainable investments with a focus on D&I (October 28, 2022)
In this online seminar we deep-dive into the social aspect of ESG by focusing on D&I (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). How can we find those companies who are best managing their relationships with employees and the societies in which they operate? What key aspects of D&I should we look for? And how can we as investors make an impact by influencing companies to do more?

A seminar for investor professionals, as well as companies who meet emerging demands and expectations regarding social sustainability from their owners. The main topics that we aim to answer during the seminar is:
- What is the extra value in owning companies who do well on social measures, especially when it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion?
- What are the main factors you should look at when deciding whether a company is successful within DE&I?
- As an investor/owner, how do we approach ESG both in terms of analysis and our work, to help companies improve?
Speakers:
Magnus Oden, Nordic & CEE Head at UNs Principles for Responsible Investment Ulrika Danielson, Head of Communications & Corporate Governance at AP2 Harlan Zimmerman, Senior Partner at Cevian Capital Enrique Figallo, Manager Engagement Services at Sustainalytics
Panel members: Marjo Grandell, Head of Liquid Investments (FI, Credit, EQ) at Danske Bank Pär Warnström, Senior Investment Manager at Novax Nina Ahlstrand, Head of Sustainable Finance at DNB Markets Fabian Jenny, CEO at Finaport Zurich Read more and sign up to our upcoming free symposium "An inclusive labour market 2023" here: https://mittliv.com/se/webinars-events-utbildningar/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/ Read more about Mitt Liv: https://mittliv.com/en/

Read more and sign up to our upcoming free symposium "An inclusive labour market 2023" here: https://mittliv.com/se/webinars-events-utbildningar/an-inclusive-labour-market-2023/
Read more about Mitt Liv: https://mittliv.com/en/
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August 03, 2022 14. Vikten av ett systematiskt och affärsdrivet tillvägagångssätt för mångfald och inkludering
Sofia Appelgren, mångfalds- och inkluderingsstrateg som har grundat det sociala företaget Mitt Liv
Den 6 juli i Almedalen bjöd Mitt Liv, Kappahl, Morris Law och Duni Group in till ett seminarium om hur vi framtidssäkrar vår konkurrenskraft genom att attrahera och ta vara på hela arbetskraften - och vilka konkreta verktyg vi behöver för att lyckas.
Deltagarna var bland annat Malin Cullin, EVP Sustainability and People & Culture på Duni Group, Jenny Sahlsten, Sustainability Manager på Morris Law, Jacob Wall, EVP Business Development på Axel Johnson och Nisha Besara, Chefredaktör på tidningen Chef. Moderator var Sofia Appelgren, mångfalds- och inkluderingsstrateg som har grundat det sociala företaget Mitt Liv och även startat upp VD-programmet CEOs for D&I.
Seminariet tog avstamp i vilka krav omvärldens megatrender och lagstiftningen ställer på näringslivets förmåga att arbeta med social hållbarhet, mångfald och inkludering, samt vilka konkreta verktyg organisationer och näringsliv behöver för att lyckas med det strategiska mångfaldsarbetet.
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FAQs about An inclusive labour market:

How many episodes does An inclusive labour market have?

The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.