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NEPOT Power among Neighbours Intelligent Growth & SME Jobs in Denmark, Sweden and Germany 6 good ques*ons 1. Why are rela+ons between educa+onal ins+tu+ons and SMEs not buzzing with more energy in and among the 3 countries ? 2. Why not do more business with your neighbours ? Easier, faster, beAer than going to China ? 3. Why are SMEs not growing much faster ? What are the barriers ? 4. How can Swedes, Danes and Germans learn much more from each other much faster ? And do more business ? 5. Why don´t SMEs in the region step up cross border alliances to make themselves more relevant to EU and more compe++ve in the global market place ? 6. How do we adapt to the new agenda green growth, new media and radical change ? Together ? Change is in the air. Radical change. Global financial crisis, changing global power structures, global climate challenges, hypercompe++on, Euro tensions are key challenges that affect society as a whole governments, companies and ordinary ci+zens. Add to this, new technological developments that radically change communica+on at all levels. They offer new threats OR opportuni+es depending on the ability of key players to embrace change and new media technologies. NEPOT is a project that wishes to use this change to create compe++ve power and ability to Small and Medium Size Enterprises in Northern Germany, Southern Sweden and Denmark. In the following you will find out why we intend to do this and how. This paper aims to provide funding for the project. Brief Summary We need to do more, beAer and faster business together in this region. There is vast unused poten+al in the rela+onship between neighbours. It makes sense to work much more together across borders to become stronger in the global market place. These are key drivers of the project. However, it is extremely difficult for individual SMEs to understand global complexi+es and turn them into prac+cal solu+ons that work. It is very hard to create the results necessary to create jobs, growth and a sustainable future for the region without the help of others.

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4.   How  can  Swedes,  Danes  and  Germans  learn  much  more  from  each  other  much  faster  ?  And  do          more  business  ? This  paper  aims  to  provide  funding  for  the  project.  

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NEPOT  -­  Power  among  Neighbours

Intelligent  Growth  &  SME  Jobs  in  Denmark,  Sweden  and  Germany

6  good  ques*ons

1. Why    are  rela+ons  between  educa+onal  ins+tu+ons  and  SMEs  not  buzzing  with  more  energy          in  and  among  the  3  countries  ?

2.    Why  not  do  more  business  with  your  neighbours  ?    Easier,  faster,  beAer  than  going  to  China  ?

3.    Why  are  SMEs  not  growing  much  faster  ?  What  are  the  barriers  ?

4.  How  can  Swedes,  Danes  and  Germans  learn  much  more  from  each  other  much  faster  ?  And  do          more  business  ?

5.    Why  don´t  SMEs  in  the  region  step  up    cross  border  alliances  to  make  themselves  more          relevant  to  EU  and  more  compe++ve  in  the  global  market  place  ?

6.  How  do  we  adapt  to  the  new  agenda  -­‐  green  growth,  new  media  and  radical  change  ?            Together  ?

Change  is  in  the  air.  Radical  change.  Global  financial  crisis,  changing  global  power  structures,  global  climate  challenges,  hypercompe++on,  Euro  tensions  are  key  challenges  that  affect  society  as  a  whole  -­‐  governments,  companies  and  ordinary  ci+zens.  Add  to  this,  new  technological  developments  that  radically  change  communica+on  at  all  levels.  They  offer  new  threats  OR  opportuni+es  depending  on  the  ability  of  key  players  to  embrace  change  and  new  media  technologies.  

NEPOT  is  a  project  that  wishes  to  use  this  change  to  create  compe++ve  power  and  ability  to  Small  and  Medium  Size  Enterprises  in  Northern  Germany,  Southern  Sweden  and  Denmark.  In  the  following  you  will  find  out  why  we  intend  to  do  this  and  how.  

This  paper  aims  to  provide  funding  for  the  project.  

Brief  Summary

We  need  to  do  more,  beAer  and  faster  business  together  in  this  region.  There  is  vast  unused  poten+al  in  the  rela+onship  between  neighbours.  It  makes  sense  to  work  much  more  together  across  borders  to  become  stronger  in  the  global  market  place.  These  are  key  drivers  of  the  project.

  However,  it  is  extremely  difficult  for  individual  SMEs  to  understand  global  complexi+es  and     turn  them  into  prac+cal  solu+ons  that  work.  It  is  very  hard  to  create  the  results  necessary     to  create  jobs,  growth  and  a  sustainable  future  for  the  region  without  the  help  of  others.

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We  need  a  Northern  European  Power  Triangle  with  strong  business  and  educa+onal  links  across  borders  between  SMEs.  A  concept  of  integrated  business  development  that  builds  strong  internal  bridges  -­‐  physical  and  mental  -­‐  and  leverage  the  power  of  the  regions  key  players  in  the  hypercompe++ve  global  market  place.

We  need  to  mobilize  the  ideas,  the  energy  and  innova+ve  mindset  of  new  genera+ons  to  develop  new  products,  services  and  business  strategies  that  will  be  able  to  compete  against  fast  moving  layers  of  Asian  +gers,  BRIC-­‐  countries  and  the  rest  of  Europe.  New  dynamic  ways  of  working  together  across  personal,  professional  and  cultural  differences.

The  NEPOT  Vision  

 NEPOT  will  create  a  Northern  European  Power  Triangle  that  will  set  a  regional  agenda  of  growth,  jobs  and  sustainable  development  for  the  21st  century.  

The  power  triangle  will  increase  the  compe++ve  power  of  SMEs  in  the  Triangle.  

NEPOT  goals  are  to:  

• mobilize  the  business  and  entrepreneurial  spirit  of  the  region      

• create  new  and  innova+ve  links  between  educa+onal  ins+tu+ons  and  SMEs      

• create  much  more  business  between  SMEs  

• facilitate  stronger  partnerships  and  alliances  across  the  region  that  will  be  globally  compe++ve

• mobilize  the  competencies  of  key  regional  actors  -­‐  educa+on,  research,  poli+cs  and  culture  -­‐    in  a  new  dynamic  growth  engine.

NEPOT  means  more,  easier  and  be2er  results  for  SME  businesses

 and  hence  the  power  triangle  as  a  whole.

Main  NEPOT  ac+vi+es  are:

Services

• Guidelines  for  business  development

• Matchmaking  of  partnerships,  technological  findings,  educa+onal  ins+tu+ons  and  business  knowledge

• Business  incubator  by  providing  the  right  environment,  guidelines  to  the  business  case  and  connec+ng  with  the  right  people

• Helpdesk  for  general  business  services  –  help  SMEs  through  bureaucracy

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Mee0ng  Events

• Annual  Summit  with  lectures,  exhibi+on  and  interac+ve  mee+ngs  

• Regional  mee+ngs  and  workshops  using  state  of  the  art  interac+ve  mee+ng  design  and  technology

• Connec+on  Squad  -­‐    a  team  to  “connect”  SMEs  with  each  other  and  educa+onal  ins+tu+ons.    

• Business  incubator  by  providing  the  right  environment,  business  guidelines  and  connec+ng  with  the  right  people  via  advanced  networking  techniques.

Communica0on

• A  portal  for  members  within  NEPOT  to  meet,  share  and  guide  ideas  to  increase  the  business  value  

• Storytelling,  cases  and  films  to  make  business  real  

• Ac+ve  NEPOT  and  SME  promo+on  via  social  media

The  NEPOT  model

The  model  inspiring  the  NEPOT  vision  was  developed  by  Professor  Lynda  GraAon,  London  Business  .  According  to  professor  GraAon  a  HOT  SPOT  is  a  func+on  of  the  following  formula:

Coopera+ve  Mindset  x  Boundary  Spanning  x  Igni+ng  Purpose  x  Produc+ve  Capacity

Coopera0ve  mindset:  

Innova+ve  insights  come  from  the  intelligence,  the  insights  and  wisdom  of  people  working  together.  The  idea  that  coopera+on  really  maAers.  A  smart  combina+on  of  individual  energy  and  rela+onal  energy.  Value  is  created  when  people  come  together.  

Boundary  Spanning:  

New  value  created  through  new  combina+ons  of  ideas,  knowledge  and  insight.  The  importance  of  sharing  exper+se,  explora+on  of  new  opportuni+es,  and  new  combina+ons  of  people.  The  availability  of  people  who  are  able  to  build  bridges  across  differences,  who  can  create  synergies  across  differences  and  who  can  mobilize  a  mul+tude  of  interests.

Igni0ng  Purpose:  

The  ability  to  create  energy,  to  cap+vate  people´s    aAen+on  and  imagina+on,  to  develop  something  people  find  exci+ng,  interes+ng  and  worth  engaging  with.  The  ability  to  ask  igni+ng  ques+ons  that  capture  the  imagina+on  of  many,  ques+ons  that  excite  and  s+mulate.

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Produc0ve  Capacity:  

The  ability  to  produce,  to  get  things  done,  to  deliver.  The  availability  of  people  with  the  right  skills  and  the  right  mindset  for  extraordinary  produc+ve  capacity.  Produc+ve  rela+onships  between  people  able  to  adapt  to  changing  demands  on  +me  and  rhythm.

These  4  values  will  create  the  results  all  SMEs  are  longing  for  –  and  they  will  do  it  within  in  the  power  triangle.    Who  is  behind  NEPOT  ?

Povl  Chris+an  Henningsen  Bridgebuilder  par  excellence.  He  has  built  bridges  between  educa+on  and  SMEs,  between  27  EU  countries,  between  companies  and  their  customers.  Educator,  consultant,  writer  and  public  speaker.  He  owns  the  company  Empower  focusing  on  valuecrea+ng  rela+ons  across  personal,  professional  and  cultural  differences.  Lecturing  at  Business  Academy  Aarhus.  Large  global  business  network.  Special  exper+se:  facilita+ng  and  managing  the  mee+ngs  of  minds  -­‐  in  English,  German  and  French.  

Claus  Kurt  NielsenBackground  in  sales,  and  is  s+ll  selling  -­‐  ideas  and  concepts.  Then  changed  to  management,  building  business’  from  scratch.  Mid  90’s  went  into  communica+on,  s+ll  in  management.  Found  a  challenge  in  managing  specialists,  but  s+ll  being  part  of  strategy  and  concept  for  customers.  Very  close  contact  kept  to  the  industry  having  worked  for,  and  with,  Denmark's  largest  industry  group  Danfoss  for  a  decade.  Presently  founder  and  owner  of  Scandvision  CPH  A/S.  

Peter  EyermannCreated  a  number  of  companies  -­‐  all  within  media.  His  focus  is  iden+fying  opportuni+es  and  gelng  people  together  across  borders.  He  is  a  true  Øresundchild  -­‐  50%  Dane  and  50%  German.  Peter  owns  the  communica+on  agency  Scandvision  cph  and  the  media  bureau  Your  Global  Eye.  In  addi+on  he  is  chairman  of  one  of  Skåne´s  most  well  reputed  gold  clubs.

Lene  RokstadMany  years  of  experience  within  management  –  projects,  people  and  businesses.  Most  of  her  employment  has  been  within  private  consultancy  and  IT  companies  -­‐  all  of  them  SMEs.  Customers    have  been  both  private  and  public  companies  varying  in  size  from  very  large  to  very  small.  Throughout  her  career  the  main  focus  has  always  been  to  secure  commitment  through  involvement  and  clear  communica+on  –  and  thus  create  results.

Anders  A.  Ekblom,  Experience  from  interna+onal  transporta+on,  IT  and  media  and  public  administra+on.VP  of  Sales  and  a  number  of  CEO  posi+ons  -­‐  Airport,  Real  Estate,  Trade  &  Industry  Agency  and  Informa+on  Technology.  B2B  och  B2C  in  Scandinavia,  Northers  Europe  and  USA.Expert  in  interna+onal  business  via  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Large  network  in  southern  and  western  Sweden.  

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Povl  Chris+an  Henningsen