Business Chief Europe Magazine November 2017 | Page 109

SUPPLY CHAIN players . It takes courage to be a disruptor , Nilsson says .
“ If you ’ re a disruptor , you ’ re doing something different , rather than just doing more or less of something . Of course , we believe we are doing things better and faster and with more value , but I think there is some truth in the disruptor label in that we ’ re a different player . We look at both the hard technical and analytical stuff as well as the behavioural stuff to do with organisation , systems , and team dynamics . Often , 98 % of the focus is on the hard tech , but the 2 % of fluff is what makes or breaks a project .”
Nilsson continues : “ Sometimes I ’ m a bit surprised that a lot of companies want to be world class and unique , yet they turn to the same consultancy firms everyone else is using . When somebody like Zinnovate comes in and says ‘ I won ’ t give you that impressive hundred-slide PowerPoint , but
I would advise you to do things differently ,’ that gets their attention .”
What is most important to Zinnovate is wanting the customer to be successful . Nilsson is in a position where he enjoys seeing the success of others more than anything since achieving his own success , and when he and his team get behind a project , it is destined to succeed .
“ I know whether a project is going to be successful or not ,” says Nilsson . “ I ’ m very privileged to not only have extremely skillful people – teammates and people – around me , but also there is this dual heartfelt thing where we really want the other person to be successful , and that truly makes the difference .”
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