NAG Boston

Cutting-edge leadership thinking and innovation.

Cutting-edge Leadership Thinking

NAG Boston goes beyond traditional advisory roles by keeping clients at the forefront of leadership and strategic insights. Our partnerships with thought leaders, such as Harvard Business School Professors Boris Groysberg and William Kerr, and MIT Professor Jonathan Byrnes, allow us to bring innovative ideas and cutting-edge thinking to our clients.

We also collaborate closely with John Wass and the Boston-based firm Profit Isle on big data engagements, bringing precision and data-driven decision-making to our clients' strategies.

NAG Readings

Heikkinen K., Kerr W., Malin M., Routila P., Ryynänen J. - 6 Lessons from Companies That Shut Down Their Business in Russia, Harvard Business Review, 12.12.2024 Heikkinen K., Kerr W., Malin M., Routila P., Rupponen E. - When Scenario Planning Fails, Harvard Business Review, 21.4.2023 Heikkinen K., Kerr W., Malin M., Routila P., Rupponen E. - Getting Prepared For Novel Risks: Lessons From The Nordics, NAG White Paper, January 2023 Heikkinen K., Kerr W., Malin M., Routila P. - 4 Imperatives for Managing in a Hybrid World, Harvard Business Review, 28.6.2021 Heikkinen K., Kerr W., Routila P., Malin M. - Johtamisen prioriteetit hybridimaailmassa, Talouselämä, 6.4.2021 (Only in Finnish) Heikkinen K., Kerr W., Routila P. - Early Lessons Learned From Managing In Hybrid Reality, The European Business Review, 28.9.2020 Heikkinen K., Kerr W., Routila P. - Näin johdetaan hybridimaailmassa - viisi tärkeää oppia koronavuodesta, Kauppalehti, 19.9.2020 (Only in Finnish) Heikkinen K., Kerr W. - Global Immersions- Necessity To Win In Today's Marketplace, Boston iLab Staff Paper, 2/2020 Kerr W., ed., Heikkinen K. - Talent clusters to rule them all, Boardview Magazine, 1/2019 NAG Managing Partner Kalle Heikkinen - Hyvä johtaja investoi itseensä, Kauppalehti Optio, 16.8.2018 (Only in Finnish) NAG Managing Partner Kalle Heikkinen - Koskelan oppien aika meni jo, Kauppalehti Optio, 4.2.2018 (Only in Finnish) Groysberg B., Heikkinen K. - Gearing up for growth... finally, Finnish and Global Executives' Assessments, 7.6.2017 Interview of NAG Managing Partner Kalle Heikkinen - Vauhtia innovointiin, Kauppalehti, 18.7.2016 (Only in Finnish) Interview of Prof. William Kerr - Katso myrskyssä jo ylihuomiseen, Kauppalehti Optio, May 2015 (Only in Finnish) Byrnes J., Heikkinen K. - Managing with Precision: The Power of Profit-Based Segmentation, NAG White Paper, April 2015 Heikkinen K., Kerr W. - Yritys ei elä vain riskejä välttämällä, Kauppalehti, 19.1.2015 (Only in Finnish) Heikkinen K., Kerr W. - What Finnish companies can do to become better in innovation, NAG Research Note, 27.11.2014 Groysberg B., Heikkinen K. - More Evidence for Finnish "Success-Driven Complacency" Syndrome: Finnish and Global Executives' Assessments of Their Firms in 2013, NAG Research Note, 8.1.2014 Groysberg B., Heikkinen K. - By-standers in the Global War for Talent? Finnish and Global Executives' Assessments of Their Talent Management Practices, NAG Research Note, 2.5.2013 Groysberg B., Heikkinen K. - Difficult Times Ahead for Finnish Companies? Finnish and Global Executives' Assessments of Their Firms in 2012, NAG Research Note, 29.11.2012 Groysberg B., Heikkinen K., Reilly C. - Success-Driven Complacency? Finnish and Global Executives' Assessments of Their Firms, NAG Research Note, 5.3.2012 Interview of Kalle Heikkinen and Catherine Reilly - Suomalaiset yritykset tyytyvät liian vähään, Kauppalehti, 28.12.2011 (Only in Finnish) Groysberg B., Heikkinen K., Zhao J. - Survey of Finnish Executives: Hot Topics on the Minds of Senior Executives of Finnish Companies, NAG Research Note, 28.6.2011