Challenge Turned into a Great Change — The Case of Blue Lobster
By Yoko Inoue — a Republikken member On September 2, we hosted the first round of “Republikken Talk”, a series of talks where 10 selected people would share how they have been responding to the pandemic by rethinking their business to survive the crisis. The second speaker of this series was a young and energetic […]
Read moreHow did you survive the COVID-pandemic? Case of Gehl Architects
By Yoko Inoue — a Republikken member Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, businesses around the world were forced to adapt to the new normal. As Republikken values sharing knowledge to support the growth of people and companies, we decided to launch “Republikken Talk”, a series of talks where 10 selected people would share […]
Read moreThe Value of Republikken’s Community
When I started my company in January I knew I needed to find a place to work away from home, which the Corona Crisis has proved on multiple levels since. But after being at Republikken for six months, my reasons for being a member have shifted from tangibles like a desk, coffee and wifi to […]
Read morePeople with a Passion: Monique Hartmann
Tell us about your work For the past 30 years, I have worked as a psychologist specializing in personal development. I have helped companies, municipalities, hospitals and NGOs improve their working environments, mainly through leadership training. I would choose the same career if I were to do it all over again. I love to see […]
Read morePeople with a Passion: Elliot Frost
Tell us about your work I am a freelance copywriter working for a digital marketing company based in London. What I do mainly is content marketing for various companies in IT, finance, AI, construction, food, e.t.c. It involves lots of research in an area you never considered researching before, and they are sometimes really complicated […]
Read morePeople with a Passion: Charlotte Rønje
Tell us about your work My company’s name, JamiiPay, means “community pay” in Swahili. We are a fintech company offering digital platform and app, which registers people’s saving activities in Ethiopia. The purpose is to create their credit histories so that they can obtain access to loans from banks. Right now, 99% of people have […]
Read morePeople with a Passion: Yoko Inoue
I was once a journalist for a Japanese newspaper. In 2015, I was a foreign correspondent in Washington D.C. Very exciting days, but then, I found out that I was pregnant. My Danish husband insisted to move to work-life-balance heaven—Denmark. While it was quite a leap for me, I could not beat the idea as […]
Read morePeople with a Passion: Agnete Bjerre-Madsen
Tell us about your work I am the founder of Moons and Junes, an underwear brand under the tagline; “No underwire, no padding, no BS”. We underestimate how many women compromise their comfort and health for these underwires. For many years, I had two bruises right at the center of my chest. I even had […]
Read morePeople with a Passion: Troels Plenge
Tell us about your work I love to work on projects where I meet other people and I find our values are aligned. I spend most of my time working on co-creating ideas and building things with lots of different people. It’s about creating synergy. I come from a startup background, and two years ago […]
Read morePeople with a Passion: Jim Forrest
Tell us about your work I’m a digital strategist representing a major app design and development studio of 250 people based in Silicon Valley East, U.S.A.. We have offices in Boston, New York, Chicago and Houston, and now a satellite in Copenhagen! My day-to-day work involves digital strategy projects for large corporations; I work around […]
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