Risto Siilasmaa: The Finnish Government Needs To Make Data-Driven Decisions

Joy of Finland highlights Finland’s strengths and areas of improvement.

Risto Siilasmaa is the Founder of F-Secure, a publicly listed cyber security and privacy company. He was also the former Chairman of Nokia from 2012 to 2020. He currently invests in startups through his investment firm First Fellow Partners.

In this episode, we discuss:

(0:00) Preview and introduction

(1:40) About Risto

(7:23) Nokia’s transformation after selling the mobile business

(9:47) Equal opportunity

(11:39) Everything works

(13:26) Norm of following the rules and trust

(15:37) Finns’ attitudes about being in the happiest country in the world

(18:20) Finnish arrogance, complacency, and risk aversion

(22:42) What can Finland learn from Estonia

(25:18) How Sweden is ahead of Finland

(27:32) How Finland’s government needs to change

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