Entrepreneurship At The Heart Of Disruptive Innovation

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Session Overview

As IKEA celebrates its 80th birthday, we will highlight our digital journey as a furnishing retailer and explore the customer needs of the future, including the importance of Equality Diversity & Inclusion in every decision we take and meeting and fulfilling the needs and desires of our customers.

Session Key Takeaways:

An entrepreneur mindset is the base of disruption.
Retail future will continue to be an omnichannel future.
Leadership is about doing the right thing, authentically, for the benefit of people and society

This session is for you if…you are an entrepreneur at heart, and you want to learn more about IKEA’s humble beginnings, and how our values continue to guide us in everything we do.

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