Morten Nødgaard Albæk (born 28 July 1975) is a Danish philosopher, bestselling author, and business person. He is the founder and CEO of the Danish advisory firm Voluntās A/S specialized in advising companies, foundations, boards, leaders, and governments on how to create, adapt and drive a meaningful organization, brand, society, and planet. Voluntās’ Meaningfulness Quotient (MQ) is the world's first scalable method to digitally measure the sense of meaningfulness among a company's employees – a groundbreaking decision-tool within strategy- and leadership development. The company is headquartered in Copenhagen and has an office in Tunis, Tunisia. Voluntas was the consultancy in Denmark with the 2nd highest revenue and employee growth from 2017 to 2019 (53% in that period).[1]
Morten Albæk | |
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| Born | 28 July 1975 Uggerby, Denmark |
| Occupation(s) | Founder and CEO at Voluntas A/S, Author |
Academia
editAlbæk holds a master's degree in History and Philosophy from Aarhus University. He has been an Honorary Professor in Philosophy and Education at Aalborg University.[2]
Career
editAlbæk started his career in Danske Bank,[3] Denmark's largest financial institution, undertaking various marketing and business development functions before being appointed as SVP for the department for Idea Generation & Innovation. At Danske Bank, he pioneered the Financial Literacy Program, later to be included as a case in the UN Global Compact’s yearbook of 2011.[4][5]
In 2009, Albæk joined Vestas, the largest wind turbine company in the world, as Group SVP for Global Marketing, Communication & Corporate Relations and a member of the Executive Committee.[6] At Vestas, he envisioned and developed WindMade, the world’s first global consumer label identifying products produced with wind energy – the first consumer label to be endorsed by the United Nations.[7] Additionally, Morten Albæk launched Wind for Prosperity,[8] a business model bringing affordable and reliable electricity to impoverished and remote rural, but wind rich populations.[9]
In 2015, Albæk founded advisory firm Voluntās (Latin for “will, purpose, goal, meaning”) specialized in advising companies, leaders, and governments on how to create, adapt and drive a meaningful organization, brand, society, and planet. Voluntās is the world's first company to systematically measure and consult on meaningfulness. Voluntās works to fundamentally change how human potential is led and realized.
Albæk serves as chairman of the university Design School Kolding,[10] he is part of the advisory board for Holly & Sam Branson's fond Big Change[11] and a member of the board of several companies.
Books
editAlbæk has authored four books: One Life. How we forgot to live meaningful lives (DK: 2018[12] UK:[13] 2019, Ukrainian: 2020[14]). Albæk won the Mofibo Award for the Danish audio-version in the category Documentary & Biography.[15][citation needed], The Average Human Being(2013),[16][17] Encounters Between What You Say and What You Do (2008),[18] and Generation Fucked Up? (2005),.[19]
Merits
editAlbæk has – as the only Scandinavian – been selected 5 times for The Internationalist's list of the “100 Most Influential CMOs in the World” (in 2011–2015).[20] In 2020, The Internationalist listed Albæk among "20 Inspiring Marketers of the First 20 Years of the 21st Century."[21] Albæk was selected for Fast Company's list of the “1,000 most creative people in business” in 2014.[22]
References
edit- ^ "Top 50 Consulting Companies in Denmark".
- ^ "Læserne spørger: Morten Albæk | Information". information.dk. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Danske Bank - ecbs.org". ecbs.org. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Global Compact International Yearbook 2011" (PDF). 24 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Financial Literacy". danskebank.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Samfundsrevser skal sælge vindmøller - Navne | www.business.dk". business.dk. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "United Nations and Climate Change". un.org. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Home". windforprosperity.com.
- ^ "Profile". vestas.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Morten Albæk will be new Chairman of the Board".
- ^ "Who we are".
- ^ SAXO.com. "Få Ét liv, én tid, ét menneske af Morten Albæk som bog på dansk - 9788702260069". SAXO.com (in Danish). Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ Albaek, Morten (24 October 2019). One Life: How We Forgot to Live Meaningful Lives. ISBN 978-1912555598.
- ^ "Мортен Ельбек: KPI лідера – це коли людина на смертному ложі не шкодує, що витратила час на роботу з вами". 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Vinderne af Mofibo Awards 2020 - Danmarks første lydbogspris". 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Det gennemsnitlige menneske af Morten Albæk & Stig Matthiesen (Bog) - køb hos SAXO.com". saxo.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Bestsellerbøger i 2013 - De bedste bogudgivelser i 2013". saxo.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Nedslag af Morten Albæk (Bog) - køb hos SAXO.com". saxo.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "Generation fucked up af Morten Albæk (E-bog) - køb hos SAXO.com". saxo.com. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
- ^ "TRENDSETTERS: Vestas' Albaek Demonstrates Consumers' Interest in Buying Brands Made with Renewable Energy". Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "20 Inspiring Marketers of the First 20 Years" (PDF). the-internationalist.com. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Most Creative People in Business 1000: The Complete List". 29 January 2014.