SPEAKING

Jan gives talks on supply chain innovation and global sustainable development, drawing on more than two decades of research and collaboration with companies, suppliers, governments, and civil society organizations.

He delivers everything from short webinars and lunch talks to multi‑day seminars. What matters to him is that participants are ready to rethink and improve their global supply chains.

The themes below indicate his main areas of interest. Contact him to discuss how a talk can be tailored to your company’s supply chain needs.

Designing global participatory sustainability processes

Jan helps companies design transformation processes that strengthen supply chain innovation and sustainable development across global operations. He focuses on the intercultural realities where these processes often fail — when international buyers and local suppliers operate under different expectations, practices, and communication norms. His talks show how organizations can build more effective collaboration, reduce friction, and accelerate progress on innovative solutions to sustainability challenges in global supply chains.

Getting global multistakeholder initiatives to function

This talk builds on Jan’s experience with multistakeholder initiatives in Denmark, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and several African countries. It shows what it takes to make collaboration work in sustainable supply chain contexts where global buyers, local suppliers, and public actors often struggle to align. The focus is on the practical reasons these initiatives fail in intercultural settings — and on the concrete steps organizations can take to make them effective and durable.

Creating sustainable suppliers

Jan shows how supply chain innovation tools can strengthen supplier performance and sustainability at the same time. He illustrates this with concrete examples from his many interventions with suppliers in Asia and Africa, demonstrating how Lean and participatory methods improve productivity and environmental and social outcomes. The talk provides companies with clear guidance on why supplier programs often fail in intercultural settings — and what it takes to build supplier capabilities that last.