Welcome to SSE's new web series.
My name is Victor White and I am the showrunner and creator of the series
alongside Aidan, my fellow co-producer behind the camera
In this series, which will be released every two weeks
you'll get to follow different stories and kind of 'behind the scenes' of the oak
doors here at the Stockholm School of Economics.
There's going to be a new co-host every week
Well, I'm going to be the first two weeks and then there's going to be a new co-host
Without any further ado,
let's get into it.
The Stockholm School of Economics is a private business school located in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden
As SSE has been creating opportunities for its graduates for over 100 years
In this episode, we'll have a look at our educational mission FREE
So the fact and science based mindset, what does that mean to you?
Well, to me, facts are the most important things you can have with you in life.
So I really appreciate the fact that SSE has that as their foundation
to everything, because without that, in today's world, which is full of fake news, you don't really know
what's real and what's not.
So it's important to be able to apply that into every single situation that you're in.
Yeah, yeah, I agree 100 percent.
When my dad passed away in 2014, my whole world got turned upside down.
He passed away from prostate cancer.
And I mean, I was 17 at the time.
Just a kid, really.
And that that's definitely something that that makes you reflect on life
and what you do. In terms of self awareness,
I try to meet and greet everyone with kindness.
And I do believe that, you know, you get treated by others as you treat
others, if that makes sense.
I don't know about you all and how you how you go through life in terms
of reflection and self-awareness
So please comment below.
I think that is where I stop.
So growing up, I lived in many countries and had a lot of
strange things happen that made life a bit hard sometimes, but I always found the one
consistent thing is that if you treat people well, they'll do the same back to you.
You can always have trust in that.
People always try their best to help you if you're always with them.
Being empathetic is so important and you can really feel that at SSE at all times.
And even in terms of culture, understanding different cultures, how business works in different
places, how people work, it's very important, you see it built into everything that happens around the school.
And that's one of the reasons I love it here and one of the reasons I am here.
So I know, as you might know, SSE has its educational mission and one of
them constitutes entrepreneurial and responsible.
So I was thinking, since you are, you know, one of the entrepreneurs here here at the school,
I would say, what does that mean to you?
Yeah, I think entrepreneurs definitely are always looking for something.
It's like always seeing something like, OK, this thing is good,
how can we make it better?
And at SSE, as well,
everything is about improvement in some sense.
Like everybody, every single student is always on to something.
And that really fits in the circle where you're going to be active
and go out and do something.
And as I told you before, my favorite thing is...
STOP, no. Keep it rolling.
Keep rolling, keep it rolling, keep it rolling.
Or should I continue?
My favorite thing is when I receive a message that says I have a business idea, let's discuss it
Because then, you know, you're going to spend the next evening with somebody just brainstorming and getting out everything you have in mind
And that's what I love about entrepreneurship.
FREE, the Stockholm School of Economics Educational Mission, the university
unfolds in a spectrum of layers and layers consisting of students, faculty, staff and
researchers all aligned with the same mission and vision.
Naturally, everything stems from somewhere.
So I decided to dig a little deeper. Without any further ado, let me present
Lars Strannegård, the president of SSE.
You're behind FREE
One of the individuals behind FREE
Could you summarize that for us or tell us a bit more about what it means and what it stands for to you?
Well, to me, it's quite simple.
You know, we go into this world that is, infused by digitalization,
machine learning and artificial intelligence.
And in that world, our cognitive capabilities will be outsmarted by machines.
And what the machines and the computers are really bad at that is to be human.
So we as humans need to really develop our ability to be human
and our humanistic skills.
And if we're good at that, then the machines can't beat us.
So we have a sort of
a leap ahead when it comes to that.
So if you're able to navigate in the world to be empathetic, to be reflective, to be fact
based and to be creative, it really is something that machines cannot do.
And it's a great way for you
as a students to come out in the world and really be prepared for different types of
things that you do not know exactly how they will unfold.
So it's actually being prepared for insecure and uncertain world
And I think it's sort of a guarantee, a sort of a vaccination against
being sort of lost.
So to me, it's extremely central to be fact based, to base your decisions on facts
to be reflective.
Think about who are you and who tries to influence you and then try to really sort of posture and
practice your empathy, which is possible to do.
And then also be creative in this world.
Then you come out and say to the world, you know, I'm ready for it.
I don't know everything. I'm not perfect, but I'm humble and I'm not scared.
So come on, world, bring it on.
Let's have a fantastic life.
And with that said I hope that you've got a bit of a
better insight into SSE's educational mission FREE.
Yeah, that's it for this episode.
And we'll be with you for the next one.
So make sure you subscribe to the Stockholm School of Economics YouTube channel. Bye!