About me
I'm a senior design leader and strategist working in Europe, Asia and North America, navigating technological innovation, economic volatility, and cultural shifts.
I use those global experiences in combination with strategic foresight to help clients including digital agencies and product companies strengthen their organisations, evolve their offerings, and put them ahead of the competition.
Coaching and mentoring is close to my heart and often part of the work I do.
I'm Swedish, currently living in Stockholm, regularly in Copenhagen, Tokyo. Formerly based in London and San Francisco, working in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Now
Advisor and partner via Orvet Stockholm.
Academician at Academy of Urbanism.
Speaker, lecturer, moderator: Spectrum Tokyo Festival スペクトラムトーキョーフェスティバル, Los Angeles Design Festival, AoU, 城區活動」, Business of Design Week, Gather Festival, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Aalto University, …
Co-host The All-Design Podcast.
Founder of made-to-order clothing brand and record label Fish Boy.
Recently
Partner and Global Strategic Design Director at Manyone 2022-2024.
Partner and Singapore lead at Manyone Asia 2019-2022.
Select clients: United Nations, FWD, Novo Nordisk, Jabra, Airbus, Giant, Nike, Volvo.
Before
Global Cities Lead at M by Volvo Car Mobility.
You brought new perspectives, knowledge and how-to that is now in our DNA. […] you set our direction and inspired me to look further.
Global Head of Design for the Futurice agency (Berlin, Helsinki, London, Munich, Oslo, Stockholm, Tampere).
International Head of Creative at Comprend (Stockholm, London, Lisbon, Milan).
Global Head of Creative at Nansen (Stockholm, Chicago, London, New York, Washington D.C.).
UX & Design Director at cloud collaboration leader Huddle in San Francisco.
Co-author 'State of Mind at Work' and 'Noded - The untouchable business', listed together with Apple and Nintendo Wii by IDG as ideas and companies that “got it right and are leading the way to the future“.
Founder and editor of fine art/photography magazine Paper Light together with Frida Vega Salomonsson and Andreas Carlsson.
Co-host Dauer & Orvet – Practical Design Leadership
Inaugural judging panel member Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) with founding partners NASA, The World Bank, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!.
Alumni of Yahoo!, Stanford University CSP and JMK Stockholm University.
❯ There are many ways we can work together depending on your needs and wants
Jaan understands the intersection of brand, design and experience better than anyone else I’ve met.
