{"id":476,"date":"2019-06-18T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/itm-management\/?p=476"},"modified":"2020-11-20T10:58:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T09:58:43","slug":"thank-you-and-best-wishes-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/itm-management\/2019\/06\/thank-you-and-best-wishes-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you and best wishes for the future!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content-wrapper\"><p>First of all I would like to thank all of you for all the good work during my years as the Head of ITM \u2013 it has been a very interesting period, challenging at times, but overall very rewarding. I was overwhelmed by the celebration on May 14, all the participants, all the presents, all the songs, all the speeches and poems, and last but not least, the toastmaster. <a href=\"https:\/\/intra.kth.se\/itm\/nyheter\/avtackning-av-skolchef-1.905200\">And the movie<\/a>, what a remarkable production: the overall orchestration, the comfortable storyteller, the rejoicing chorus of happy administrators, and all the nice words from colleagues. Thank you all!<\/p>\n<p>On the research side, coordinator pairs have now been appointed to lead the four new School overarching research initiatives for which the School has allocated dedicated research funding. The overall effort will be supervised by our new Deputy Head of School Martin T\u00f6rngren. The areas and the coordinator teams are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Industrial transformation through digitalisation, renewable energy and circular economy.<br \/>\nCoordinated by Antonio Maffei, IIP and Elena Fersman, MMK.<\/li>\n<li>Integrated mechanics, components and materials design including additive manufacturing.<br \/>\nCoordinated by Greta Lindwall, MSE and Raquel Lizarraga, MSE.<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable energy systems: Technical and business perspectives.<br \/>\nCoordinated by Andrew Martin, EGI and Frauke Urban, Indek.<\/li>\n<li>Innovation eco-systems, innovation management and entrepreneurship.<br \/>\nCoordinated by Jennie Bj\u00f6rk, MMK and Anders Brostr\u00f6m, Indek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am sure that Martin T\u00f6rngren will come back soon with a blog post with more details and strategies for these efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I am convinced that the new School head team, P\u00e4r and Martin, will continue in a spirit of engagement, collaboration, innovation, equality, inclusion, good working climate, and most importantly environmental sustainability. In case the new management team runs into unforeseen challenges, I will leave some literature on my office desk that might be of help in tricky situations. A few example titles are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crisis management, Public Leadership under Pressure<\/li>\n<li>Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions<\/li>\n<li>Organisatorisk resiliens \u2013 Vad \u00e4r det som g\u00f6r f\u00f6retag och organisationer livskraftiga?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good luck P\u00e4r and Martin! And P\u00e4r, the gavel I handed over at the festivities, and which was once handed over to me by Bengt, might come in handy in critical situations.<\/p>\n<p>I wish all the best for ITM in the future!<\/p>\n<p>\/Jan Wikander, retiring Head of the ITM School<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First of all I would like to thank all of you for all the good work during my years as the Head of ITM \u2013 it has been a very interesting period, challenging at times, but overall very rewarding. 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