Annicken R. Day
The Scandinavian Business Therapist
Culture Strategist, Executive Advisor and Author. Founder & CEO Corporate Spring.
Full Profile
Annicken R. Day has been a pioneer in the leadership and work culture space for the last 20 years. As one of the world’s first “Chief Culture Officers,” Day was instrumental in building a thriving, high-performing, innovative culture in Tandberg, a Norwegian startup within the videoconference space. The company experienced extraordinary growth, received multiple Best Place to Work awards, became a global market leader in its industry, and was acquired by Cisco for $3.5 Bill USD in 2010.
As founder and CEO of Corporate Spring for the last decade, Day has coached, trained, and advised leaders globally, from startup founders to Fortune 500 leaders, in how to build thriving, high-performing
cultures in the new world of work. Through the effective and science-based Corporate Spring Model, with decades of experience in hybrid work, and a philosophy rooted in the Scandinavian way of work and life, Day and her team have shared their expertise with leaders and teams in over fifty countries.
Drawing from her global experience as a culture expert and entrepreneur, Day provides authentic and bold insights into how the new world of work requires new ways of thinking and leading, why business
success is closely intertwined with employee wellbeing and happiness, and how to create these kinds of organizations.
Annicken R. Day´s best-selling novel Fly Butterfly, translated into multiple languages, is inspired by Day´s own metamorphosis journey as a corporate executive, entrepreneur, and human being in pursuit of
freedom, joy, and happiness.
Some of Annicken R. Day’s credentials:
- Sought-after culture expert, TEDx and global keynote speaker.
- Executive advisor for startup founders and Fortune 500 leaders.
- Founder and CEO of Corporate Spring, working with some of the world´s leading companies.
- One of the world’s first Chief Culture Officers, developed hybrid work cultures for 20 years.
- Received multiple Best Place to Work awards based on her work.
- Culture Strategist at Cisco, a 70 000-people company awarded 3 times “World´s Best Workplace.”
- Columnist for Forbes, Business Insider, Huffington Post, co-author of the book “Creative
Superpowers.” - Author of the bestselling novel “Fly, Butterfly.”
- Recipient of “Alien of Extraordinary Abilities” US Green Card (EB1) based on her credentials