dua.com

dua - Platform for Diaspora Intelligence
dua.com is the global community platform where fragmented communities reconnect for all kinds of relationships: Love. Biz. Friends.

We build the Community of the Communities. We understand the needs of International Migrants, Expats, Diaspora members and fragmented Communities.

9 Mio App Installs | 8 billion User interactions | 270 mio likes/dislikes | 110 Mio messages sent

Strategic Advisor

Angel Investor

We Don't Have Time

We Don't Have Time is the world largest social media for climate solutions. 

Through our platform, millions of members will unite to put pressure on leaders, politicians and corporations to act for the climate. 

We reached in average 195 Mio people every month in 2022.

Member of The Board of Advisors

MINE STORAGE

Electrification of our society puts new demands on the electric system – mainly large-scale energy storage. Mine Storage is a company founded by people with a vision and commitment to enable this change by using underground mines to store energy and to balance the grid
We use the cleanest means of storage – WATER
We use the most basic law of nature - GRAVITY

Advocate & Investor

NIKIN AG

NIKIN is a Swiss lifestyle brand that offers sustainable clothes & accessoires and plants one tree for each product sold. Every product sold, plants a tree 🌲 | >2'000'000 trees planted

Prime Computer

Exit to PCP Group. 
Responsible for Strategy, Vision, and Execution; Grew the company from 6 to 31 employees; The team won 8 Awards in the Sustainable Tech-Sector; Expanded sales & operation from 2 to 19 countries 
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The Swiss IT pioneer helps companies worldwide achieve their digitalisation and environmental goals whilst reducing operating costs with smartly designed hardware. Prime Computer is the purpose brand dedicated to reducing e-waste, carbon emission and energy consumption in ICT.

CEO, CMO & Member of the Board of Directors

EU Tech Chamber (EUTEC)

The European Technology Chamber is a registered non-profit organisation, which supports European businesses in using technologies for the benefit of Europe and humanity.
We firmly believe that technology is the only way to reach those targets and that with great technology comes great responsibility. The EU TECH Chamber helps to apply technologies for the benefit of humanity to achieve the SDGs – the DNA of this goal.

Member of The Board | Climate Action Alliance

yeswetrust

Swiss Social Tech Company yeswetrust, is on a mission to make education and wealth accessible worldwide by incentivizing positive behavior through the yeswetrust App. 

With educational journeys, access to an incubator and offering funding opportunities for impactful startups, yeswetrust is revolutionizing the Membersclub space with its unique ESG-focused approach.

The ultimate goal is to build Eco-Resorts as physical locations and create a network state of like-minded individuals, committed to unifying humanity and achieving positive global impact.

SG Brand Studios

Marketing communication for SMEs - 
Video editing, image films, logo design & strategy development

Founder & Owner

Studex

Studex is the world's largest manufacturer of ear piercing systems and accessories. The parent company of Studex is located in Los Angeles, California. Around 1000 employees are currently working for Studex worldwide. Studex of Europe acts as European headquarters serving all customers in and around Europe.

Head of Marketing & Key Account Manager Europe 

M.Opitz & Co AG

Responsible for the own brand Mila d'Opiz - sold in 42 countries
Product Development - G2M Strategy - New Market Entries - Global Markom Campaigns
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M. Opitz & Co. AG has specialized in the development, production and filling of high-quality cosmetic products since 1965 and now exports all over the world. Thanks to a pronounced international presence and exceptional quality standards, they have found our firm place among Europe's contract manufacturers and outsourcing partners, producing world brands on the outskirts of Switzerland in St. Gallen.

Head of Marketing & Business Development

Advisor for Brands & our Planet ♻️ | Enhancing People to #actnow and focus on their community | sharing positivity 🤟

🔆 A tech visionary immersed in the AI realm before it was mainstream, I'm on a mission to share cutting-edge innovations and insightful trends that shape our digital future. But technology is just the catalyst – my true passion lies in empowering people to adopt a #mindsetmatters attitude and unlock their fullest potential.
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✨ As a strategic and innovative leader, I thrive on challenging conventions and guiding teams to achieve their best. With a diverse industry experience, I'm committed to creating unique pathways, fostering change in realms like strategy, sustainability, and technology.
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🌟 Renowned for exceptional communication prowess, I've become a recognizable face, adeptly leveraging the art of storytelling to promote ideas, build brands, and rally people around a shared vision.
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🚀 At the core of my personal vision is a relentless pursuit of continuous learning and a steadfast commitment to positivity. I seek opportunities to make a transformative impact by inspiring individuals to embrace a mindful, growth-oriented mindset – the key to unlocking our true potential and shaping a better future.
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👉Join me on this journey as we explore the boundaries of technology and human potential, one mindful step at a time.

Sacha Ghiglione

NVIDIA just made its boldest move yet beyond chips.

With Nemotron 3, Nvidia is releasing a new family of open models built for agentic AI and this is a bigger statement than it looks at first glance.

What’s in the lineup:
🔹 Nano (30B) —> available now
🔹 Super (100B) —> coming 2026
🔹 Ultra (500B) —> also slated for 2026

Early signals are strong:
Nano already outperforms similarly sized models like Qwen3-30B on coding and instruction-following, while generating responses 3× faster.

But the real shift is here:
Nvidia isn’t just releasing models
They’re releasing everything around them.

🔹 Training data transparency
🔹 Fine-tuning tools
🔹 Reinforcement learning environments

Early adopters include Cursor, Perplexity, ServiceNow, and CrowdStrike, spanning coding, search, enterprise automation, and security.

Why this matters:
U.S. frontier labs are closing up and building custom silicon.
China is dominating open-model adoption globally.

Nvidia is threading the needle:
Open models for developers
…that keep them building on Nvidia hardware.

This isn’t Nvidia trying to become OpenAI. It’s Nvidia ensuring that the agentic AI ecosystem runs on its stack, from silicon to software.

AI & Transformation Executive | Former Head of Corporate AI at GF | Strategic Sparring Partner to Leaders

Sunday Food for Thought

We spend so much of life trying to meet expectations that were never ours to carry.

Trying to impress people who won’t remember.
Trying to fit into standards we didn’t create.

But clarity comes the moment you shift the focus inward.

Not on the world watching you today, but on the version of yourself who once dreamed, and the version who will one day look back.

The child you used to be only wanted courage, honesty, and wonder.

The elder you’ll become will only want integrity, presence, and a life that felt true.

Those two versions of you… they’re the real audience.

They’re the ones who know if you lived authentically or just performed.
They’re the ones who understand whether you chased meaning or approval.

If you can honor where you came from and be at peace with where you’re going, you’re living right.

Live in a way that your past self admires
and your future self thanks you for.

Everything else is noise.

AI & Digital Strategy Leader | Former Head AI at GF | Driving Transformation & Innovation

Christopher Engman

💢 Author Megadeals, investor and large deal advisor in sustainability scale-ups

A typical Njord client has complexities in the deal making such as…
Cross hierarchical decision making on the customer side (often higher up than most people realise)
Cross functional decision making
A complex offering that takes a long time for new people to handle on their own
The environment on the customer side is a blend of processes and interfacing technologies

These 4 complexities lead to another key trait of our clients, which is a very high dependency on key people in the deal making. Often a CEO, a CTO and a Head of sales. We call it the rainmaker dependency. Hiring more and more sales people only makes the matter worse as your rainmakers have to hold the new sales peoples’ hands, which they don't have time for. We often see companies making the mistake of recruiting too many new sales people and then ending up in the calendar problem. They find themselves having to support everyone else and then experiencing lower sales as a consequence.

Most of our clients aim at becoming the leader in their category and in their core customer segment. It is also quite common that a Njord client is trying to establish or grow a new solution category which has its own list of challenges and special moves.

Looking forward to talking more about your exciting potential to dominate your finite market and category.

Author co-founder managing partner

Many of the most successful B2B companies in the world have a high concentration of revenue coming from a few top accounts. Often less than 50 accounts represent 80% of the total revenue even though the entire customer base can consist of many thousand accounts. 

Often the biggest accounts have very extensive contracts and big amounts associated. Very often each top client of the biggest companies in the world can have individual revenues beyond one billion USD per year each. In the world of Megadeals, the literature is very weak. There is a long list of books about B2B complex selling but the difference between a 100.000 USD deal and a multi BUSD deal is substantial. 
The book is a mix of theories and models blended with interviews with 60 of the top Megadeal sales people in the world. 

Megadeals advisory is assisting scaleups and Fortune 500 companies doing more and bigger Megadeals

Stop selling products. Start selling perspective.

The gap between a "Vendor" and a "Strategic Partner" usually comes down to one thing: Deep Domain Expertise.

In complex B2B sales, buyers aren't looking for specs. They are looking for business outcomes. If you don't understand their world better than they do, you are just another commodity.

Here is why deep expertise wins every time:
1. Instant Credibility. C-level executives guard their time fiercely. If they have to educate you on their industry, you’ve already lost. When you speak their language (acronyms, regulations, trends), you earn the right to be in the room.
2. Diagnosing "Latent" Pain. Average sellers solve known problems ("We need cheaper software"). Experts uncover problems the client didn't even know they had because they’ve seen the pattern 50 times before.
3. De-risking the Decision. Buyers aren't afraid of paying too much; they are afraid of making a career-damaging mistake. An expert maps the path through compliance, implementation, and politics.
4. Best references. The top commercial people know exactly which references to use when conducting the sale. Same industry, same county, and/or same business logic. We call it concentric marketing.

The Difference in Action:
❌ The Generalist sells a medical device by talking about the ergonomic grip and titanium build. 
✅ The Expert explains that while the device costs more, it shaves 15 mins off surgery time—allowing the hospital to fit in one extra procedure a day, increasing revenue by $2M/year.

The takeaway: Your product is secondary. Your primary product is your perspective.

Founder Njord aka Megadeals | Deal Orchestration Platform for high complexity B2B scaleups

Stop confusing your Champions with your Trojan Horses. They are NOT the same. 

In our research, we found that most sales teams rely too heavily on one loud voice inside the buying organization. But to win complexity 5 and 6 deals, you need a different kind of ally.

We call them Trojan Horses. 
Here is the distinction that saves deals:

The Champion
Traits: Has authority, influence, and power.
Role: They act as an "egg-breaker." They openly fight for you and push the decision through.

The Trojan Horse
Traits: Often lacks authority. Usually found lower in the hierarchy (technicians, assistants, managers).

Role: They act as your GPS. They operate in the dark to help you navigate the political landscape.

Why you need a Trojan Horse: Champions can get the deal signed, but Trojan Horses prevent you from crashing before you get there. They whisper the "unspoken truths" you will never find in an RFP:
Who is really blocking you? 
Is your competitor actually ahead? 
When will the decision actually happen? 

Pro Tip: Never call them a Trojan Horse to their face. Treat them as a valued partner. Give them industry insights in return for their intelligence.

Who is guiding your navigation in your biggest deal right now? Have you worked with Trojan Horses or acted as one?

#Megadeals #Njord #EnterpriseSales #B2B #SalesStrategy #TrojanHorse

San Francisco, recorded Keynote from the Usage Based Economy Summit

Watch the recorded keynote here https://lnkd.in/dgcXc_EB

Theme: How to Market, Sell and Price Innovation to Large Companies

Why your "perfect" solution is stuck in Pilot Purgatory.

We’ve all been there. You have a superior product. The champions love it. The ROI calculation is undeniable. Yet, the deal stalls. Weeks turn into months, and eventually, the project quietly dies.

In our research for Megadeals and other high complexity deals, we found the root cause is rarely about your product’s features. It is almost always because you failed to map your solution to a Key Initiative.

The Hard Truth: Large enterprises don't buy "solutions" to small problems. They invest in strategic outcomes.

Every mid sized and large company has 3–5 "Key Initiatives" at any given time (e.g., "Carbon Neutrality by 2030," "Digitizing the Customer Journey," or "Supply Chain Resilience").

These initiatives have Board-level visibility.

These initiatives have ring-fenced budgets.

These initiatives have clear deadlines.

If your solution is not directly attached to one of these trains, you are standing on the platform. You are fighting for scraps of discretionary budget—a dangerous place to be.

My advice? If you cannot clearly articulate which Key Initiative your offer supports, you shouldn't be forecasting the deal. You should be disqualifying it or working harder to find the link.

Stop pitching "features." Start reading their Annual Report. Listen to the CEO’s latest earnings call. Find the initiative that keeps them up at night, and re-engineer your entire narrative to show how YOU help them execute THAT specific promise to the market.

Don't just sell a tool. Sell the bridge to their strategic destination.

How often do you check a prospect's Annual Report before the first meeting? 

#Megadeals #EnterpriseSales #KeyInitiatives #SalesStrategy #B2B

The "linear sales process" is a myth when it comes to complexity 5 (multiple stakeholder groups) and 6 (multiple organisations) deals. Instead, it is a multithreaded game of chess.

Here is why high-complexity deals are more like a chess match than a checklist:

1. The Board is Bigger Than You Think (The Ecosystem)
In a simple sale, you might have a linear path: Lead -> Meeting -> Proposal -> Close. In a complexity 5 or 6 deal, the "board" is a vast ecosystem.

Multiple Players: You aren't just playing against one buyer. You are navigating 50-100+ stakeholders including internal departments (IT, Finance, Legal), external consultants, third party vendors, and even competitors.

Interconnected Pieces: Just like moving a knight affects the potential moves of a bishop, a decision in one department (e.g., IT) can completely block or enable a decision in another (e.g., Operations).

2. You Need to Anticipate Moves (Strategy & Foresight)
You cannot just react; you must predict.

Looking Ahead: Deal orchestrators are "ecosystem architects." They don't just see the current state of the board; they see where the industry is moving (macro-trends) and position their pieces to be relevant in that future state.

Defensive Play: Just as a chess player protects their King, a deal orchestrator must obsessively mitigate risk. Large organizations are risk-averse; they prioritize not losing over winning. Your strategy must focus on defending against their fears (perceived risks) as much as attacking with your value proposition.

3. It’s Not About One "Checkmate" (Consensus)
You rarely win with a single, dramatic move.

Incremental Wins: You have to win "votes" across the entire ecosystem. You need to build consensus piece by piece, aligning the interests of disparate groups who often have conflicting agendas.

The "Trojan Horse" Strategy: Sometimes the most powerful move isn't a direct attack with your Queen (Champion), but a subtle maneuver with a Pawn (Trojan Horse). You need hidden allies inside the organization to feed you intelligence on the real game being played behind closed doors.

4. The Game is Non-Linear
Loops and Detours: A complexity 5 and 6 deal doesn't follow a straight line. You might move forward with a Champion, get blocked by a detractor in Legal, have to retreat, build consensus elsewhere, and then approach again from a different angle. It is a dynamic, fluid battle for influence, not a step-by-step funnel.

This is where Njord comes in. The deal orchestration platform for complexity 5 and 6. www.njord.io

Industry-specific AI robots are autonomous machines designed to perform specialized tasks within a particular sector. Unlike general-purpose robots, they are purpose-built with AI models and hardware tailored for a specific vertical, such as healthcare, logistics, or manufacturing. Their AI is trained on unique, domain-specific data, allowing them to handle complex, nuanced tasks with high precision and efficiency.

Key Trends in Vertical AI Robotics
From Fixed to Flexible Automation: The industry is moving away from rigid, pre-programmed robotic arms to AI-driven, adaptable robots that can handle a wider range of tasks in dynamic, unstructured environments.

Physical AI and Digital Twins: A major trend is the use of digital twins, or virtual replicas, to train AI robots in a simulated environment. This "physical AI" approach allows robots to learn skills in a risk-free, accelerated manner, significantly reducing deployment time and cost.

Agentic and Multi-Modal AI: The latest AI robots are being integrated with multi-modal AI models that combine vision, language, and action. This allows them to perceive their environment, understand natural language commands, and perform complex, multi-step tasks without constant human oversight.

Human-Robot Collaboration (Cobots): AI is making collaborative robots (cobots) safer and more effective. Advanced sensors and AI allow these robots to work seamlessly alongside human employees, taking over repetitive or physically demanding tasks while humans focus on more complex, strategic work.
 
See 33 leading industry specific robot companies in the article. Who should I add to the list?

Industry-specific AI robots are autonomous machines designed to perform specialized tasks within a particular sector. Unlike general-purpose robots, t

Open article: Industry-specific AI robots by Christopher Engman • 4 min read

Njord is excited to meet with deep tech founders in Rotterdam for the Deep Tech GTM Executive Roundtable. 

Event Details:
- Date: Wednesday, November 26th
- Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Hosted by: InnovationQuarter & Njord (formerly Megadeals)

John Lindsay from Njord and I will lead a workshop tailored for deep tech companies facing high deal complexity and rainmaker dependency. We will focus on:

- GTM design
- Case studies
- Interactive exercises

Participants will learn how to leverage AI-powered deal orchestration to accelerate and enhance deep tech commercialization.

WAREHOUSE ROBOTS: Stop building warehouses for peak capacity. Start building them for flexibility.

One of the biggest CAPEX traps in logistics is over-engineering a facility for "Day 100" volumes on Day 1.

This is where Exotec (the French robotics unicorn) is changing the industrial logic.

Their AI-driven Skypod system decouples storage from throughput.
Need more storage? Extend the racks.
Need more speed? Add more robots.

It turns fixed infrastructure costs into a flexible, scalable model.
In a world of volatile consumer demand, the "heavy metal" approach to automation (conveyor belts and cranes) is becoming a risk. The agility provided by 3D mobile robotics is the new hedge against uncertainty.

Kudos to Romain Moulin and the team in France for redefining what "agile fulfillment" actually looks like.

Question: Is flexibility now more valuable than pure speed in your supply chain?

See more here https://www.exotec.com/

#Logistics #Strategy #TechTrends #Exotec #Automation #SupplyChainManagement

The "5-7 Stakeholder" rule is wrong (at least for Complexity 5 and 6 deals).

If you are trying to close a complexity 5 or 6 deal using the same playbook you use for a standard contract, you are going to lose.

In standard complex B2B sales (Complexity 3 or 4), the goal is often simple lead generation. and then a very sequential sales process. You identify a buying committee of roughly 5 to 7 key people, sell the features, and close the deal.

But when you hit Complexity 5 and 6, that math doesn’t work.

We are seeing a fundamental shift from simple lead generation and a sequential sales process to complex, multi-threaded orchestration.

Complexity 5 Deals: You aren't just dealing with a few contacts; you are navigating multiple stakeholder groups within one large organization—IT, Finance, Legal, and Operations—all with competing agendas.

Complexity 6 Deals: This is where it gets truly massive. The deal extends beyond the client to encompass multiple organizations, including partners, consultants, and third-party vendors.

This is often an extensive ecosystem.

If you ignore this web of dependencies, you leave the door open for risk. Deals at this level aren't won by selling features; they are won by mitigating risk and building broad alignment across that ecosystem.

The Top 1% of Sellers are "Ecosystem Architects."

They don’t just map the terrain; they reshape it. They have the vision to see where the industry is moving and the ability to align every layer—from internal finance teams to third party vendors—behind that vision.

They act like what Ray Dalio calls "Shapers"—independent thinkers who let nothing stand in the way of the goal.

Our njord.io platform mission is "Scaling Rainmakers in Complexity 5 and 6 deals".

#B2B #SalesStrategy #Complexity5 #Complexity6 #Ecosystems #Orchestration #DealOrchestration

Risk Mitigation in complexity 5 and 6 deals

Large organizations are inherently risk-averse.

The Priority of Risk Over Upside
We often present a scenario in our seminars where we ask attendees to choose between two alternatives. Alternative A offers a modest ROI with very low risk, while Alternative B offers a massive ROI but comes with a significant risk of failure. In a complexity 5 and 6 context, organizations almost always choose Alternative A, modest ROI with very low risk.

Why? Because, as the old saying goes, "You'll never get fired for buying from IBM". Large organizations prioritize reliability over high performance.

This behavior is rooted in human psychology. Daniel Kahneman’s Nobel Prize-winning research on loss aversion, found that humans have a 2.5 times stronger drive to avoid pain than to achieve pleasure. In a complexity 5 and 6 deal, where decision-makers are putting their careers on the line, avoiding a mistake is often more important than hitting a home run.

Real vs. Perceived Risks
To master this cornerstone, you must distinguish between two types of risk:
- Real Risks: These are tangible threats, such as a machine having a specific probability of downtime or a project failing to meet technical specifications.
- Perceived Risks: These are intangible but equally deadly. For example, a client might worry that your brand isn't stable enough for a long-term partnership or simply doesn't trust you personally.

Trust is the Antidote to Risk
We believe that risk mitigation is inextricably linked to trust. If you can lower the real and perceived risks for the client, you increase their trust, which in turn allows you to charge a premium.

We break trust down into four key aspects relevant to megadeals:
1. Capability: Do you have the team and resources to deliver? 
2. Vision: Do you have a clear view of the future that assures the client it is safe to stay with you long-term? 
3. Honesty: Can they trust you to tell the truth, especially when things go wrong? 
4. Consistency: Can you deliver results repeatedly over time? 

Stephen M. R. Covey’s framework of trust, emphasizing that you must demonstrate both character (Integrity and Intent) and competency (Capabilities and Results).

Proactive Risk Management
The biggest mistake you can make is avoiding the topic of risk because it feels uncomfortable. If you don't speak about risks with your client, they will discuss them without you—and that is a far worse scenario.

By introducing risk mitigation proactively into your sales process, you control the narrative and build immense credibility. We advise creating a risk checklist and building mitigation strategies directly into your offering, whether through insurance, guarantees, or transparent governance structures.

Ultimately, winning a Complexity 5 or 6 deal isn't just about maximizing the upside; it is about proving that you are the safest pair of hands for their most critical initiatives.

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- Senior Marketing Leader with 14+ years of international experience across B2C and B2B industries, including streaming services.
- Driving accelerated growth through 360° marketing strategies
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