University Courses
Higher Education, Grounded in the Real World
My university courses are designed to mirror the complexity of real life & real work. Students don’t learn innovation, leadership, or creativity in the abstract — they practice it through vulnerable dialogue, live design challenges & concrete dilemmas drawn from organizations & society.
Theory matters, but only when it helps students act more wisely in the world they are about to enter.
Inside-Out Learning: Before We Go Outward, We Go Inward
Every course follows the same underlying model: inner work before outer impact.
Students explore self-awareness, emotional intelligence, authenticity, values, identity, presence & attention before applying tools to teams, organizations & systems. The aim is to develop not just capable professionals, but grounded humans who understand why they act before deciding how to act.
Life Skills for a Complex World
These courses look nothing like traditional university classes.
There are fewer lectures & far more conversations, experiments, reflection & embodied exercises. Students question assumptions, challenge norms & actively shape their own learning journey. While academically grounded, the focus goes well beyond grades & exams.
The aim is not to fit neatly into the system, but to gently shake it from the inside — developing presence, courage, collaboration, creative confidence & the ability to navigate uncertainty.
Teaching Where It Matters
Design thinking, leadership & personal development in Norway’s leading universities for the next generation of medical doctors, technologists & managers
Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU)
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Lead this multidisciplinary course — one of the most popular on campus — open to master students from across the entire university.
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Contribute (in collaboration with Professor Martin Steinert) to this executive program through courses in creative confidence and rapid prototyping based at TrollLABS.
Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
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Lead this intensive, five-day course based in Voss for members of the CEMS program, including international students from LSE, Cornell, ESADE, Bocconi, and Nova.
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Contribute to this year-long, international program for master students through courses in design thinking and team dynamics.
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Contribute to this executive program through courses in innovation culture and leadership.
University of Bergen (UiB)
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Lead this course offered at the Medical School for doctors, medical researchers, medical students, and healthcare practitioners.
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Lead this course based at the Physics & Technology Department. It is a requirement for Civil Engineering degrees in energy, aquaculture, marine technology, information technology and economics, data science, and medical technology.
A Deeply Student-Centered Philosophy
My work is driven by one obsession: students.
I care far less about academic administration or research metrics than I do about whether students leave my courses more awake, more capable & more connected to themselves and others.
Everything is designed around their lived experience, not institutional convenience.
Engaging Young Talent Around the World
Selected Universities Where I’ve Been an Invited Lecturer
Stanford University (USA)
KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
Yeungnam University (South Korea)
University of Kyoto (Japan)
Universitat Ramon Llull (Spain)
Universidade de Vigo (Spain)
Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Russia)
Universtiy of Rijeka (Croatia)
University of Bydgoszcz (Poland)
Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
University of Münster (Germany)
Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv
Learning Through Relationships, Not Distance
I invest deeply in relationships with my students.
Over time, I’ve built a close teaching ecosystem that includes former students who return as collaborators — helping teach, coordinate & support new cohorts. This creates continuity, trust & shared ownership.
Learning doesn’t stop when class ends. I regularly host home dinners & informal gatherings with students & alumni. These moments — around food, wine, stories & reflection — often become some of the most meaningful learning experiences.
For me, education is relational before it is instructional.
Education as a Lever for Systemic Change
At its core, this work is about change — not through grand reform, but through lived experience.
By designing different kinds of learning environments, nurturing deep relationships & treating students as whole humans, I hope to contribute — gradually — to a more human, relevant & courageous model of higher education.
One cohort at a time.
