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My blog posts are mostly in English, every now and then in Finnish and sometimes in Swedish.

Albert Einstein”Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.”

I just read in a blog that for dreams to come true, you must make the right choices for them. If you want to get something, you also must give something away.

In a couple of weeks, I will start at a work that I feel fit me perfectly both professionally and as an individual.

I also end my part-time consulting. I want to thank all the great customers I have had the pleasure to work with during the past two years. I have learned a lot and grown both professionally and personally, thanks to successes and solving challenges.

Tove Holm, January 6th, 2023

My favorite facilitation methodology for involving stakeholders

Today I got the chance to share my favorite facilitation methodology with a Nordic group of municipalities working for #Agenda2030 – invited by the municipality of Korsholm in Finland which has applied the method for their climate and energy strategy work. A great inspirational discussion we got 🙂 Interested? Check it out.

Tove Holm, November 29th, 2023

Kestävä kehitys osana laatujärjestelmää, korkeakoulussa, miksi ja miten?

Vierailin AMK-laatuvastaavien kestävä kehitys ja laatu –webinaarissa – jossa aiheenani oli kestävä kehitys osana laatujärjestelmää korkeakoulussa. Kirjoitin ajatuksiani auki blogiin, jossa vastaan kysmyksiin miksi ja miten?

Tove Holm, 14.7.2022

Tiny houses in Finland – why? How?

How can you and I enhance sustainable development? In my workshops, I always ask the participants, in one way or another, how they are already enhancing sustainable development and what they could do to get a discussion started about solutions and actions. Therefore, I think a lot about what I can do myself.

One solution that would positively affect all sustainability aspects would be to live in smaller houses.

Tove Holm, June 22nd, 2022

Call open for Nordic educational institutions and researchers to apply for developing education models for sustainable development, until June 1st.

The network for sustainable development at the Nordic Network for Adult learning facilitated a roundtable “on development of educational models for sustainable development lifestyles” at the 9th Nordic Conference on Adult Education and Learning on May 20th, 2022. At the roundtable, we presented the call, which is open until June 1st, for researchers and educational institutions to look into, compare and develop Nordic educational models for sustainable development.

Tove Holm, May 20th, 2022

Framtidspilen som fasiliteringsmetod – case cirkulär ekonomi och klimatledarskap

Min favorit facilieringsmetod är ”framtidspilen”, som jag tillämpar för att förtydliga vilka nödvändiga åtgärder som behövs i ett aktuellt arbete, för att uppnå bästa möjliga resultat… bekanta dig med hur jag gör.

Tove Holm, 27.4.2022

Tulevaisuusnuoli fasilitointi menetelmänä – case kiertotalous ja ilmastojohtaminen

Minun suosikki fasilitointimenetelmä on ”tulevaisuusnuoli”, jota sovellan selvittämään mitä tarpeellisia toimenpiteitä, joita ajankohtaisessa työssä tarvitaan, parhaan mahdollisen lopputuloksen saavuttamiseksi… tutustu miten sen teen.

Tove Holm, 27.4.2022

Ansök för att forska, jämföra och utveckla nordiska utbildningsmodeller för hållbar utveckling

Forskare, utbildningsorganisation eller lärandenätverk – kom med och ta reda på hur olika utbildningsmodeller, verksamhetskulturer och attityder påverkar och påverkas. Ansökan förlängd, öppen öppen tills 1.6.2022 …

Tove Holm, 4.4.2022
reviderad 8.5.2022 med förlängd ansökningstid tills 1.6.

3.59 – my thoughts about the time dimension for sustainable development

Inspired by the three Finnish medals for the Niskanen family in the Winter Olympics 2022, I decided to share my thought about the time dimension for sustainable development and a piece of my sports history …

Tove Holm, February 11th, 2022

Inspirationsbok för hållbar utveckling inom vuxenutbildningen i Norden lanserades idag!

Hur kan man främja hållbar utveckling inom utbildning? Här finner du exempel. I inspirationsboken finns både teori, forskning, idéer och filosofi kring de pedagogiska angreppssätten för lärande och utbildning för hållbar utveckling. Du kan söka bland olika kategorier och FN:s 17 globala mål för hållbar utveckling (SDGs) …

Tove Holm, 14.12, 2021

Consultancies’ carbon handprint is 1300 times larger than their footprint!

On Friday I learned that consultancies’ carbon handprint is 1300 times larger than their footprint! which SKOL -SKOL – Finnish Association of Consulting Firms released at the COP26 – UN Climate Change Conference …

Tove Holm, November 15th, 2021

Klimatengagemang i Korsholms kommun

Klimatengagemang diskuteras aktivt på FN:s klimatmöte i Glasgow, men vad kan man göra lokalt? – så här arbetar Korsholm …

Geir Byrkjeland (projektledare, kommunutveckling, klimatledarskap), Ulrica Taylor (pedagogisk planerare, bildningstjänster), Korsholms kommun och Tove Holm, 10 november 2021

Seize the opportunity – insights from my first year as an entrepreneur for sustainable development

A year ago I had a couple of days off my daily work. I sat at the kitchen table of my parent’s summer cottage, by the fireplace, writing the application for Tove Holm Consulting …

Tove Holm, October 20th, 2021

Työperäisen maahanmuuton rooli avainasemassa yrittäjyyden kannalta

Tänään vietetyn Yrittäjäpäivän takia haluan nostaa esille tärkeimmäksi kokemani haasteen – että PK- yrityksissä 1/5 kokee työvoiman saatavuuden pahimmaksi työllistämisen esteeksi …

Tove Holm, 5 syyskuuta, 2021

Työelämän kestävä tulevaisuus – työpaja 24.8 Uudessakaupungissa

Ukipolis järjestää ”Kestävä tulevaisuus Vakka-Suomessa” -työpajan elokuun 24 päivä, klo 12-16. Tutustu ajatuksiini aiheesta ja mistä aion siellä keskustella …

Tove Holm, 14 heinäkuuta, 2021

Vuxenutbildningens i nyckelroll för att främja hållbar utveckling i Norden

Jag anser att ju mera vi delar med oss av lösningar och idéer, desto mera kan vi åstadkomma.

Du som arbetar inom vuxenutbildning, fortbildning, med att engagera och facilitera vuxna, inom t.ex. ett företag, en kommun, förening eller nätverk i Norden – bidra till virtuell inspirationsbok för hållbar utveckling inom vuxenutbildningen i Norden …

Tove Holm, 14 juni 2021

Uppdaterad 7 september, 2021 med uppdaterad deadline tills 11 november, 2021.

Thank you for your positive feedback!

Do you remember a time you got positive feedback for your work, how it affected you and what it led to? …

Tove Holm, May 31st, 2021

YOÙ are invited to contribute to the Inspiration Book for sustainable development in adult education in the Nordic countries. Submit your contribution now, or no later than 11.11.! …

Tove Holm, May 3rd, 2021

Updated on September 9th, 2021 with updated deadline to November 11th, 2021.

Kaupunkien houkuttelevuudesta ja viheralueista

Mitkä tekijät vaikuttavat kaupunkien vetovoimaisuuteen? Onko viheralueilla merkitystä? Päätimme kahtena Espoon kaupungin fanina kirjoittaa aiheesta ja nostaa esille muutamia näkökulmia …

Meri Löyttyniemi ja Tove Holm, 13.4.2021

The Importance of Sustainable Approaches to Work-Based Migration and Integration

The Sustainable Development Goal, SDG, 10 addresses reducing inequalities within and between countries, and related to representation and migration. One way to reduce inequalities that result from migration is to ensure that the integration processes and employment possibilities picture the resulting diversity of the workforce.

Check out the discussion from a panel about the future of work-based migration in Finland, and the challenges, for the International Working Women of Finland (IWWOF) ry …

Tove Holm and Theresia Bilola, March 16^th, 2021

Successful facilitation, why and how?

When a group is gathered to plan forward it is crucial to lead the workshop successfully, which is facilitation. Facilitation is to help a group be the best together (Gullstrand, 2020). I have three favorite methodologies I apply which I decided to share, hoping that you would share with us one of your favorite practices …

Tove Holm 3.3.2021

Systematiskt arbete mot ett klimatneutralt samhälle i kommunerna

Kommunalvalet är en ypperlig chans att lyfta upp främjandet av hållbar utveckling. Utmaningarna tycker jag får tillräckligt med plats, därför har jag sökt fram olika möjligheter för kommunerna. Jag beslöt lyfta upp idéer från andra kommuner, aktuella tilläggsfinansieringsmöjligheter, möjligheter att påverka och min framtidsvision …

Tove Holm, 16.2.2021

Why do I write, because the action is the goal?

Please, don´t misunderstand me, I think strategies, goals, and programs are important, as well as the follow up of them and the most challenging step: to make the necessary improvements based on the evaluation; but; the emphasis should always be on the action. Only with action can we accomplish change …

Tove Holm, 2.2.2021

Curriculum Development for Climate Change Education

Recently I´ve received confirmation that education and further education have a huge impact on climate change and learned the advantages of organizing international sustainability courses …

Tove Holm, 19.1.2021

Continuous improvements: problem solving and adaptability – skills for the future

I argue that continuous improvements like problem solving and adaptability are important for any work. Perttu Pölönen argues that problem-solving is after all about planning, and that’s where everyone can evolve. Inspired by this I decided to look back at my plan I wrote down a year ago …

Tove Holm, 4.1.2021

Sustainable leadership – both employees and managers are well and achieve the set goals

This autumn I was deeply impressed reading about Hailuoto municipality, which has succeeded with falling short of its budget in 2020. They have succeeded with reducing sick leave days per person from 26 calendar days in 2018, to 19 in 2019 and, so far, six in 2020. Check out what we discussed at a panel discussion about ecosocial issues and innovative learning – what is the ecosocial power of change for civilization and the corona crisis …

Tove Holm, 7.12.2020