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    What does it really mean to Own Your Growth?

    In this episode of Seamless Sessions by Nortal Finland, we explore what it’s like to work at Nortal and how we empower our teams to deliver real impact for our clients. We sit down with Ida-Maaria Autio and Tero Malm, Head of Engagement Areas, who both have firsthand experience on building meaningful, evolving careers in a culture that values autonomy, curiosity, and impact.

    Ida and Tero share how flexibility, support, and ambition has shaped their career journeys at Nortal - from changing roles and growing across teams to finding purpose in their everyday work.

    “We’re an organization where, if someone says, ‘I want to grow’ or ‘I’d like to take on more responsibility,’ no one will come and say you can't do it. Instead, we ask, ‘How can we help you get there?’ That’s what leadership at Nortal is about, finding those paths together and making it possible.”, Ida-Maaria comments in the episode.

    For us at Nortal, growth isn’t about ticking off predefined steps, it’s about discovering your own path, following your interests, and evolving your role as you go. This episode is for anyone curious about how we empower individuals to take ownership of their path, wherever it leads.

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    Personal government is a vision that considers the next stage of already developed digital societies to provide more human-centric public services, considering the complexities where traditional digital government approaches do not necessarily provide a straightforward solution.

    Revolutionizing government: Turning the traditional view inside-out

    For the past several decades, the gradual adoption of new technologies in society and the digitalization of public services have allowed many nations to increase the efficiency and approval of public services. However, the maturity and impact of digitalization vastly differ based on the extent to which society has adopted new technologies and services in everyday life.

    The most significant differentiator in various maturity levels is how society has established trust in digital services and fostered high cooperation between authorities and citizens to build a robust data-based society and governance.

    In societies where the fundamentals of digital governance have been reasonably resolved, new types of services that cut across governance domains begin to emerge. Typically, these services do not have direct traditional analogs.

    The full realization of the possibilities of public services in the era of personal government requires the adoption of emerging technologies and the reorganization of the government’s working principles in terms of service provision and cooperation between institutions. Achieving high cooperation, enabled by interoperability and a whole-of-society approach to service delivery, is essential.

    All these capabilities are either well within today’s technological development or within reach and can be realized in the foreseeable future.

    About the speakers

    Andres Raieste

    Senior Vice President of Public Sector at Nortal

    As a Senior Vice President at Nortal, a leading global government consulting and tech powerhouse, Andres Raieste is responsible for innovation and growth in the public sector across markets. Andres began his career in Estonia, one of the most digitalized countries in the world, and since then has been responsible for many high-impact, large-scale government transformation programs and reforms globally. He has also (co-)authored white papers and other thought leadership pieces on digitalization and public administration.

    Mihkel Solvak

    Associate Professor, University of Tartu

    Mihkel Solvak is a Senior Researcher in Technology Studies at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Tartu, Estonia. His research primarily centers around legislative studies, electoral behavior, predictive modeling, and impact assessment of e-governance.

    Ville Sirviö

    CEO of the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS)

    Ville Sirviö is the CEO of the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS), known for the X-Road® open-source software with hundreds of millions of end users worldwide. He is also a board member of the Gaia-X European Association for Data and Cloud. Sirviö has international business experience ranging from startups to Nasdaq-listed companies in the technology industry. He is a recognised expert in digital government, interoperability and open-source software and has been a frequent speaker and panellist at various technology conferences and events.

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