080 – Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship featuring Egil Moller Nielson pt 1

Guest:

Egil Moller Nielsen (@EgilMNielsen) is the Senior Vice President at SmartCentres and brings years of global experience in senior executive roles for most admired brands like LEGO Group, Bodum Coffee & Tea, ECCO Shoes, Mattel, DHL and latest at SmartCentres.

Company:

SmartCentres is Canada’s largest developer and operator of unenclosed shopping centres.  Their 200+ locations across Canada offer some of the best commercial retail space in the country bringing shoppers the perfect combination of convenience, value and the most popular retail concepts.

Quote:

“We wanted to offer something that prioritized our consumer’s convenience.” – Egil Moller Nielsen

In This Episode:

  • Why supply chain and logistics is a great first job to get a “global” experience of the world.
  • What it was like working at LEGO during its turnaround period.
  • Why he was hesitant to accept another job in the toy industry.
  • How SmartCentres developed the idea for Penguin pickup and Penguin Fresh.
  • How paying attention to the direction the world is going can lead to great ideas.

Resources:

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Show Links & Social:

Egil Nielson [social_link type=”linkedin” url=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/egilmollernielsen”][/social_link][social_link type=”twitter” url=”https://twitter.com/EgilMNielsen” target=”on” ][/social_link]

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