When Business Is Love | Hästens
WHEN BUSINESS IS LOVE
The Spirit of Hästens—At Work, At Play and Everywhere In Your Life.
In today’s hypercompetitive business world, can you really run a business on love?
In WHEN BUSINESS IS LOVE: The Spirit of Hästens — At Work, At Play, and Everywhere in Your Life, fifth generation and CEO of Hästens Jan Ryde shares his leadership philosophy and explains how any business, in any field, can operate on the basis of love. The book examines more than twenty facets of Jan’s methodology, from establishing a culture that values people, imagination, craftsmanship, and mastery, to living such vital traits as honesty, openness, forgiveness, integrity, humility, and encouragement.
This book will take you on an unforgettable journey from Hästens’ founding in 1852 as a one-man saddlery to one of the world’s most beloved brands with stores from Los Angeles to London, from Istanbul to Singapore. Once you’ve toured Jan Ryde’s example of business as love, you’ll find yourself asking the transformative question that motivates the entire Hästens team: how good do you want to have it?
Audiobook narrated by:
Golden Globe & Emmy Award winner
JON HAMM
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jan Ryde, CEO of Hästens, is the fifth-generation family member to lead the company since 1852. Jan studied industrial engineering and management at Sweden’s Linköping Institute of Technology, where he received a Master of Science degree before commencing doctoral studies in business. As an Associate Professor, Jan earned among the highest student rankings at Linköping University, where he taught business for several years prior to taking the helm at Hästens.
As with every employee – regardless of their ultimate role in the company – Jan began as an apprentice, learning and contributing to each step in the process of hand-making a Hästens bed.
Jan is honored not only that the sixth generation has joined the family business, but that multiple generations of other families continue to spend their careers at Hästens, dedicated to improving people’s lives by helping them sleep beautifully.