Hanna Lehtimaki
University of Tampere

Hanna Lehtimäki is an Adjunct Professor at University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland. She is also a Senior Partner in Life Works Consulting Ltd. Her research interests include dialogical approach in strategy making in multi-actor settings, storytelling in strategy work, business development in knowledge intensive services, and constructionist research methodology. Her current research examines strategy making practices from discourse theoretical perspectives. Among the books and articles she has co-authored is the book published by Peter Lang “Children in the Information Society. The Case of Finland”. She worked as a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Canada during the years 1993 - 1996. In her current work Hanna Lehtimäki is committed to building collaboration practices between academic research and business practices. She is responsible for coordinating the National Technology and Innovation Foundation’s, Tekes, programme called Innovative Business Competence and Management. The programme funds business research in Finnish universities and business development in companies with approx. 40 million euros during 2006-2010.