Morten Elvang (DK)
Strategy execution expert, Managing Partner at Thinking Twice Works
Previously European Business Agility Lead at Accenture, agile transformation at Nordea, and many years working with quality, test, process and agile at Nokia
Based in Copenhagen and a Boye Aarhus conference regular since 2016
Meet Morten at:
Boye Aarhus 26 conference
Track: Project Management
Date: Tuesday, November 3
Morten is also a popular guest speaker in our peer groups. This one is from June 2023, when he visited our Copenhagen digital strategy group together with management researcher Iben Stjerne from the Technical University of Denmark for a joint talk on ‘open strategy’
About Morten Elvang
Morten helps organisations make strategy work, particularly when direction, execution and reality no longer quite add up. Since 2024 he has run Thinking Twice Works, where he develops and applies his work on strategy, leadership, governance and organisational design, in a world of growing complexity with AI as a new foundation.
Before that, he spent five years as Associate Director at Accenture, working with senior leaders on strategy execution, organisational design, portfolio management, transformation and new ways of working. He previously led the development of LB Forsikring’s company-wide delivery model and worked alongside the leadership team of Nordea’s Core Banking Programme, at the time one of the largest business and technology transformations in the Nordics.
Morten holds an MSc and a PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Denmark. He believes everyone deserves the freedom to perform and the opportunity to contribute, and has helped product and service development teams of all sizes get better results with less hassle.
Freedom to perform - The wrong kinds of freedom at work leads to stress. This one was our slide of the day on 24 August 2017 when Morten Elvang was a special guest star at our digital project manager peer group meeting in Copenhagen
About Thinking Twice Works
Thinking Twice Works is a Copenhagen-based consultancy focused on strategy execution and operational excellence. It helps leaders close the gap between strategic direction and day-to-day reality, working across strategy, leadership, governance and organisational design.
The firm brings a practical, people-centred approach to an increasingly complex world, including what AI means for how organisations are structured and run. Its work includes hands-on strategy sessions for leadership teams and departments that want to turn plans into action.
Blog posts with Morten
What is going on at work? (October 2024)
Why open strategy matters (2023)
Past conference appearances
Boye Aarhus 25 conference
Presentation: Revisiting Psychological Safety and Strategy: Redefining the Employee Experience for the Age of AI
Track: Employee Experience
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 5
Boye Aarhus 24 conference
Workshop: Strategy Unlocked (Tuesday)
Track leader: Digital leadership (Wednesday)
Roundtable: How big things gets done (Wednesday)
Session: Lead with strategy & How big things gets done (Thursday) - Download the slides
Morten Elvang to the right with Kristian Haugaard after their joint #LeadWithStrategy workshop at the Boye Aarhus 24 conference. They covered the subtle shift to Liquid Organization.
Higher Education Connect 24
Workshop: Strategy Unlocked
Slides: Download (PDF)
Boye Aarhus 23 conference
Workshop: Open Strategy workshop
Presentation: How to Thrive in a Turbulent and Demanding World: The Open and Emergent Approach to Strategy
Slides: Download (PDF)
From his talk on the digital leadership track at the Boye Aarhus 23 conference. Photo: Ib Sørensen
Boye Aarhus 22 conference
PRESENTATION: The magic of collaborative portfolio management
TRACK: Project to Product
SLIDES: Download (PDF)
Morten giving his presentation with key portfolio questions at the Boye Aarhus 22 conference. Photo: Ib Sørensen
Aarhus 16 conference
Presentation: #GameChangingBeliefs
Slides: Download (PDF)
One of the memorable slides from Morten’s session in Aarhus in 2016 - a black market for common sense
