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Niina Majaniemi

We don´t have to choose between humanity and profit - we can have both.

Niina Majaniemi

International Speaker & Strategic Advisor on EQ-Driven Business Growth

Niina Majaniemi, MBA, is a globally recognized expert in emotional intelligence, inclusive leadership, and workplace wellbeing, with over 20 years of experience in international business and the tech industry—including roles at Nokia and Microsoft. She is a published author and a sought-after keynote speaker on emotional intelligence and empathy, accessibility, and responsible AI.

Her work bridges research and real-world impact: she is a published academic author featured in a peer-reviewed journal, and her thought leadership has been commissioned by organizations such as Microsoft, Adobe and Manpower. For Microsoft she has designed global training, produced events that speak about work wellbeing, and written an eBook. Niina coaches leaders to turn emotional intelligence into measurable business results. She speaks at international events—next to presidents, executives, and changemakers—and coaches leaders to communicate with clarity, empathy, and strategic influence. Her main focus is to be empathy strategist, accessibility advocate and leadership coach. She is a workplace culture architect and human-centered leadership advisor. Her mission is to remind people, that we don´t have to choose between humanity and profit - we can have both.

Digital Transformation
Leadership
Productivity
Team Building

Recent Topics

We Don’t Understand Our Customers—and That’s Why We Lose Billions

In her talk, Niina reveals how emotional blind spots and inaccessible digital experiences hold valuable lessons about the “purple pound,” and explains how outdated leadership models are costing companies more than they realize. She helps delegates learn how to build emotionally intelligent systems, design inclusive services, and foster feedback-driven cultures that genuinely reflect the needs of real people—not just personas.

Human-Centricity Isn’t a Cost—It’s the Engine of Growth

In her talk, Niina demonstrates how empathy and accessibility serve as powerful drivers of innovation, loyalty, and revenue. She shares research-backed strategies for embedding emotional intelligence into leadership, product design, and customer experience—particularly within hybrid and multicultural teams.

Responsible AI and Conscious Leadership

When Grief Comes to Work: Leading with Compassion in Times of Loss

Grief doesn’t wait for the weekend. It walks into meetings, inboxes, and performance reviews—often unnoticed, often unsupported. In this deeply human and research-backed keynote, Niina Majaniemi explores how grief affects our colleagues, our culture, and our capacity to lead. Speaking from both personal experience and professional expertise—including accreditation from the Finnish Centre for Occupational Safety—Niina offers practical tools for leaders, HR professionals, and teams to respond with empathy, structure, and dignity. The session reveals how emotionally intelligent leadership can reduce burnout, build trust, and prevent the costly consequences of unaddressed mental health—estimated at over $1 trillion in lost productivity globally.

Media

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Empathy in the hybrid work world - Webinar

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Empathy, superpower for business

Books