Episode 2: Saku Tuominen, founder and CEO of HundrED

On his webpage, Saku Tuominen describes himself as ”entrepreneur, innovator, creative director, executive producer, author, keynote speaker, curator, olive oil producer, right wing in ice-hockey. I dream and I do”. Saku has surely done a lot. He ran one of the most successful TV production companies in Finland and created some of the most loved TV shows in the country. He then sold the business and started applying his capabilities as a producer and creative director to other fields. This has lead him focusing his efforts on improving education, especially through his non-profit company HundrED. He’s also a big lover of things Italian.

For Saku, bold ideas, clarity of thinking and brilliant execution make great design. He has a great passion for new ideas and creating something wonderful. In this episode Saku tells how to take the first steps from a great idea to the execution and how to avoid the risk of procrastinating. How does he approach the design challenge of HundrED when there are so many different dimensions involved? He also talks about how improving education became his passion and about falling in love with Italy, where everything is a problem and everything works.