Marine Log - December 2007 - (Page 25) CEOFORUM Tore Ulstein Deputy CEO and Managing Director, Ulstein International Innovation is hard, purposeful work. It’s crucial in order for us to survive as a company in the years to come. We must always challenge fixed paradigms in order to develop new, exciting solutions. The ULSTEIN X-BOW is a good example of this. We brought in industry designers early in the process in order to pull ourselves out of the “box.” One important challenge is to manage to work on innovation continuously, even now in a market that is at an alltime high. I try to motivate my employees’ creativity by coming up with ideas, and though this, show interest and involvement. I’ve tried to set a good example by being curious and always challenging existing solutions. The desire to always improve—both products and processes—is always present. The fact that we are working on new, exciting solutions and have a relatively young, dynamic work environment lays a good foundation for recruitment. We want to give our employees an opportunity to develop through being given major challenges. Those who want to contribute and have good ideas are rarely stopped in our company. It’s also important to underline that we have a good working environment with lots of laughter. We’re also trying to strengthen our interaction with universities and colleges. I have great faith in the future. There are loads of opportunities that I want Ulstein to take part in. The most critical resource over the next few years will be people with a good professional background who can and want to work in the maritime industry, i.e., are curious and with to contribute, and preferably wish to work for Ulstein. We will focus on diversity and internationalization. Tore Ulstein, Deputy CEO and managing director of Ulstein International is the elder brother of CEO Gunvor Ulstein www.marinelog.com DECEMBER 2007 MARINE LOG 25 http://www.shipping2008.com http://www.shipping2008.com http://www.marinelog.com
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