Healthy competition – Mutual understanding as the key to change
According to the Swedish Tax Agency, 91 billion Swedish kroner is paid out every year in unpaid wages – and the construction industry accounts for the majority of these. There has been documented falsification of invoices and assignments. Additionally, several workers experience uncertainty regarding employment and poor – even non-existent – HSE focus on the […]
Møllergruppen – Salvaging a reputation
In 2016, the Volkswagen group had to retract 8.5 million cars in Europe due to faults in emissions data on EA-189 engines. Møllergruppen (The Møller Group) is a Norwegian distributor of Volkswagen, and immediately had to implement crisis management to salvage operations and reputation when these issues were made public. Specifique developed a detailed plan […]
The birth of Nespresso
The Nespresso journey started with a simple but revolutionary idea: enable anyone to make the perfect cup of espresso – with exquisite crema, enticing aroma and rich flavour, just like skilled baristas. Nestlé Nespresso SA adopted this idea and pioneered the concept of “premium” portioned coffee. Suffice it to say they succeeded.Nespresso’s challenge during their […]
Equinor – The Future of Energy Simulation Game
We have developed a simulation game for Equinor (formerly Statoil) that takes place in the fictional country of Exlandia. Players are taken through a journey of a changing environment over a period of 10 years, where the purpose is to understand the value chains within the energy sector, as well as develop strategic skills […]
Kjøpmannshuset – Service reinforcement
Joker consists of 466 retail stores spread across Norway, and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2017. In conjunction with the celebration, Kjøpmannshuset invited their sales personnel to a large gathering, where the focus was a mutual understanding of the service concept and company pillars. A total of 600 participants were gathered in the same […]
Culture and values in Hurtigruten
Hurtigruten’s vision is to be the world’s market leader of discovery voyages. In 2014-2015, Hurtigruten implemented a repositioning strategy, which would, among other things, establish new and high demands for the corporate culture. Specifique assisted in Hurtigruten’s culture project, which was named “We@Hurtigruten”. The project was supposed to shift the brand experience for both customers, […]
Statoil: Anchoring Vision and Values in a New Organisation
Two years after the merger of Statoil and Hydro, the need arose to create a shared identity and understanding of values across the new company. While the fusion brought structural and operational changes, it also represented a challenging human and cultural transition. The NEMO – New Energy Mission & Orientation project was launched to build […]
