Torbjörn Jonasson

Leadership is a subject that never goes out of style. As society changes, so does our view of leadership. A few years ago, I therefore put my ear to the rails to feel the zeitgeist, while looking ahead. I found the direction in SLU's motto Science and Education for Sustainable Life. It is binding and a leadership education at SLU must live up to it.

My colleagues and I are now taking on the leadership of the future and have chosen to call it Socially Sustainable Leadership. It will be a leadership that is created in collaboration between leaders and followers, where we influence behavior so that the end result leads to:

• People, now living and future generations, are doing well
• The planet gets a chance to heal
• The company or organization achieves its goals
  

The courses are constantly being developed to meet the students' needs. They are firmly anchored in well-established theories and models, while being adapted to the situations that the students may encounter in their future professional practice.

I don't live only to work. My biggest credit is my three children with the same wife and three grandchildren. The body is nourished from ju-jutsu training and when I instruct children in this martial art. My creative vein blossoms when I write and photograph. The soul finds its place at the piano.

I am responsible for (course leader) and teach the following courses:

• Socialt hållbart ledarskap och rådgivning
• Ledning av människor och organisationer under förändring
• Social hållbarhet i arbetsliv, företagande och samhälle
• Project Management and Process Facilitation

I teach the following courses:

• Odling och affärsplanering i trädgårdsföretag
• Designföretaget
• Landskapsföretaget
• Innovation management for sustainable food systems
• Företagsekonomi för den agrara näringen
• Företagsekonomi tillämpad inom den agrara näringen, del II
• Hållbar matproduktion
• Driva och utveckla företag - företagsekonomi i praktiken
• Business Management with specialization in Forest and Landscape

External assignments

In addition to teaching at SLU, I conduct external lectures and courses in, among other things, leadership and project management.

I have a past as a research engineer, programmer, project manager, quality manager and line manager. Before I started my career at SLU, I worked as an organizational consultant with, among other things, leadership training and business development.

Training

• Master's defree in Engineering Science
• Bachelor's degree in leadership and organization
• Reserve officer in the Swedish army

Work experience previous employment

Swedish University of Agriculture, SLU: University lecturer 2020 - 
Organizational consultant: Self-employed 2006-2020
Change leader: EDB Business Partner AB 2005-2006
Quality manager, group manager, project manager: Capgemini 1995-2004
IT support: Government Office Administration, ADB unit, 1994-1995
Programmer and system administrator: AB Jacobson & Widmark, 1990-1994
Research engineer: Swedish Defense Research Institute (now FOI), 1986-1990

Theses at bachelor's and master's level in leadership and organization

• Jonasson, T. 2018. Leda med stil. Malmö: Solentro.
• Jonasson, T., 1990. KONTAKTVERKAN 1 - Sprängladdningars kontaktverkan på armerade betongplattor, Sundbyberg: Försvarets Forskningsanstalt.
• Forsén, R. & Jonasson, T., 1989. PROMIX - A Computer Code for Calculating Building Damage from Internal Explosions, Stockholm: Försvarets Forskningsanstalt.
• Forsén, R. & Jonasson, T., 1989. PROMIX - A Computer Code for Calculating Building Damage from internal Explosions. Panama City Beach, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium in the Interaction of Non-nuclear Munitions with Structures, pp. 15-17.
• Jonasson, T. & Åseborn, I., 1988. PROMIX - Ett datorprogram som beräknar verkningarna av inneslutna explosioner i byggnader, Stockholm: Försvarets Forskningsanstalt.