Work & Productivity Working together

Helping Swedish leaders succeed with modern workplace solutions

Johanna Winqvist

Johanna Winqvist

Microsoft, Modern Workplace
Read Time, 1 min.

A lack of consistency will always make business more difficult. Ledarna, a trade union serving executives across Sweden, discovered this as its employee numbers swelled to over 170. Shifting from legacy tools and systems helped the company to streamline its processes and enhance collaboration, not to mention boosting security and opening up new opportunities for innovation.

From better handling of sensitive and personal data to enable GDPR compliance, to empowering employees to communicate and collaborate more flexibly and effectively, Surface devices and Microsoft Office 365 have enhanced mobility and productivity at Ledarna. The IT team has benefited too, with a consistent set of devices and tools ridding them of time-consuming software updates as well as regular requests from employees, with support tickets reduced by over 30%.

“We know it’s working, because there’s silence. That means we don’t have a lot of support requests or users giving negative feedback. That’s an exciting improvement.”
Alex Tsarapatsanis, IT Architect, Ledarna

Read the full story of how Ledarna deployed Surface devices and Microsoft 365 to enable secure collaboration, empowering employees to achieve more.

Free eBook: Empower your employees to be creative and work together, securely

Thrive in a fast-changing digital world by giving your people the freedom and flexibility to be productive and work together from anywhere

Download eBook

Articles you may be interested in:

Lady on a Teams call at her computer
Read more 5 reasons why you should start using Microsoft Teams today Working together Read Time, 3 min.

5 reasons why you should start using Microsoft Teams today

Collaboration and teamwork are the defining characteristic of modern organisations. Since its launch, Microsoft Teams has become the fastest growing app in Microsoft’s history with more than 330,000 companies worldwide using it. If you’re working in one of those companies, then you’re probably finding new ways to use the app on a daily basis. But […]

Johanna Winqvist

Johanna Winqvist

Microsoft, Modern Workplace
a woman sitting at a table in front of a laptop
Read more 3 key ways Microsoft Teams enriches higher education teaching and learning Working together Read Time, 6 min.

3 key ways Microsoft Teams enriches higher education teaching and learning

Whether remotely, in class or hybrid , Microsoft Teams helps to simplify and structure higher education’s day-to-day digital environment – integrating seamlessly with all the solutions you’re already using. “My teaching is now entirely based on Teams. The interaction with students and the teacher is a better level than traditional teaching” – Pasi Vahimaa, Professor, […]

Carla Gonzalez Fernandez

Carla Gonzalez Fernandez

Microsoft, Modern Work & Surface

Discover more related articles per industry:

Education

  • a woman sitting at a table in front of a laptop
    Read more 3 key ways Microsoft Teams enriches higher education teaching and learning Working together Read Time, 6 min.

    3 key ways Microsoft Teams enriches higher education teaching and learning

    Whether remotely, in class or hybrid , Microsoft Teams helps to simplify and structure higher education’s day-to-day digital environment – integrating seamlessly with all the solutions you’re already using. “My teaching is now entirely based on Teams. The interaction with students and the teacher is a better level than traditional teaching” – Pasi Vahimaa, Professor, […]

  • a woman sitting at a table using a laptop
    Read more VSNU: coordinating a nationwide university digital transformation in one weekend Working from everywhere Read Time, 6 min.

    VSNU: coordinating a nationwide university digital transformation in one weekend

    “A lesson for us during this crisis, has been that new technology doesn’t just change how you work – it also changes people and culture, which is something you have to support everyone through.” Director of Accountability at The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), Reinout Van Brakel, is talking about the instrumental role […]

Government

  • a group of people performing on stage in front of a crowd
    Read more City of Liège: Facilitating decision making in difficult times Working from everywhere Read Time, 6 min.

    City of Liège: Facilitating decision making in difficult times

    For many organizations, social-distancing measures brought about by COVID-19 have drastically slowed day-to-day operations – and for some, even stopped them altogether. But for local governments across Europe, like the Belgian city of Liège, slowing down hasn’t been an option.  From supporting citizens and businesses to protecting frontline workers, Liège city had to quickly provide stability during this crisis and ensure important decisions could still be made in a democratic […]

  • a man and two women standing in front of a brick building
    Read more Ajuntament de Lleida: transforming the public sector with a modern, virtual workplace Working from everywhere Read Time, 6 min.

    Ajuntament de Lleida: transforming the public sector with a modern, virtual workplace

    “At Ajuntament de Lleida, we think differently. We embrace new technology. And when we see that it could add real value to the work we do, we find a way to make it happen.” Carles GinéSabaté, Systems Implementation Planning Manager at Ajuntament de Lleida, is reflecting on his organization’s open-armed approach to digital transformation and […]

Healthcare

  • a person preparing food in a kitchen
    Read more Humanitas-DMH: empowering key workers with a secure digital support Working from everywhere Read Time, 5 min.

    Humanitas-DMH: empowering key workers with a secure digital support

    “Our goal is to create an environment where people with mental disabilities can feel safe, secure and happy.” Marcella van Kraaij, Digital Transformation Advisor at Dutch healthcare provider Humanitas-DMH, is discussing her organization’s key objectives – and how the technology her team recently adopted is helping it to achieve them. Every day, the carers and […]

  • Two female nurses having a virtual conversation through Microsoft Teams
    Read more Belfast Trust: Reimagining patient care Working from everywhere Read Time, 5 min.

    Belfast Trust: Reimagining patient care

    “There have been many heroic actions by our staff but we’re not heroes for what we’ve done – I’m just glad we could do our bit to help.” Paul Duffy, Co-Director of IT and Telecommunications at Belfast Trust, is talking about the monumental impact COVID-19 has had on the healthcare sector and how virtual consultations […]

Manufacturing

  • a woman smiling for the camera
    Read more Etex Group: Future-proofing employees to work anywhere across the world Working from everywhere Read Time, 5 min.

    Etex Group: Future-proofing employees to work anywhere across the world

    When COVID-19 spread across Europe in early 2020, businesses entered a new digitally-dependent age. Social distancing measures had asked offices of all shapes and sizes to close their doors, sparking organizations to quickly find other virtual ways for colleagues to meet and collaborate remotely. But for Belgium building material specialist Etex, this was a step they were ready for – having already implemented a cloud-based infrastructure and collaboration tools […]

  • Mais on a sunny day
    Read more COFCO International: How cloud technologies ensured business continuity during challenging times Working from everywhere Read Time, 6 min.

    COFCO International: How cloud technologies ensured business continuity during challenging times

    “I have worked at COFCO for 12 years, always in an office. But I have spent the last 63 days working from home.” Marcus Seelbach, Chief HR Officer at global agribusiness COFCO International, is talking from his home via video call about the transition he and all his colleagues have undergone since COVID-19 led to the closure of the company’s offices worldwide. “But thanks to the preparation and […]

Retail

Discover more related articles per dossier:

Customer Stories

  • Healthcare professionals operating on a patient
    Read more Maasstad Hospital: Working as one medical team during a crisis Working secure Read Time, 5 min.

    Maasstad Hospital: Working as one medical team during a crisis

    In times of crisis, an organization looks to its leadership for guidance. As COVID-19 spread through Europe in early 2020, Maasstad Ziekenhuis Hospital CEO Peter Langenbach had planned to lead his hospital’s crisis response as he would any other – being present and visible, leadership traits instilled in him during his time in the Dutch […]

Digital Transformation

  • A smiling man wearing glasses looking at the camera
    Read more HUS: sharing data securely to make life-saving decisions Working secure Read Time, 6 min.

    HUS: sharing data securely to make life-saving decisions

    Illnesses and diseases don’t often play fair – an unfortunate truth that was proved by the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, heavily hitting healthcare organizations with challenges the world hadn’t seen in a century. Hospitals needed a rapid response to reduce spreading the virus without affecting patient care. A high-pressure situation for any institution, but […]

Security & Privacy

  • a close up of a logo
    Read more Five things we learnt from the Security and Compliance Summit Working secure Read Time, 3 min.

    Five things we learnt from the Security and Compliance Summit

    On November 4th 2020, Microsoft Western Europe hosted its first Security and Compliance Summit. Experts and Security Blackbelts from across Microsoft, including the Detection and Response Team and the Digital Crimes Unit, came together virtually to share perspectives on the latest security, compliance and privacy challenges that seek to compromise the modern workplace – a […]

Tips

  • iPhone showing Outlook Mobile emails
    Read more Stay connected and organised at work, at home and on the go with Outlook Mobile Working together Read Time, 1 min.

    Stay connected and organised at work, at home and on the go with Outlook Mobile

    Outlook Mobile was launched with a mission to deliver the best on-the-go email and calendar app.  An app combining the best possible customer experience with enterprise security – all designed uniquely for a mobile-first experience. Today, Outlook Mobile is used on more than 100 million iOS and Android devices and continues to receive high ratings. […]