Icebug CEO David Ekelund: Sustainability, Collaboration & Wisdom Secrets for a Future-Driven World!

Sports + Outdoor Mentors is a source of inspiration, motivation, practical career, and business lessons for future and existing sports and outdoor industry leaders. Join us every Sunday for a new episode. In this episode, Icebug Co-Founder & CEO David Ekelund talks about the challenges of founding and running a family business, his people leadership approach but also his commitment to sustainability, and much more. David Ekelund's Book Recommendations: 📌 The Inner game of Tennis: One of Bill Gates All-Time favorite books by W. Timothy Gallway - https://amzn.to/4b8PKh 📌 Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies - by Jim Collins - https://amzn.to/3vSR9Zr 📌 Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't - Jim Collins - https://amzn.to/3u7bREz 📌 Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts - by Brené Brown - https://amzn.to/3HuHz1K 📌 Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization - by Robert Kegan - https://amzn.to/3S7IABF 📌 Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life - by Edward O. Wilson - https://amzn.to/3OdaMC4 📌 The Tree of Yoga: The Definitive Guide to Yoga in Everyday Life - by B.K.Iyengar - https://amzn.to/3u2YGEA (Amazon affiliate link) Follow David Ekelund https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-ekelund-53a0264/ Follow Icebug https://www.linkedin.com/company/icebug-ab/ https://www.instagram.com/icebugofficial/ https://www.youtube.com/@IcebugOfficial Follow Dan Trapp https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantrapp/ Follow Sports + Outdoor Mentors Instagram: https://bit.ly/SOMentors_Instagram/ Linkedin: https://bit.ly/SOMentors_Linkedin/ Watch Sports + Outdoor Mentors 🖥️ Youtube: https://youtu.be/Nrl8m2N8r4Y #sportsandoutdoormentors 00:00 Intro 01:27 Defining events 05:05 Lessons from Philosophy, Military & Journalism 10:51 The Million Dollar Project 13:00 Footwear and technology 14:06 Best and worst memories 16:15 Culture and accountability 20:32 Potentials 22:56 Future is now 29:43 Sustainable approach 38:39 Recognition 40:50 Values 42:59 Power of Collaboration 45:59 Balance 49:37 Philosophy 51:50 Book recommendation 53:59 Most important task 57:07 People development 1:06:46 Favorite piece of gear 1:07:15 More book recommendations 1:08:53 Last advice