Tarmo Tael: a business continuity journey ensures the development of a company

EVENTS and NEWS

2022

04.12.2022: GREEN DIET: Panel Discussion
29.11.2022: GREEN DIET: Keynote speaker #5: Graham Dodge
27.11.2022: GREEN DIET: Presentations of Scientific Papers
23.11.2022: GREEN DIET: Keynote speaker #4: Otto Richard Pukk
15.11.2022: GREEN DIET: Keynote speaker #1 - Linnar Viik
10.11.2022: Dr. Ahmet Esad Yurtsever from Istanbul Gelisim University visited EUAS
07.11.2022: GREEN DIET: Keynote speaker #3 - Hendrik Roosna
28.10.2022: GREEN DIET: Keynote speaker #2 – Andres Sutt
27.10.2022: International education network learns how to teach and study in multicultural environment
11.10.2022: International business and education network learned how to practise environmental awareness from Ülemiste City
28.09.2022: Introducing the speaker in the academic part of the 10th Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference, Viktorija Priļenska
27.09.2022: Introducing the keynote speaker for the 10th Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference, Linnar Viik
26.09.2022: Introducing the speaker in the academic part of the 10th Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference, Inga Uvarova
26.09.2022: Introducing the speaker in the academic part of the 10th Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference, Marika Eik
22.09.2022: Introducing the keynote speaker for the 10th Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference, Otto Richard Pukk
21.09.2022: International education innovation project ‘Platform for Co-operation Between Schools and Enterprises’ kicks off at Ülemiste City
20.09.2022: Introducing the keynote speaker for the 10th Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference, Hendrik Roosna
19.09.2022: The Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences invites you to its Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference
08.09.2022: New cohort of Erasmus+ students from the University of Valladolid, Spain
23.08.2022: Orientation week for new international students
19.08.2022: Meeting with Kanazawa University
10.08.2022: The EUAS and Ülemiste City welcomed a delegation from Digital Economy Promotion Agency in Thailand
20.06.2022: The international student grabs an Internship at the Hitachi Energy Estonia AS due to Ülemiste smart city Job Shadowing Day.
13.06.2022: ERASMUS+ Staff mobility for teaching. Why go on vacation when work is so much more fun?
01.06.2022: The project “Educational and Entrepreneurial co-operation in Future City” creates the strong link between modern educational system and future business
16.05.2022: Charity opportunities to support Ukrainian students
16.05.2022: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship 2022 for Postgraduate International Business Administration Master's Programme
09.05.2022: Arcada University visit dissemination
12.04.2022: News for robotics enthusiasts - a new admission for Autumnt Intake to Cleveron Academy has already started
30.03.2022: EUAS participated in the international conference of universities of applied sciences.
29.03.2022: Joakim Helenius - video recording of the lecture
28.03.2022: Scholarships 2022/23 for international students, researchers and academic staff
25.03.2022: Scholarship 2022 for Postgraduate International Business Administration Master's Programme
21.03.2022: Estonia: international students and grads add record €16m in taxes in 2020/21
14.03.2022: Estonian and Japanese students discussed the future of Ülemiste City
28.02.2022: We raise 30 million steps for our schools birthday!
21.02.2022: Job announcement: Erasmus+ and exchange coordinator
14.02.2022: EUAS attended in University of Stavanger visit
24.01.2022: 100 free internships: #Road Trip to Ülemiste City Hub
14.01.2022: Materials of the Conference „Building the Virus-Resistant Company“
10.01.2022: Universities and enterprises: from thoughtful collaboration to more efficient and profitable entrepreneurship
06.01.2022: Highly qualified United States expert recommends that now is the time to dive into entrepreneurship!

2021

20.12.2021: EUAS hosted a study visit from Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Belgium
29.11.2021: LIVE Webinar: Introduction to EUAS & studying in Estonia 29.11.2021
25.11.2021: Film investment Masterclass with Patrick Fischer (UK)
24.11.2021: New podcast series by EUAS alumni
23.11.2021: Student discounts at MyFitness
22.11.2021: Professor Olga Matthias: you have to know how to interact with data
18.11.2021: LIVE Webinar: Introduction to EUAS & studying in Estonia
15.11.2021: Japanese professor: the future belongs to companies that are changing the direction of their business, not start-ups
04.11.2021: Patrick Fischer's Masterclass for Film and Investment Enthusiasts
04.11.2021: Emöke Sogenbits: bulletproof due to the crisis
02.11.2021: Tarmo Tael: a business continuity journey ensures the development of a company
Logistics expert Tarmo Tael focused at the “Building the virus-resistant company” conference organised by Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with Ülemiste City on opportunities, how and why to create, and how to improve the business continuity of your organisation.
Tarmo Tael, who has worked more than two decades in the field of logistics, previously in DPD and Itella, and who is now, since last year, working for Lumi Capital described in his presentation personal experiences at different times and in different roles and outlined how every difficulty can be utilised in business.
“A crisis creates the inconveniences necessary for business development and pushes business development to a new level. No problem lasts forever. One day the sun will come out from behind the clouds again. We need to have patience enough to wait for this moment,” said Tael, the Lumi Capital logistics real estate partner. “Each such seemingly ‘bad’ experience has often had more educational value for me than many good experiences.”
He recalled how he took risks during the first crisis in 2008 when he was a young and inexperienced manager and how he later acknowledged how important it is to have a more strategic approach.
“People fail to take certain issues into account and be ready for the unexpected; it is important to plan our activities continuously. I call this increasing awareness when creating the journey of the company,” said Tael.
To improve this journey, he gave some recommendations:
- set a goal, plan activities and start moving towards the goal;
- set metrics and create clear links between the goal and activities;
- plan adequate time and resources for the journey;
- measure and improve actions to increase effectiveness and efficiency;
- update and test the plan;
- don’t forget the contingency and be aware of unknowns.
It is important to analyse your activities afterwards and learn from errors
Tael mentioned that he has met with the attitude “Why do we need all this? We have always solved problems thanks to clever people and we will solve them in future. Let’s instead focus on recruiting clever people,” and concluded that this is not the approach to prevent crises or react to them appropriately.
He brought another example: “We constantly talk about the negative impacts of the COVID pandemic but do not want to talk about the valuable lessons learned and to think about the process. Coming to conclusions with a team creates a basis for dealing with a crisis knowingly next time, regardless of the size or nature of the crisis. Development is born through communication and the exchange of ideas.”
When talking about the trends in his field or the last-mile delivery business, Tael stressed: “This is unarguably the biggest cost driver in the supply chain, reaching 40%. The market has changed and that has resulted in the introduction of new solutions to the market, e.g., parcel machines, that we can consider to be the last half-mile delivery. Pre-COVID about 10 million last-mile parcels were delivered; now that number is already 20 million. We are talking about record numbers, which will certainly grow, but not about record profits. For example, grocery delivery is not yet sufficiently cost effective, though it will be in the future with the growth of volumes and development of technologies.”
Innovation as a rebellion and business continuity
Tael gave innovation as a phenomenon an historic and philosophical meaning.
“What do pirates and innovation have in common?” he asked the audience. He answered: “In the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries, the word ‘innovation’ was synonymous with the word ‘rebellion’ in the English language. Everything was clear: either you engage in innovation and win, or you will die. Today, the same is happening to start-ups. They rebel because they want to bring about changes.”
“Innovation is actually testing things. Testing old things and things that have failed so far. Experimenting, failing, surrendering, doubting, learning, forgetting, testing old things in a new environment or with a new team,” explained Tael. “Let’s say you test 100 things, of which 20 are winners and 80 are losers. What you gain from these 20 is bigger than the loss you make from the 80, so it is still worth it.”
He said that innovation in Estonia was very practical. “Arno Kütt (today the CEO of Cleveron) complained about 15 years ago that Eesti Post did not deliver on time, had poor service, etc. What could be done?
“We cannot talk about one specific robot or innovation model that will win. Many companies wish to resolve the same problem but do it using different technologies. A road is not straight; it has bends. Maybe one day one of them is successful, then the other one is successful on some other day and then, again, they change places.”

Watch the video of the presentation by Tarmo Tael https://youtu.be/lymP3Eaupfw
26.10.2021: Web Technician Edward Reeds: I got to learn what is really needed in the field
26.10.2021: Film investment Masterclass with Patrick Fischer (UK)
14.10.2021: Indian IT student Arpan Dutta on studying in Estonia: I can study what I like here
13.10.2021: Through scientific approaches and practices, conference ‘Building a virus-resistant company’ offers opportunities for preventing and coping with crises
13.10.2021: EUAS hosted multicultural classroom project partners meeting
01.10.2021: EUAS invites to 9th Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference
02.09.2021: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship 2022 for Postgraduate International Business Administration Master's Programme
30.08.2021: Check out the EEK Mainor app!
27.08.2021: Opening ceremony of the academic year
17.08.2021: Ülemiste City Future Forum 2021
13.08.2021: Call for vaccination against COVID-19
07.07.2021: Student Story: Melvin Andulile Mwakitwange
25.06.2021: Study centre department opening hours during summer period
22.06.2021: The 31st class of the Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences
19.06.2021: EUAS Graduation Ceremony
14.06.2021: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship 2021 for Postgraduate International Business Administration Master's Programme
14.06.2021: EUAS successfully passed institutional accreditation
13.06.2021: Team Plyke won the green deal category
31.05.2021: STARTERtallinn programme winners
27.05.2021: Guest lecture "The Psychology of Agile Development" by Meelis Lang held on 25.05.2021
26.05.2021: EUAS Student Story: Mamta
14.05.2021: Distance learning will continue with some exceptions until the end of the spring semester (updated)
06.05.2021: LIVE Webinar: Introduction to EUAS & studying in Estonia, 06.05.2021
30.04.2021: Changes in the study process will continue until 10.05.2021
27.04.2021: Webinar Three Universities Exchange: Entrepreneurship
23.04.2021: “Women in Technology”: Faith, Passion and Courage to Help Break Outdated Stereotypes
22.04.2021: Virtual conference
14.04.2021: Changes in the study process will continue till 25.04.2021
05.04.2021: A joint project between EUAS and Oita University in Japan paves the way for cooperation between Estonian and Japanese students
30.03.2021: EUAS Student story: Kazuhisa Noguchi
30.03.2021: Changes in the study process will continue till 11.04.2021
22.03.2021: Japan x Estonia, Global Business Pitch 2021
17.03.2021: International Social Entrepreneurship Competition 2021
18.02.2021: Public Online Lecture by Sabine Rau-Oberhuber
15.02.2021: Changes in the study process since 16.02.2021
10.02.2021: Seminar “Japanese Economy, Market Features and Business Culture”
05.02.2021: Welcome to our University!
29.01.2021: Digital Cleanup Day
27.01.2021: Global Game Jam Online
27.01.2021: Workshop by Dr. Robin Lincoln Wood
09.01.2021: The graduation ceremony for the 30th graduating class from EUAS

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