252 Open source & The digital workplace with Kevin Vikström (Swe)
IT Talks
In today’s episode, we talk to Kevin Vikström, Digital Workplace Engineer at Redpill Linpro. He shares his insights about the digital workplace and how to create efficient communication flows — not just for remote teams, but for those working in the same office as well. A large part of the episode focuses on open source – how it allows you to stay in control, avoid being locked into specific servers, and gain greater transparency in how the system works.
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251 25 years at Redpill Linpro with Jimmy Olsen, Ingvar Hagelund, Yngve Sandal, and Sigurd Urdahl (No)
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What’s the secret behind staying in the same company for 25 years? In this episode, we meet Jimmy Olsen, Ingvar Hagelund, Yngve Sandal, and Sigurd Urdahl – four employees of Redpill Linpro in Oslo (former Linpro) who have all been with the company since the turn of the millennium. They point to a strong company culture, great colleagues, trust in the leadership, and the ability to keep evolving and learning as key reasons they've stayed with the company for so long.
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250 Project Nikumbuke, empowering girls in Kenya, with Ida Pihlgren (Swe)
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Since a few years back, Redpill Linpro have collaborated with From One to Another to support a computer school in Kenya. The computer school is part of a bigger project that work for every girl’s right to education and to create a better society. Ida Pihlgren works at Redpill Linpro and visited the school in the beginning of 2025. This episode covers her visit, learnings and understanding of why this project is needed and how it makes a real change.
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249 The IT consulting market on Sweden’s west coast with Henrik Hallgren (Swe)
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Henrik Hallgren has been CEO of Redpill Linpro Gothenburg for the past five years. During this time, the consulting market has seen impressive highs - but lately, things have become a bit more uncertain. In this episode of IT Talks, Henrik shares his view on the current market landscape. How has the consulting scene in Gothenburg changed in recent years, and how has it been affected by tougher economic conditions? And how has Hallgren managed to stay profitable year after year, despite the challenges? Tune in for fresh insights and honest reflections.
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248 The Chalmers Obstacle with Magnus Karlsteen (Swe)
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Gothenburg Horse Show (GHS) is an international equestrian competition that includes, among other things, World Cup show jumping. Magnus Karlsteen has worked at Chalmers for 30 years, and since 2016, Chalmers and GHS have collaborated to annually develop new technology by measuring something that has never been measured before. Using IoT, AI, data, and communication, Chalmers students develop new technology that helps improve equestrian sports.
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247 About Bunkai, a change management consultant company, with Johan Ström (Swe)
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“We have no time to train staff” is a throwaway comment you hear or see in various forums. However, the most important part of any change process is getting the staff on board and involved in the change. This is the essence of Bunkai – a change management consultant company within digitalization. Today’s guest, Johan Ström, is CEO and operative worker at Bunkai, and in this episode he discusses how to carry out a change process, who’s important to bring on board, and where to start.
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246 The Complexity of Integration Projects with Alice Walden (Swe)
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Alice Walden works as a software developer specializing in API & Integration at Redpill Linpro Gothenburg. In her daily work, she focuses on building efficient and sustainable solutions, where reusable components are key to avoid reinventing the wheel. But reality often presents challenges - the conditions required for this approach aren't always in place. In this episode, Alice discusses the common pitfalls of integration projects and explore what it takes to create smart, long-lasting solutions.
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245 Skolverket’s digital transformation with Gustaf Nilstadius (Swe)
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Gustaf Nilstadius has been working at Redpill Linpro for over four years, and most of the time, he spent on digitalising the Swedish National Agency for Education (Swe: Skolverket). He works with scalable systems and has a strong passion for open source, which he discusses in today’s episode. Gustaf, together with his team, built a service to be able to test Skolverket’s systems. While building this production load with data, they might as well release it so that other people can see it and interact with their service. Tune into this episode to find out more!
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244 European Open Source Consortium (EOSC) with Fredrik Svensson, Jean-Philippe Balança, and Peter Ganten (Eng)
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Our three guests on today’s episode are directors at three different companies, each representing one of the six members of the European Open Source Consortium (EOSC). Fredrik Svensson is CBDO at Redpill Linpro and cofounder of Swedish Redpill. Jean-Philippe Balança is international director at Smile in France, one of the largest European companies within open source. Peter Ganten is founder and CEO of Univention in Germany, and co-founder of two open source associations, the Open Source Business Alliance and APELL. They’re all engaged in open source, and EOSC aims to: – Promote open...
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243 Platform engineering with Pontus Ullgren and Leo Jordansson (Swe)
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Platform engineering is both a term and job role that began being discussed around 2018–2019 but has grown significantly lately. Today’s guests, Pontus Ullgren and Leo Jordansson, work as platform engineers and discuss what it is and what it means for them: Maintaining platforms internally and an actual task one has in an organisation that applies DevOps. Pontus and Leo will help you understand all about it, don’t miss out on this episode of IT Talks!
info_outlineTheodor Morger works as a Talent Acquisition Partner, and in this episode, he shares Redpill Linpro's approach to employee retention. At Redpill Linpro as a consulting firm, the employees are the greatest asset, and ensuring their satisfaction and development is of high importance. One way to do this is to create the feeling of belonging. Tune in to this episode to get all the insights!