Edge Thinking for Vattenfall by auticon

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat, operating across Europe, with a strategic goal of enabling fossil-free living within one generation. Watch the film we made together about our partnership.

Filmed in the forests of Sweden, this short film tells the story of a technology partnership that began in 2020, when energy giant Vattenfall first brought auticon’s technologists into its IT teams in Stockholm. Six years on, that collaboration spans Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland, covering everything from DevOps and integration platforms to data science and AI implementation. Hear from Vattenfall’s CIO Jens Zerbst, Team Manager Shahab Garmakey and Sustainability Manager (IT) Johanna Häägg on why auticon has become a trusted delivery partner for the critical IT systems behind Vattenfall’s goal of a fossil-free future – and hear from auticon’s technologists on how they approach their work.

The forest setting is unusual but deliberate. It’s a nod to the Edge Effect in ecology – the idea that the richest growth happens where different ecosystems meet. We call the business equivalent Edge Thinking: the sharper insights, better problem-solving and performance gains that come when different cognitive styles work side by side. It’s why clients like Vattenfall choose auticon – not as a diversity initiative, but as a genuine business advantage.