Topi Jokinen

Co-founder & CEO | Vertia
 https://www.linkedin.com/in/topi-jokinen/

Topi Jokinen is the co-founder and CEO of Vertia, a self-organizing company focused on improving construction quality. Vertia combines on-site measurements and quality assurance services with digital monitoring systems that give construction sites real-time visibility into environmental conditions. Working across thousands of projects, Topi has become interested in how Vertia’s experience across construction sites can be turned into simple systems that help construction teams act proactively rather than react to problems. Outside work, he is a father of three daughters and composes music for television.

All Sessions by Topi Jokinen

  • 12 March 2026


  • 12:00  - 12:35
    Vertia has operated in the construction industry for 15 years, the last eight as a fully self-managing organization. During a recent market crash, many of the assumptions behind self-management were suddenly put under pressure. In this talk, Topi shares what happened when theory met reality. Which parts of self-management continued to work under stress, and which didn’t. The crisis became a stress test that revealed what is essential for self-management to function in a demanding, real-world environment like construction. The talk explores lessons from the field about responsibility, decision-making, feedback from reality, and why some ideas from traditional leadership still matter even in self-managing organizations.