INTERIMREBEL / FIELD PROFILE
INTERIM INNOVATION & SANDBOXING LEAD

TROND BUGGE

Helping organisations sense earlier, experiment faster and build strategic advantage before disruption forces movement.

+46 70 39 10 202·move@interimrebel.com·interimrebel.com·Based in Sweden · Operating globally
Products shipped
100+
Years in motion
20+
Operating range
Boardroom → Backlog
01 /OPERATING SCOPE
  • Sandbox environments
    Pre-cleared zones to test the uncomfortable hypothesis first.
  • Experimentation systems
    Shorten the loop from signal to shipped learning.
  • Future sensing
    Translate weak signals into operational consequence.
  • Operational prototyping
    Move strategy out of decks and into the line.
  • Strategic momentum
    Cut consensus drag. Rebuild forward motion.
  • Bridge contracts
    Wire pilots into production before they evaporate.
02 /OPERATING THEATRES
IKEAOperational innovation at retail scale

Shipped digital and physical products inside one of the world's largest retail systems. Built experimentation capacity where standardisation usually wins.

EricssonFuture capability inside global telecom

Drove product and technology direction in environments measured in nation-states, not sprints. Bridged R&D foresight into market-ready execution.

Swedish PoliceExperimentation under regulatory weight

Built sandbox capability inside a public-sector system that cannot afford to fail loudly. Operational innovation under real constraint, not workshop constraint.

Kairos FutureFuture signals → operational consequence

Worked at the edge between long-horizon foresight and what leadership teams could actually move on this quarter.

Connecta / TarentoConsulting craft, operator instincts

Learned the disciplines of delivery inside large client systems — then spent the next decade unlearning the parts that slow movement.

03 /ENTREPRENEURIAL YEARS

13 years building and shipping products across mobile, gaming, social platforms, retail tech, future interfaces, sustainability and operational services.

Some failed.
Some scaled. (3 exits, 1 IPO)
All created operational learning.
Selected ventures

Future Preview · Fishnet · Live the Game · Mobile Feed · Superlocal · LociLoci · Rip Eco — and a long tail of experiments that never made the press release.

04 /APPROACH

I operate as an interim rebel — not a consultant producing decks, but an operator helping organisations regain movement.

The work sits where future signals meet operational reality: building sandboxes where alternatives can be tested without ceremony, wiring experimentation into the line, and helping leadership teams move from discussion to deployment before the market makes the decision for them.

Allergic to slow movement.
Addicted to early signals.
Committed to shipping.
05 /POSITIONING

Few operators have moved repeatedly between future signals, entrepreneurship, operational reality and large organisational systems. That combination is the work.

Large-scale organisational experience
Entrepreneurial grit
Operational experimentation
Product shipping at scale
Future sensing
Sandbox design
06 /AVAILABILITY

Open to interim mandates, advisory roles and sandbox collaborations. Typically 3–9 month engagements with a clear acceleration brief.