SCANBACK think
This personal website will, before the end of 2026, contain my published works. They range from scientific papers to social media posts.
Why SCANBACK think? The term is drawn from George Orwellβs Newspeak in 1984. Newspeak was aimed at dumbing down peopleβs critical thinking, so itβs ill chosen by me. Yet it has an aesthetic beauty with its mangled grammar that I wanted to capture. A longer title would be βStaffan Canbackβs thoughts on management issuesβ.
Articles & Posts
I have hundreds of LinkedIn and Medium articles and posts that are lost because of the ephemeral character of social media. I gradually save them for posterity here. This page will be built out during 2026.
Academic Papers et Plus
Find my academic papers and doctoral dissertation. They cover diseconomies of scale / bureaucratic limits of firm size, the theory of why management consultants exist, global market analysis method, new perspectives on what strategy is, and more.
Public Presentations
Here you find various PowerPoint presentations that are not client confidential.
Quick Reads
Iβm the main contributor to Tellusant Quick Reads. Find all of them here.
Travel Stories and Photos
I have worked on the ground in 90 countries and visited over 100. FORTHCOMING.
Citations of My Work
I have over 750 academic, business, and media citations to my name.
Other Materials
Bits and pieces such as event posters.
My Legitimacy
What gives me the right to publish the kind of deep intellectual materials you find here? I asked ChatGPT and Gemini to summarize my credentials.