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Award-winning branding consultancy with engineering roots. Founded in 2009, reborn in 2026.
Start a conversationWe started in branding. Then we kept going.
Today, Honesty works across strategy, management consulting, innovation, product, design, and technology — with the creative precision that's always defined us. We think and we build. That combination is the point.
What we do
Six disciplines. One brain.
Most firms separate thinking from making. We find that odd.
Strategy
The thinking that precedes everything.
Not strategy as a document that lives in a drawer. Strategy as a way of seeing — rooted in reality, not frameworks. We start with what's true and build from there.
Brand
Where we started. Still core.
Brand at Honesty has always been more than a logo and a colour palette. It's the strategic foundation for how an organisation earns trust. We do the thinking and the craft — because we understand the business well enough to make the brand actually work.
Product
Shaping what gets built and how it behaves.
Product thinking that spans from strategy to interface. We work on what to build, why, and how it should feel. This means product strategy, product design, and the judgement to know what to leave out.
Technology
We build what we advise on.
Digital products, platforms, tools, and AI implementations — with the same quality bar we apply to everything else. Engineering roots aren't a backstory. They're active capability.
Innovation
Finding what's next — and making it real.
Innovation at Honesty isn't a workshop with post-it notes. It's an ongoing practice of connecting technology, market shifts, and human needs. We prototype. We test. We build. The ideas that survive are the ones that work.
Management
How organisations actually function and change.
Senior people working directly with senior people on the questions that matter most. No armies of junior analysts. Organisational design, transformation, operating models — with the creative and technical fluency that pure management consultancies miss.
Strategy · Management · Innovation · Product · Brand · Design · Technology
Selected work
A few stories worth telling.
Names changed to protect the brilliant.
Strategy · Brand · Design
Repositioning for international growth
Nordic SaaS company
A Nordic SaaS platform preparing for US expansion needed a brand that could travel. We rebuilt positioning, identity, and the entire digital presence from first principles. Launched in four markets simultaneously.
Product · Technology · Design
One platform instead of three
Financial services group
Legacy systems, fragmented experience, declining engagement. We redesigned three customer-facing products into one coherent platform — from strategy through to production code.
Management · Innovation · Strategy
Building an innovation engine
Industrial conglomerate
A 200-year-old industrial group needed to innovate without breaking what already worked. We designed the model, recruited the team, and established the rhythm. Three ventures launched in eighteen months.
Client workspace
Your engagement, organized.
Every project lives in a dedicated workspace. Strategy, progress, deliverables — one place. No email archaeology required.
Clients get a private portal with real-time project visibility and structured communication. Think of it as a calm, well-organised notebook for the entire engagement.
A few names you might recognise
About
Engineering precision meets creative instinct. Add a dash of stubbornness.
Founded in 2009 by Walter Naeslund, Honesty has shipped thousands of projects across brand strategy, identity, and communication. The approach is rooted in engineering thinking — systematic, evidence-based, and obsessively craft-driven.
We're independent. We intend to stay that way. Not because we're contrarian — because the best work happens when you don't have to ask anyone for permission.
The full storyLet's Explore
walter@honesty.se / +46 708 560 365
We are based in Stockholm, Sweden. Get in touch for a physical meeting.