Future Forecast with Isabelle Ringnes

#32 Gunhild Stordalen: Improving the health of people and planet through better food

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 09:54:00 GMT

Tune in to this episode to hear from Gunhild Stordalen, the founder and Executive Chair of EAT, Gunhild is a driving force linking climate, health and sustainability issues across sectors to transform the global food system. WWF Sweden named her “Environmental Hero of the Year” in 2014 and in 2015 she was appointed a Young Global Leader by WEF.

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#31 Tugberk Duman: Facial Recognition: Payments, Vending Machines & Google Glass

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 09:51:19 GMT

We are talking to Tugberk Duman, an expert on zero UI interfaces from the company Futurice, in Finland. He has lead several futuristic projects such as facial recognition payments in Finland and in Norway, a walk-paced identification pilot with Finnair and Helsinki Airport, an Amazon Go-like vending machine experience with the dairy company TINE and he lead the first commercial glass application of Google Glass in the Nordics. Tune in!

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#30 Rana El Kaliouby: The Mission to Humanize Technology

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 05:30:00 GMT

What if your computer could understand how you felt? We spend so much time with technology, so should our smart homes, phones and computers be in tune with our feelings? Or if smart fridges could assess our stress level to perhaps prevent binge eating by auto-locking the fridge. This is what Rana El Kaliouby has made her mission to find out. She has led the world’s largest emotion data database to find out how to analyze complex emotions and cognitive states from face and voice.

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#29 Costas Markides: Disrupting the disruptors

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:02:57 GMT

A crowd favorite from Oslo Business Forum joins Future Forecast. London Business School professor, Costas Markides explains what ‘disruption’ really means, and why business leaders need to prioritize finding out what disruptions they may face. The solution will lie within the problem and will break the disruption; he calls this “disrupting the disruptors.”

Tune in to this episode to learn how to create an emotional connection with your customers, how to develop your passion and more.

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#28 Nathan Furr: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Top Leaders

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 06:30:00 GMT

In this episode of Future Forecast, Isabelle Ringnes is joined by Nathan Furr, a professor of innovation and strategy at INSEAD, to talk about how companies can navigate through technological change and be innovative in a way that will work.

Furr is an award-winning author on innovation and sits on the investment board of the Kickstart Seed Fund. He has a PhD from Stanford University and he is the founder of the International Business Model Competition.

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#27 Paul Scanlan: The Future of 5G

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:00:00 GMT

CTO, Paul Scanlan, heads the technology division of the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, Huawei. With a global market share of 30% last year, and the world’s second-largest smartphone manufacturer, he has been part of Huawei for more than 10 years and the company today has 180 000 employees.

Scanlan joins Future Forecast to talk about 5G, the controversy surrounding Huawei and the questions every business leader should ask themselves.

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#26 Mette Lykke: Creating Startups for the Greater Good

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 06:00:00 GMT

We sat down with Mette Lykke, one of Scandinavia's most impressive entrepreneurs. She co-founded the wildly popular sports-app Endomono just at the peak of adoption of apps and later sold for $85 million dollars, and is now founder and CEO of the food waste saving company, Too Good To Go.

The startup is based in Copenhagen and has scaled the business to 12 countries, raised a total of €16 million, and is on her way to save 20 million meals per year.

Tune in to hear her keys to success as an entrepreneur, the challenges she faced and how she overcomes them, and the leadership skills she finds necessary to build an outstanding team.

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#25 Tanya Accone: Solving the world's biggest problems with innovation and tech

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 05:00:00 GMT

Tanya Accone works with the United Nations Children’s Fund, also known as UNICEF, as a Senior Advisor on Innovation. She established and led UNICEF’s global human capital futures and analytics portfolio in her role as Chief of Strategic Planning and Operation.

She has spearheaded the development of Internet businesses and content portals throughout the African continent, was the Internet Editor of southern Africa’s largest newspaper and worked at the Washington Post.

This episode discusses urbanization, climate change, widening inequality, and the backlashes of rapid technological evolution.

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#24 David Sandström: Creating a Brand that People Talk About

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 08:57:06 GMT

Tune in to hear from the CMO at the global fin-tech unicorn, Klarna. He is the man behind the Snoop Dog branding and essentially making marketing a bank fun (it's possible, trust us).

David shares some insightful trends and emphasizes that leaders should look to incorporate marketing influencers, whether celebrity or social media, to maximize attention, create trust and relatability.

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#23 Shivvy Jervis: The Immersive Workplace of the Future

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 05:00:00 GMT

Award-winning Industry 4.0 Futurist, Shivvy Jervis, shares her riveting insights into emotive AI, Haptics, VR and bio identity- basically all the technical reasons you should be excited about our future.

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#22 Guy Kawasaki: How Real Innovation Happens

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 05:00:00 GMT

Author, keynote speaker and renowned evangelist, Guy Kawasaki talks about his time at Apple, the dangers of being a student of Steve Jobs, when to listen to the customer, what true innovation means, and sushi.

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#21 Chris Kutarna: Predictor of the Future

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 06:55:27 GMT

Dr. Chris Kutarna accurately predicted Brexit and the election of Donald Trump points out that “history rhymes,” where historical patterns of human behavior can be applied to present-day movements. He uses maps as a metaphor to explain his thinking, and says that we need to renew our societal maps to shape our future by “looking at the world with a lens that is updated.”

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#20 Tracy Chou: The Battle for Diversity in Tech

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 05:30:00 GMT

We are talking to one of the most visible, inspiring and outspoken women on diversity in tech, Tracy Chou. Tracy is a software engineer from Stanford and was one of the first hires at Quora and Pinterest and has internship experience from Rocket Fuel, Google and Facebook.

She’s headed several impactful initiatives highlighting the lack of diversity in tech and has spoken at stages all over the globe, including Vogue Australia conference, Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought leader series and tech crunch disrupt in SF. In 2012, just 25 years old, she was named one of the most 25 Powerful Women Engineers In Tech.

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#19 Aksel Lund Svindal: Hear It from a Skier: Take a Risk for a Big Reward

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 05:30:00 GMT

Aksel Lund Svindal: many consider him the best Norwegian alpine skier ever. During his career, he won nine World Championship medals, four Olympic medals, two overall World Cup and nine discipline titles. He now focuses his attention on new ventures; he is a keen start-up investor, has launched a sustainable clothing brand and is writing a book. He shares the parallels between top sports and business and teamwork. He translates risk-taking into a business where leaders should manage risk according to inevitable setbacks.

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#18 Morten Hansen: Do Less, Then Obsess. How to Work Smarter

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 05:30:00 GMT

Top performers work intensely for a short period of time, followed by a break, and don't work more than 8 hrs a day. We're joined by Morten Hansen who reveals the true meaning of smart working. Morten, a well-known leadership expert and an award-winning researcher, applies his effective working methods to everything he tackles. His philosophy is to scrap the long working hours and “do less, then obsess,” which is one of his key principles of working better.

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#17 Sahar Hashemi: Bringing Entrepreneurial Spirit to Big Business

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 13:58:29 GMT

We're joined by Sahar Hashemi, a commended start-up entrepreneur and author, who shared her insights on the importance of entrepreneurial mindset in large companies. Sahar calls herself an accidental entrepreneur because she randomly fell into running a business after a trip to New York.

She was amazed by the choice and variety of coffee there, so she and her brother decided to bring the coffee-bar concept over the pond. That’s how Coffee Republic, one of the U.K.’s major coffee bars, was born.

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#16 Pellegrino Riccardi: Doing Business in Scandinavia

Thu, 30 May 2019 05:00:00 GMT

Does the Norwegian concept of janteloven hold business leaders back? Cross-cultural expert, Pellegrino Riccardi explores Scandinavian leadership, the importance of business diversity and what successful company culture looks like.

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#15 Bessie Lee: The Secret Behind China's Speed of Innovation

Thu, 23 May 2019 05:00:00 GMT

Should the rest of the world be following China's tech lead? From paying via facial recognition to social media advancements, Bessie Lee talks about how China embraced the “trial and error” spirit to kickstart its innovative journey 40 years ago. Is it too late for the rest of the world to catch up? Tune in to find out.

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#14 Simon Sinek: How to Lead in the 21st Century

Thu, 16 May 2019 05:00:00 GMT

Have you found your why? In this latest podcast episode, one of the world's foremost thinkers in all things leadership, Simon Sinek, gives you his insights and advice on:

How to live a more authentic life
The ONE important question you should be asking your friends
How to keep your mobile phone from ruining your relationships
...And more...

You don't want to miss this one - it is FULL of inspiration and key takeaways. Be sure to share it with your friends and colleagues.

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#13 Nancy Giordano: Tech Between People

Mon, 06 May 2019 07:01:20 GMT

We hear so much about AI, 3D printing, AR, VR, but what is often overlooked is the technologies between people.

One of the world's top female futurists, Nancy Giordano explains why she is excited to explore the potential of these technologies. Based out of Austin Texas, Giordano has spent her career building, shaping and evolving a portfolio of $50 billion worth of major global brands. She was the first global TEDx licensee and currently leads a youth-led team to produce one of the globe’s largest TEDx event. Tune in!

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#12 Dr. Kjell Nordström: The value of human touch

Thu, 02 May 2019 05:00:00 GMT

This guest is described globally as “not your typical business guru” with words such as revolutionizing, amusing, enthusiastic, informal, passionate, story-telling and thought-provoking. Dr Kjell Nordström shares how leadership is an art form, the importance of company values, how to make work fun again and more. Tune in!

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#11 Peter Hinssen: Surviving radical innovation

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 05:00:00 GMT

The reality is that most companies cannot become a unicorn. Another mythical animal that can re-invent itself under stress and come out stronger is a phoenix. Tune in to hear why Google is becoming a boring company and how Walmart is succeeding at staying relevant in radically changing times. We're talking with Peter Hinssen, a serial entrepreneur, advisor and one of the most sought-after thought leaders on the impact of all things digital.

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#10 Kate Darling: Emotional connections with life-like machines

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 07:00:00 GMT

In this episode, we explore the emotional connection between people and life-like machines. We are talking to Dr. Kate Darling who is a leading expert in Robot Ethics. She’s a researcher at the MIT Media Lab, where she investigates social robotics and conducts experimental studies on human-robot interaction. Kate’s work has been featured in Vogue, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Forbes, WIRED, and more. Tune in!

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#09: Eliza Filby: Creating a multi-generational work place

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 09:00:00 GMT

How will you create a multi-generational work place and manage and a diverse workforce? This episode covers how to successfully recruit and retain Gen Z and Millennial talents.

We are talking to Dr. Eliza Filby academic speaker and broadcaster and a historian who studies generations - from baby boomers to Gen Alpha. She founded the leading training organizations for universities in UK, has written for The Guardian, Times, Telegraph and frequently appeared on television news broadcasts.

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#08 Andreas Birnik - How to build a great team

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 12:40:39 GMT

Today, we're talking with serial entrepreneur Andreas Birnik who is currently a Partner at Antler, a company generator and early-stage VC, about entrepreneurship, building great teams, avoiding failures and startup trends. This podcast covers entrepreneurship, building great teams, avoiding failures and startup trends.

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#07 Kris Østergaard: How to digitize a cup of coffee

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:00:00 GMT

Did you know that your company has an immune system? Well, it does, and it's time to break it down. This episode covers culture hacks, digitizing coffee, and what it means to optimize, augment and mutate innovation. We are talking to Kris Østergaard, the co-founder of SingularityU Nordic.

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#06 Azeem Azhar: Living up to the hype cycle

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:00:00 GMT

We don’t often see the trial and error happening in labs across the world, but the shiny new piece of tech that is produced at the end - we have come to expect rapid technological development, and are disappointed when these developments don't meet our expectations.

With a two-decade career in technology, Azeem Azhar helps us understand how technology is rapidly shaping our future.

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#05 Anita Schjøll Brede: All things AI

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 06:00:00 GMT

Tune in to hear how a technology company became one of the world's most innovative companies in just 2 years.

Anita Schjøll Brede is the CEO and Co-Founder of Iris.ai; an artificial intelligence company announced by Fast Company to be one of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in AI last year.

Iris.ai is an AI Science assistant– and will grow up to be the world’s first AI Researcher. Forbes named Anita among the world’s top 50 women in tech.

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#04 Dr. Lauri Reuter: The Future of Food

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 05:00:00 GMT

We're talking plant-based 'meats', growing muscles in petri dishes and going vegan vs. reducing meat consumption.

Lauri Reuter is an expert in the future of food, and is the guy to ask if you've ever wondered what we are going to eat in the future, and how all that food is going to be produced using technology.

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#01 Randi Zuckerberg: Women in Tech

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Future Forecast with Isabelle Ringnes. The podcast where we discuss leadership, technology, and sustainability with some of the most influential leaders and entrepreneurs from around the world. We explore their insights into some of the most exciting trends and topics of our time and learn from their personal experiences.

This episode dives into the entrepreneurship gene, our relationship to technology and women in tech. Which is why it is perfect that we are talking to one of the most influential women in tech on the planet, Randi Zuckerberg.

Randi graduated from Harvard in 2003 and later became one of the first employees at Facebook, working alongside her brother, the company's founder. She left Facebook in 2011, and has since authored four books, started her own media company, run multiple television shows, and even performed on Broadway.

In April she joined us in Norway at the Oslo Business Forum where she told us her honest reflections on the silicon valley mentality and ended her spectacular talk with a personal song about our relationship to technology which made the crowd go wild. Joining us on the podcast today are also her co-founders at the Zuckerberg Insititute Brian Patrik Murphy and Michael Littig.

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#02 Richard Quest: Economic Shifts and Fake News

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:36:00 GMT

Learn about some of the major geopolitical, socioeconomic shifts, fake news and other technological trends affecting our future with CNN presenter, Richard Quest.

Quest is CNN's foremost international business correspondent and presenter of Quest Means Business, the definitive word on how we earn and spend our money. He is based in New York City and is one of the most instantly recognizable members of the CNN team.

Quest has regularly reported from the G20 meetings and attends the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland each year. He has covered every major stock market and financial crisis since Black Monday in 1987.

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#03 Pascal Finette: Building a Radically New Future

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:36:00 GMT

This episode covers all things exponential technology, entrepreneurship and building a radically new future.

Tune in to hear from Pascal Finette, co-founder of radical Ventures and Singularity University’s Chair for Entrepreneurship & Open Innovation. Pascal Finette believes a change in mindset is where businesses need to start in this ever-changing world of tech. Learning how to think exponentially and making sense of fast-paced trends can keep organizations on par with the technological curve.

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