Future Forecast with Isabelle Ringnes
Business & Economics Podcasts
Oslo Business Forum presents Norway's best podcast for leaders - Future Forecast with Isabelle Ringnes. Future Forecast discusses leadership, technology, and sustainability with some of the most influential leaders and entrepreneurs from around the world. We explore their insights into the most exciting trends and topics of our time and learn from their personal experiences. Who do you want to hear from? What challenges do you want solved? Let us know: info@obforum.no
Location:
Norway
Description:
Oslo Business Forum presents Norway's best podcast for leaders - Future Forecast with Isabelle Ringnes. Future Forecast discusses leadership, technology, and sustainability with some of the most influential leaders and entrepreneurs from around the world. We explore their insights into the most exciting trends and topics of our time and learn from their personal experiences. Who do you want to hear from? What challenges do you want solved? Let us know: info@obforum.no
Language:
Norwegian
Website:
https://www.obforum.com/podkast
Episodes
#30 Rana El Kaliouby: The Mission to Humanize Technology
1/28/2020
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.
Duration:00:25:31
#29 Costas Markides: Disrupting the disruptors
12/18/2019
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.
Duration:00:42:28
#28 Nathan Furr: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Top Leaders
11/26/2019
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.
Duration:00:18:50
#27 Paul Scanlan: The Future of 5G
11/12/2019
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.
Duration:00:35:42
#26 Mette Lykke: Creating Startups for the Greater Good
10/29/2019
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...
Duration:00:15:58
#25 Tanya Accone: Solving the world's biggest problems with innovation and tech
10/8/2019
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...
Duration:00:40:33
#24 David Sandström: Creating a Brand that People Talk About
9/19/2019
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.
Duration:00:29:05
#23 Shivvy Jervis: The Immersive Workplace of the Future
9/5/2019
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.
Duration:00:49:31
#22 Guy Kawasaki: How Real Innovation Happens
8/22/2019
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.
Duration:00:30:23
#21 Chris Kutarna: Predictor of the Future
8/1/2019
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.”
Duration:00:35:13
#20 Tracy Chou: The Battle for Diversity in Tech
6/27/2019
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...
Duration:00:34:19
#19 Aksel Lund Svindal: Hear It from a Skier: Take a Risk for a Big Reward
6/20/2019
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...
Duration:00:35:16
#18 Morten Hansen: Do Less, Then Obsess. How to Work Smarter
6/13/2019
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.
Duration:00:29:22
#17 Sahar Hashemi: Bringing Entrepreneurial Spirit to Big Business
6/5/2019
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...
Duration:00:27:00
#16 Pellegrino Riccardi: Doing Business in Scandinavia
5/30/2019
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.
Duration:00:38:03
#15 Bessie Lee: The Secret Behind China's Speed of Innovation
5/23/2019
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.
Duration:00:41:11
#14 Simon Sinek: How to Lead in the 21st Century
5/16/2019
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:
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.
Duration:00:25:05
#13 Nancy Giordano: Tech Between People
5/6/2019
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...
Duration:00:29:55
#12 Dr. Kjell Nordström: The value of human touch
5/2/2019
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!
Duration:00:33:16
#11 Peter Hinssen: Surviving radical innovation
4/25/2019
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.
Duration:00:29:45