
Radar - by nexxworks
Every month, 'Radar – by nexxworks' brings you the latest developments in business, technology and everything related to innovation. Nexxworks helps organizations kickstart their innovation with our many open and tailor-made programs. Our thought-leading collective of international keynote speakers is the beating heart of our network. Continue the story on nexxworks.com.
Latest episodes

Jan 25, 2024 • 1h 13min
Radar - by nexxworks January 2024
For the first episode op 2024, our tried and trusted hosts invite a special guest! Elke Geraerts, professor in psychology and CEO of Better Minds At Work.
The four of them give their predictions for 2024, talk about AI vs AI (Authentic Intelligence), the Magnificent 7 of the stock market, Chinese flying cars and cruise ships as well as CES.
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Dec 20, 2023 • 1h 14min
Radar - by nexxworks December 2023
In this brand new episode, Steven, Peter, Pascal and Julie talk first about The North Face's (fake?) PR stunt, how Temu is taking over the world with cheap and fast products, Julie reflects on the OpenAI saga, then onto Steven's High Value Service Agents and Peter wraps it up for Christmas with some controversial optimism heading into 2024 ...
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Dec 7, 2023 • 49min
Radar - by nexxworks: the Generative AI Special
We're back with a special interview episode where Peter Hinssen has a fascinating conversation with Pascal Coppens about Generative AI. They talked about the most important Chinese AI players, regulation, education, the cloud, light weight LLMs, geopolitics, the talent war and China's transition to a service-driven industry. If you want to know more about generative AI from an eastern perspective, this is the episode for you!

Nov 16, 2023 • 1h 30min
Radar - by nexxworks November 2023
In this brand new episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Laurence Van Elegem, Julie Vens - De Vos and Pascal Coppens, discuss the unicorn that is Taylor Swift, Humane’s overhyped AI Pin, the next killer AI device, generative AI in China, the WeWork saga, the Bletchley Park AI Summit, the Executive Order on AI, Mercier champagne, data colonization, LinkedIn, our upcoming China Tour and many more things!
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Oct 12, 2023 • 1h 14min
Radar - by nexxworks October 2023
In this brand new episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem discuss how LinkedIn saved Julie’s day, Neuralink’s first human trials, Elon Musk’s big plan, cyborgs, invasive technology, all things Japan and business - from time machine investing, to omotenashi, humility, declining demographics, finding the perfect knife & more - Elon Musk’s algorithm, Walter Isaacson’s biography about him, all the people Peter Hinssen feels sorry for, Huawei Connect, the chip war, a European ban on EVs, effective altruism, accelerated altruism and much more!
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Sep 8, 2023 • 1h 26min
Radar - by nexxworks September 2023
Join Radar's exciting first episode with guests Peter Hinssen (Expert on Content Science), Pascal Coppens (Expert on China's economy), and Julie Vens-De Vos (Surprising Barbie movie lover) as they discuss the present and future of telemarketing, the impact of generative AI on industries, customer culture in building successful brands, and upcoming advancements in automation and robotization in China.

Jun 13, 2023 • 1h 32min
Radar - by nexxworks June 2023
In this last episode of the season (back in September!), Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem discuss non-negotiable rules in CX, this month’s Tesla news, EV market price wars, Elon Musk’s adventures in China (or is it Yilong Ma?), the Apple Vision Pro, AI regulation, P(doom), the learnings of our latest Art of Talent Tour with Behavioral Scientist Frederik Anseel, Ørsted, Maersk, Novo Nordisk, our new Never Normal Masterclass, the crackdown of the SEC on Binance and Coinbase in the US, China’s national blockchain center, the Hong Kong crypto exchange and the very latest on general-purpose humanoid robots.
Here's Scott Galloway’s Twitter thread with all the past calls for tech regulation that Laurence referred to: https://twitter.com/profgalloway/status/1659034629129601026
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May 9, 2023 • 1h 34min
Radar - by nexxworks May 2023
In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens, Julie Vens - De Vos and Laurence Van Elegem discuss generative AI's data problem, private company versions of ChatGPT, Drake, Grimes, Twitter, TikTok, Walmart versus Amazon, Schmidt Futures and AI investment strategies, our Never Normal Tour with Mediafin in New York (guided by nexxworks Founder Peter Hinssen and General Editor at 'De Tijd' Isabel Albers), the human energy crisis, Apple's new high-yield savings account with a whopping 4.15% interest rate, its Buy Now Pay Later services, the return of (travel in) China, the EV price war, Chinese EV car company BYD successes, CATL’s next-generation sodium-ion battery, youth unemployment in China, inflation going down in China, why some companies are looking for old steel warships, the power of proximity, the end of Buzzfeed news and much, much more.
Shownotes:
You can check the Amazon and Walmart chart Julie was talking about here.
The website haveibeentrained.com allows artists to opt-in or opt-out of AI training.
Here is the link to the website with the latest AI hits.
www.heygen.com is where you can upload an avatar of yourself and create a video.
ai.syllaby.io will help you write a script for your video.
Here is Steven and Pascal’s video about Tesla and BYD.
Check our awesome Never Normal Tour with Mediafin in New York here.
Enjoy!
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Mar 22, 2023 • 1h 13min
Radar - by nexxworks March 2023
In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss the top visits of our 'CX More Than Ever Tour' in LA (Liquid Death, Niels Juul, Nanxi Liu & the ConCreates ad agency), LA versus San Francisco as innovation hubs, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the impact of remote work, the Waluigi Effect in AI, the New Gatekeepers (from Benedict Evans' big yearly presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry), ChatGPT (what else?), Henchman, Confirm, China outpacing US in critical tech research (report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute), Xi Jinping's third term and China's The Two Sessions. Enjoy!
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Jan 18, 2023 • 1h 12min
Radar - by nexxworks January 2023
In this episode, Radar podcast host Steven Van Belleghem and his #nexxworks friends Peter Hinssen, Pascal Coppens and Julie Vens - De Vos discuss CX at the Louvre and at Hertz, Vaclav Smil's book 'How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future', the energy transition, techno-optimism, China opening up again, decoupling, Noma closing down, leadership, the FTX fall out, the VC industry, Washington looking to ban TikTok in the US and Shopify cutting its more than 2 people meetings.
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