Scandinavian MIND

Meet three founders of forward-thinking startups, and hear them talk about how to innovate traditional industries, running a company based on Swedish values, and the need for more female entrepreneurs. This podcast was recorded on stage at the Swedish pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, and is part of our Changemakers series.Speakers are:Claudia Rademaker, VP & Co-founder of Dugga Assessment.Annie Backman, COO & Co-founder of Care to Translate.Karin Ebbinghaus, CEO of Elonroad.In this episode, the panel discuss:The need for more female entrepreneurs. The importance of the Swedish heritage when building a brand.Keeping a transparent and open-sourced company management.Entering the MENA market. Learning from other female perspectives on a global scale. Developing the technology after the demand. The Scandinavian Mind podcast is a bi-weekly show, about the intersection of lifestyle and technology. Every Wednesday, we publish an in-depth interview with an innovator from the worlds of design, fashion, beauty, mobility or tech. And every Friday, we publish a panel talk or other behind the scenes content from the world of Scandinavian MIND. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our show about current trends and events within business, tech, fashion, design, culture, and more. From the Nordic perspective of our team of editors and contributors.Today on the program:Did Facebook change its name to Meta to accelerate the metaverse development or to start fresh?The new Oura Ring 3 can measure and map your health 24 hours a day.What is a B-corp, and should companies even want to be one?Stockholm’s new tech week. With:Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-chief & FounderRoland Philippe Kretzschmar, editor-at-large for future and digitisationErik Sedin, Junior Editor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Micael Dahlen is a professor at the Stockholm School of Economics, with expertise in the intersecting areas of consumer behaviour, human happiness, welfare, marketing and creativity. He is also a speaker and an author, with the latest book Sifferdjur on shelves now, in which Micael and co-author Helge Thorbjørnsen discuss how numbers are running, and ruining our lives.In this episode, Micael talks about:How the times we live in are crammed with numbers.Getting a bad rating from an Uber driver made him realise the power of numbers.How numbers are far from logical and binary.How numbers affect our motor system and neurons.Why people buy glasses when they turn 20, 30 or 40 rather than 23, 34, or 41.How numbers made the pandemic more stressful.Why we judge something from likes and followers instead of the actual content.Fooling your brain that you can run faster and better by alternating workout stats.The Scandinavian Mind podcast is a bi-weekly show, about the intersection of lifestyle and technology. Every Wednesday, we publish an in-depth interview with an innovator from the worlds of design, fashion, beauty, mobility or tech. And every Friday, we publish a panel talk or other behind the scenes content from the world of Scandinavian MIND.Don’t forget to sign up for our newsletter, to stay updated on the latest news and learn about upcoming talks and events. Visit scandinavianmind.com/newsletter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our show about current trends and events within business, tech, fashion, design, culture, and more. From the Nordic perspective of our team of editors and contributors.Today on the program:The possible game-changing moment for cryptocurrencies after the US ETF boost. Dissecting Expo 2020 in Dubai, and ranking the different Scandinavian pavilions. Boots on the ground reporting from GiTech, including an out of body experience with haptic gloves. With:Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-chief & FounderRoland Philippe Kretzschmar, editor-at-large for future and digitisationErik Sedin, Junior Editor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the start of this week, Scandinavian MIND presented the launch of Space Week at the Swedish pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai. On the opening day, we conducted a panel talk with Christer Fuglesang, astronaut, Cecilia Hertz, space designer and founder of Umbilical Design, and Mathias Sundin, founder of Warp Institute.In this podcast, the panel talk about:How human space flight drives technology development on earth. Learning to minimise waste and harvest resources from space engineering and technology. Using satellites for tracking poaching and coral reefs in real-time. How private initiatives and ideas will accelerate space technology even further, and make it more available to the public. Better, cheaper, and faster space rockets to look out for. How expensive will a space ticket be for private travellers?The importance of the space sector’s bold initiatives and gung-ho mindset.Space technology that we use every day, today.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our show about current trends and events within business, tech, fashion, design, culture, and more. From the Nordic perspective of our team of editors and contributors.Today on the program:We’ll talk about Swedish mobility company Lynk & Co new retail concepts.We go behind the scenes of our cover story with Google designer Isabelle Olsson.And we’ll talk about Scandinavian MINDs upcoming activities in Dubai.With:Konrad Olsson, Editor-in-chief & FounderRoland Philippe Kretzschmar, editor-at-large for future and digitisationErik Sedin, Junior Editor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we sit down with space designer Cecilia Hertz, founder and managing director at Swedish space technology company Umbilical Design. Cecilia walks us through how space tech can give us a bird's-eye view of problems we have on the ground. She also breaks down Space Week, one of 10 thematic weeks at Expo 2020 in Dubai, where space researchers and designers from all over the world will gather to push humanity into new dimensions. Some of the talking points are: What exactly is a space designer.The complexity of weighing in space travel’s impact on the environment.Astronauts consuming just the exact amount of food and water that they need, nothing more, nothing less.Circular economy is the only way to survive for astronauts.Scandinavia’s space sector.The golden era of space technology.The grains of truth in Elon Musk’s bombastic statements. Mars, obviously!The Scandinavian Mind podcast is a bi-weekly show, about the intersection of lifestyle and technology. Every Wednesday, we publish an in-depth interview with an innovator from the worlds of design, fashion, beauty, mobility or tech. And every Friday, we publish a panel talk or other behind the scenes content from the world of Scandinavian MIND. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guests today are Ted Persson and Greg Bernstein, partner and venture lead at VC firm EQT Ventures. The duo dissects what frontier and deep tech mean, the responsibilities of ethics in tech, and the amazingly sustainable potential that technology can offer by making production hyperlocal again.Talking points:The building stones of EQTDissecting frontier tech and deep techHow every company and service in some way are tech companiesThe startup boom and having to be proactive rather than reactiveMorality and ethics when working with techDeepfakes and synthetic mediaTechnology making production local againMaking frontier technology make sense through storytellingGetting inspired by popular culture and getting excited about the futureLooking like a Scifi-company but still being takes seriouslyThe Scandinavian Mind podcast is a bi-weekly show, about the intersection of lifestyle and technology. Every Wednesday, we publish an in-depth interview with an innovator from the worlds of design, fashion, beauty, mobility or tech. And every Friday, we publish a panel talk or other behind the scenes content from the world of Scandinavian MIND. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest today is Taras Kravtchouk — the Swedish Founder and designer at Tarform, an electric mobility company that makes the most awesome motorcycles out of Brooklyn, New York. Taras is featured in our latest print magazine, in a story photographed and written by our US contributor Agaton Ström. In this podcast, we revisit the audio interview, done by Agaton at the Tarform studio.In this episode, Agaton and Taras touch upon:Looking at mobility as an ecosystem of various vehicles.The new generation growing up with electric vehicles when moving around cities.How the Swedish upbringing made him respect the environment.Bridging old and custom motorbikes with new technology.Batteries are getting cheaper and better.How Scandinavian minimalism reminds him of martial arts and the state of zen.How to make a quiet electric bike make sound, for safety. Making vehicles other than two-wheelers in the future. How mobility will see a massive change in the coming 10 years, many thanks to urbanisation and electrification. The Scandinavian Mind podcast is a bi-weekly show, about the intersection of lifestyle and technology. Every Wednesday, we publish an in-depth interview with an innovator from the worlds of design, fashion, beauty, mobility or tech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ilenia Martin, our editor-at-large within design and communication, discusses the official return of the physical design week post lockdown restrictions. She recently attended the 3DaysofDesign in Copenhagen, and shares in this podcast how she thinks the future design week might look like, and what the design industry has learned from the last year and a half-long pandemic. In this conversation, Neni also talks about:If 3DaysofDesign is actually three days long.Is this the resurrection of physical design weeks?Being able to feel and touch design pieces again.How the design industry seems to have gone back where it left off.Is the design industry doing enough within innovation and sustainability?Injecting the design industry into the metaverse.Interdisciplinary collaborations.Examples of fashion brands venturing into design, and vice versa.The design industry unwillingness to experiment digitally.The Scandinavian Mind podcast is a bi-weekly show, about the intersection of lifestyle and technology. Every Wednesday, we publish an in-depth interview with an innovator from the worlds of design, fashion, beauty, mobility or tech. And every Friday, we publish a panel talk or other behind the scenes content from the world of Scandinavian MIND. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.