#05 - André Noël Chaker (Finland), Author of the Finnish Miracle - Building a Strong Culture

Finland's André Noël Chaker is the author of acclaimed books including the Finnish Miracle, which explores Finland's success in building a strong and successful culture. In today's interview, Andre shares his story as a young boy growing up in Montreal, becoming a member of the New York Bar, leading two major global scientific organisations and becoming a successful entrepreneur. Being the leading force in many science, technology, gaming and sports related start-up ventures. He has worked with some of the world's largest IT companies including Nokia, Microsoft and IBM, and is now a globally in demand and award winning speaker. It was great to sit on the couch with Andre during a gap at Hybrid World Adelaide in South Australia, overlooking the beautiful River Torrens and Adelaide Oval to discuss wide ranging topics from the importance of a strong education system and embracing global opportunities, why is Finland uniquely successful from its historic adversity, what makes a liveable city, how to make dreams to true if we can move beyond stadis quo, and much more. Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player. Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave. Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeople Connect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=en Send Jason an email - jason@squareholes.com Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/ Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/ Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/