Future Skills Mikael Syding & Ludvig Sunstrom

Season 1 guests:

Martin Sandquist–Finance Billionaire
Barry Schwartz–Psychology Professor
Tyler Cowen–Economist
Walter Kiechel–Fortune Magazine & HBR
Seth Godin–Author & Marketer
Ola Ahlvarsson–Serial Entrepreneur
Elkhonon Goldberg-Neuroscientist
Erik Townsend–Hedge Fund Manager
Alexander Bard–Future Philosopher
Mattias Ribbing - Memory Champion
Casey Gauss-IT Entrepreneur
Sebastian Marshall–Ultrawork
Jay Campbell-Hormonal Expert
Philippa Malmgren–Geopolitical Advi

In today’s episode we pick up the talk from episode 34 with investor, author, podcast showrunner and technology entrepreneur Erik Townsend.

Once again we cover a lot of ground, including Erik's views on decision making & strategy, technological progress such as automation, and his current views on gold, oil and Tesla. We also talked about the process of writing and publishing his book "Beyond Blockchain"

Not least we talked about Erik's views on cryptocurrencies and what could come after Bitcoin.

❄ Merry Christmas! ❄

In today's Christmas episode we talk to futurist Martin Ford, popular speaker and author of bestselling books Rise of Robots and now Architects of Intelligence.

This episode can be seen as the finale to the last three (#43 - robotics and #44 - global problems). Martin clarifies what might be reasonable to expect in terms of future progress in these areas, based on what he's learned from talking to the 23 leading innovators in these fields.

We discuss 5 global problems (water, food, climate, energy, health and 5 big technologies that may be used in solving them (AI, automation, biotech, nanotech, 3D printing/additive manufacturing).

We call this the 5x5 Matrix.

3 more problems are discussed: Education, depression, and migration.

We also discuss future industries. 10 are mentioned out of a total list of 32. Subscribe to our newsletter for episode summaries for another 10

Alternate headline: "How You Can Own Your Very Own Little Robot Butler"

We delve into Mikael's strong interest for robotics and automation. Mikael makes a strong case for why robotics will be "the new auto industry", with lots of other industries converging into one massive industry. And how YOU can position yourself to get in early, working for or with robotics makers (for example by visiting your local robotics company...)

Today we talk to Dr Philippa Malmgren

P***a, short for “Philippa”, is a tech entrepreneur and a geopolitical consult. She has authored several books, including “Signals”, and “Geopolitics for investors”.

In this conversation we focus on her most recent book “Leadership Lab” and learn about important neglected skills of good leaders and why managers keep getting blindsided by well-known trends

We talk about important megatrends like Big Data and the internet of (surveillance) things