Worldwebforum Podcast

In this episode we meet Accenture Luminary and NASA Jet Propulsion Lab's Marco Tempest, who combines cutting-edge technology with the flair and showmanship of Houdini. Marco experiments with the latest mixed reality, sensing and robotic equipment to produce outcomes that seem to defy reality.

Ana Rold is the Founder and Publisher of Diplomatic Courier, a media network and magazine for top diplomats in Washington, DC, New York, Brussels and Geneva. In this episode, she discusses the shift towards lifelong learning as the key mindset for the rising generations of leaders.

Zeeshan Feroz is the CEO UK at Coinbase, the world's leading cyrptocurrency platform. In this episode, he addresses some of the misconceptions around cryptocurrency and what measures Coinbase take to achieving their goal, of making cyptocurrency ownership mainstream.

Giovanni Giuliani is Group Chief Strategy, Innovation & Business Development at Zurich Insurance, the new Black Diamond partner of WORLDWEBFORUM. In this episode, he shares his insight about innovations that are taking place in the insurance industry, and how innovation helps them deeply understand what adds value to almost 80 million customers globally.

Reto Gurtner is the visionary CEO of Weisse Arena Gruppe, the company that manages Laax, Flims and Falera, one of Switzerland's largest alpine leisure areas. We interviewed him during the WORLDWEBFORUM Pre-unconference in Laax, the annual event for the international speakers and selected guests in the lead up to the 2-day annual meeting in Zurich. Hear about how the spirit of Laax is a unique blend of community, innovation and adventure.

Ibrahim Bashir is the former director of engineering at Twitter and is now a general manager at Box. He has lead product teams that achieve high tech releases that make a difference to millions. In this episode he shares his thoughts about how to create enduring innovation.

Bill Liao is a successful VC and philanthropist. He co-founded Coder Dojo: a not-for-profit organisation that teaches children how to code. In this episode, he explains why coding is the language skill that children should become fluent in, to prepare for the future.

Rik Willard is the CEO of Global Blockchain Technologies. and Founder of Agentic Group, federation of over 50 global blockchain companies. In this episode, we chat to him about how blockchain and the new gig economy goes hand in hand.

Jeremy Abbett is a catalyst for human-centric design, following a a four year run as the Google Creative Evangelist. In this episode, we catch up with him to understand how your attitude to risk can have an impact on your creativity.

Ulrike Schaede is Professor of Japanese Business at University of California, San Diego. She directs a full immersion program for female managers from Japan to enhance their global management skills. We chat to her about what can women and managers can do to encourage a more diverse leadership board.

Have you ever thought about becoming an entrepreneur, but not sure how to start or how to get funded? In this episode, we chat with Kirsty Nathoo of Y-Combinator, Duncan Logan of RocketSpace and Bruce Gibney from Founders Fund about the startup and venture capital ecosystem in Silicon Valley.

Ruedi Noser is a prominent Swiss businessman and state councillor for Zurich, Switzerland's most prosperous canton. In this episode, he explains why Zurich is such a welcoming place for people from all walks of life, to work. innovate and thrive.