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Working together, within an ecosystemI sit down with Robert Wesley and Paul Oamen from My AI. They share their individual and shared founder's journey, from meeting at an incubation program to founding a company. Robert Wesley is a serial tech entrepreneur and product strategist with 20 years of turning green-field ideas into global platforms. As Founder & CEO of My AI and co-creator of Me Protocol, he is shipping a universal rewards infrastructure that lets brands convert any loyalty point into an instantly redeemable digital asset. Earlier, he founded and led KIVU Technologies, designing a graph-analytics product adopted by national-security agencies, and co-founded Cognitive Architectures to solve government big-data challenges.Paul Oamen is one of Web3’s rising stars, having founded the blockchain program at the Pan Atlantic University, Lagos Business School, where he still gives the occasional lecture. Paul also built the L1 Zone blockchain, which connects some of the largest banks in Africa. Paul has a BEng in Computer Engineering and a MS in Data Science with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence, graduating top of his class.Recorded January 2025, published here 2026.02:30 Meet the Robert and Paul06:30 How they met 09:40 The idea, an opportunity in travel rewards  16:00 Rewards, loyalty and understanding the business case21:00 Building a team and setting expectations  34:10 Working with the ecosystem, co innovation risk and adoption chain riskContinue listening…Blockchain use cases with Jonas Sveistrup SøgaardFounders journey with Vidar Phoenix Leo Christiansen and Social VibesFounders journey with Karla Pitt Winther and KeypittContinue reading…Article: Making Markets for Rewards in a Global Economy, by Paul Oamen Medium Article: ME Protocol This episode was:Edited by ⁠ ⁠⁠Preneil Pillay ⁠⁠⁠Hosted by ⁠ ⁠⁠Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠⁠Cover art animation by GamucatexPost Production (to fix my bad lighting :) by  vhvisualsOriginal music by Jakob Ranum, ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Studio25⁠⁠Produced by Prichelle Rugdeo and Preneil Pillay Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this conversation, sharing it with your community.

Creating crazy ideas. A journey, alongside others In this founders journey episode, I sit down with Oliver Rosendal⁠ from VINIA Media. He shares his founder's journey creating crazy ideas, building a team and some tough times.He is the Founder and CEO of VINIA Media, a Copenhagen-based creative production company specializing in commercials, video production, and live streaming.He launched the company in 2016 at just 20 years old. Since then, VINIA Media has grown into a team of seven full-time creatives.In 2023, he was recognized by Berlingske Media's Talent100 list, highlighting Denmark’s most promising young professionals. He is passionate about helping brands create visual content that not only looks great but actually makes an impact. Whether it’s a nationwide TV commercial, a live-streamed product launch, or a quick-turn Instagram ad.2:00  Meet Oliver 5:00  Building a team 7:00  Founder to Leader journey 10:30 Growing the company13:00 Creating crazy ideas15:00 Building capabilities17:00 Pivots and changes22:00 Tools and the industry 24:00 A journey, alongside others 28:20 Bootstrapping29:24 A tough time 36:00 Changing tactics 41:30 Changes in the industry Continue listening…Founders journey with Vidar Phoenix Leo Christiansen and Social VibesFounders journey with Karla Pitt Winther and KeypittFounders journey with Robert Wesley and Paul Oamen from My AIThis episode was:Hosted by ⁠ ⁠⁠Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠⁠Recorded in:Studio and produced at VINIA MediaCover art animation by GamucatexPost production support by  vhvisualsOriginal music by Jakob Ranum, ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Studio25⁠⁠Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this conversation, sharing it with your community.

Curious how to take a customer’s pain, develop it into a gain and found a business? In this founders journey series, I sit down with Karla Pitt Winther. She shares her founder's journey within Keypitt and her motivation to innovate. Take a listen to her share how she digitalised the wardrobe process within the venue & event management industry. Karla Pitt Winther is a driven and optimistic entrepreneur who thrives on limitless possibilities fueled by a positive mindset. She faces every challenge with a smile and sees failures as opportunities for learning. She aims to put a mark on the world and bring value and joy to other people’s lives, both with Keypitt’s data-driven wardrobe solution and in her everyday interactions. She is on a mission to improve venue & event experiences and positively impact guest satisfaction. Her advice is to research, learn and reach out to experts, advisors or founders is part of her winning strategy to build fast to get it in the hands of the users.  Recorded January 2025, published here 2026.00:10  Sharing the journey 01:56 Experience using KeyPitt05:00 The idea09:13 Solo founding and being hands on16:40 Navigating technical and non technical skills 21:00 Building a company 25:20 Sharing behind the scenesContinue listening…Founders journey with Vidar Phoenix Leo Christiansen and Social VibesFounders journey with Oliver Rosendal and VINIA MediaFounders journey with Robert Wesley and Paul Oamen from My AIThis episode was:Edited by ⁠ ⁠⁠Preneil Pillay ⁠⁠⁠Hosted by ⁠ ⁠⁠Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠⁠Original music by Jakob Ranum, ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Studio25⁠⁠Cover art animation by GamucatexPost production (to fix my bad lighting :) by  vhvisualsProduced by Prichelle Rugdeo and Preneil Pillay This podcast is powered by Station and the Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship.Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this conversation, sharing it with your community.

How can we (re)connect, build meaningful relationships and create moments of joy? In this founders journey series, I sit down with Vidar Phoenix Leo Christiansen. He shares his founder's journey within Social Vibes , what he has learnt along the way and why he and the team create immersive experiences with the aim of ‘sparking connections and creating memories’.Vidar Phoenix Christiansen is a Danish entrepreneur, leader, and creative strategist dedicated to fostering human connection through technology. As the founder of Social Vibes, he aims to combat loneliness and digital isolation by helping people create meaningful social experiences. With a background in business, leadership, and psychology, he blends creativity, empathy, and strategic execution to scale innovative ventures.Raised in Denmark, Vidar’s journey, from overcoming personal hardships to traveling the world and working in sales, shaped his resilient and visionary mindset. Now based in Sweden with his Moroccan wife, he is passionate about fitness, digital art, travel, and personal growth. With Social Vibes, he envisions building a global movement that empowers people to connect deeply, embrace new experiences, and make lasting memories.Related linksVisit Social Vibes  02:58 Meet Vidar Phoenix Christiansen05:00 Social Vibes, becoming an app08:55 Creating adventures  12:30 Developing the technology, keeping the motivation 15:46 Meeting the team, growing the team 22:40 Design choices  26:35 Founder to leader journey 39:32 Finding funding44:10 Shares some advice Continue listening…Digital ecologies with Attila MártonThis episode was:Hosted by ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠⁠⁠Edited by ⁠ ⁠⁠Preneil Pillay ⁠⁠⁠Original music by Jakob Ranum, ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Studio25⁠⁠Produced by Prichelle Rugdeo and Preneil Pillay This podcast is powered by Station and the Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship.Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this conversation, sharing it with your community.

What can we do?I sit down with Dr. Poornima Luthra. She shares her PracAdemic activities within academia and as a practitioner. Whether you listen to this for yourself, as a leader or for your business, she asks us to visualise our spaces and places and consider ‘What can I do?’. She does this through the core pillars within Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.Dr. Poornima Luthra is a recognised author, keynote speaker, business consultant, and leading practitioner-academic in the field of talent management and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). As Associate professor at the Copenhagen Business School, she provides effective DEI thought-leadership from a global perspective, workshops, and consultancy services for organisations who are determined to nurture inclusive workplaces for their diverse talent. She has been ranked as one of the world’s 30 up-and-coming management thinkers by Thinkers50 and is a recipient of the Professional Women of Colour Denmark Impact Award and winner of the Nordic Blaze Inclusion Award. She is the author of Leading Through Bias (2023 (English)/ 2024 (Danish & Italian)), The Art of Active Allyship (2022), and Diversifying Diversity (2021) and is a contributor to Harvard Business Review on topics related to DEI.Related links or mentioned in this podcastSelected publicationsWebsite Seeking qualitative rigor in inductive research: Notes on the Gioia methodology02:30 Meet Dr. Poornima Luthra08:20 PracAdemic, activities as an academic and practitioner13:50 Understanding the core pillars of her work 20:00 Shares an exercise, asked to visualise…24:00 What can we do?31:00 An interesting research idea, would you listen to…Continue listening...⁠Futures Literacy Lab with Beatriz Carneiro⁠⁠Using the future in the present with Felipe Koch⁠⁠Being open to emergence with Loes Damhof⁠This episode was:Edited by ⁠⁠Preneil Pillay ⁠⁠Hosted by ⁠⁠Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠Animation by GAMUCATEXOriginal music by Jakob Ranum, ⁠⁠⁠Studio25⁠Produced by Prichelle Rugdeo and Preneil PillayPowered by ⁠Station⁠ and the ⁠Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship⁠.Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this conversation, sharing it with your community.

How are we seen, known and governed through our visibilities?I sit down with Mikkel Flyverbom. If you are new to this podcast, we host conversations related to technology, research, innovation and the emerging future. This conversation covers all these areas and highlights important topics and emerging ideas that we may benefit from paying attention to. Mikkel Flyverbom is Professor of Communication and Digital Transformations at the Department of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark. Also, he is founding academic director of the BSc in Business Administration and Digital Management program at CBS.His research on digital transformations, data, internet governance, and tech companies has been published in leading international journals, such as Business & Society, The Information Society, Telecommunications Policy, Organization Studies, Management Communication Quarterly, Organization, as well as a number of books. His most recent book, The Digital Prism: Transparency and Managed Visibilities in a Datafied World has been published by Cambridge University Press.He has been a visiting professor at Stanford University, University of California, Santa Barbara, Rutgers University, Bamberg University and Luiss University.He is a member of the Danish government’s Data Ethics Council, a member of the Expert Group for the AI Task Force and former chairman of the Expert Group on Tech Giants. He also writes a regular tech column for the Danish newspaper Politiken, and is a widely used media expert on digital transformations and the tech industry.Related links or mentioned in this podcastSelected publications from Mikkel FlyverbomThe Digital Prism: Transparency and Managed Visibilities in a Datafied WorldTech giants' role as digital infrastructure - Report 3 from the government's expert group on tech giantsShoshana Zuboff’s website and publications 02:00 Meet Mikkel Flyverbom08:10 As a member of the Data Ethics Council13:00 Discussing the Expert Group on Tech Giants18:00 Digital Prism22:22 Leadership considerations 24:00 Shares his upcoming research interests29:00 Vinyl Continue listening...⁠Using the future in the present with Felipe Koch⁠⁠Being open to emergence with Loes Damhof⁠Digital ecologies with Attila MártonBlockchain use cases with Jonas Sveistrup SøgaardThis episode was:Edited by ⁠⁠Preneil PillayHosted by ⁠⁠Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠Animation by GAMUCATEXOriginal music by Jakob Ranum, ⁠⁠⁠Studio25⁠Produced by Prichelle Rugdeo and Preneil PillayPowered by ⁠ Station⁠ and the ⁠ Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship⁠.Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this conversation, sharing it with your community

Discovering use cases for Blockchain within HealthcareI sit down with Filippo Frangioni. He shares his journey into Blockchain, 3 Blockchain use cases within healthcare and adoption challenges within the industry. We also get to talk about ‘Community of practice’ and the Blockchain Communities of Practice he has started. Filippo Frangioni is a Product Manager at Novo Nordisk, where he has spearheaded innovation in AI and blockchain, driving the development of digital products within the pharmaceuticals sectors. With a blend of technical expertise and commercial insight, he has been instrumental in advancing digital transformation projects within healthcare. Filippo also serves as Head of Partnerships at the Nordic Blockchain Association, fostering connections within the Web3 community through memberships, regulatory initiatives, and events like the Nordic Blockchain Conference.Related links or mentioned in this podcastCommunities of practice: A brief introduction⁠ (Journal) Blockchain in clinical trials (ScienceDirect Journal)Decentralized science (DeSci) (Website)The Emergence of Biotech DAOs (Blog) Decentralized Science: The Future of Scientific Exploration Inspired by Meta- and Open-Science Principles (Blog)Leading on post-quantum technology(Website)02:00 Meet Filippo Frangioni04:25 What is a public and a private Blockchain 05:40 What is a Blockchain distributed ledger07:16 Background into healthcare and pharmaceutical industry07:40 Use Case: Product traceability 08:44 Use Case: Clinical trials11:40 Use Case: Decentralised science (DeSci)14:30 Encryption15:40 Adoption challenges18:30 Blockchain Communities of Practice28:42 A parting thought and a quoteContinue listening, up next⁠Digital ecologies with Attila Márton⁠⁠Blockchain use cases with Jonas Sveistrup Søgaard⁠This episode was:Edited by⁠ ⁠⁠Preneil Pillay ⁠⁠Hosted by⁠ ⁠⁠Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠⁠Animation by GAMUCATEXOriginal music by Jakob Ranum,⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Studio25⁠⁠Produced by Prichelle Rugdeo and Preneil PillayPowered by ⁠Station⁠ and the⁠ Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship⁠.Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this conversation, sharing it with your community.

Considering shifts in business models and collaborative advantagesToday I sit down with Jonas Sveistrup Søgaard. We talk about a business transaction; as it is today, as it is on Blockchain and why we may start to see more Blockchain use cases emerge. He also shares concepts and reasons related to shifts in business models and explains differences between AI and blockchain adoption cycles. Jonas Sveistrup Søgaard is an expert in blockchain technology and innovation and works as Technology Director at Devoteam. His focus spans a range of technologies, including blockchain, IoT, and GenAI, with a specific emphasis on applications in the public sector, industrial processing, and banking compliance.As part of an industrial PhD program, Jonas collaborated with organizations like Erhvervsstyrelsen, CBS, and Deloitte to research the impact of blockchain technology on market practices, particularly in the areas of domestic and cross-border transactions. This work involved benchmarking and simulating trade finance applications across multiple blockchain platforms. With his extensive background spanning technology, policy, and real-world implementations, Jonas offers a unique perspective on the evolving landscape of blockchain and related innovations.Related links or mentioned in this podcastCost of Trust (RMIT, Paper) Unlocking Privacy on Ethereum with Paul Brody(podcast)Evaluating trust infrastructure of emergent technologies (LinkedIn post)AI’s impact of Business Models: A New Paradigm for Organizations (LinkedIn post)00:60 How I met Jonas Sveistrup Søgaar 03:40 Jonas shares his study and career journey 08:00 Blockchain, a coordination mechanism 13:00 Green Act of Europe and the Digital product passport  16:15 Shift in business models, Scope 1, 2, 319:00 Collaborative advantage, co-innovation risk and adoption chain risk24:33 Trust, transparency and traceability28:56 Skills, the job market and adoption cycles 33:55 Ecosystems thinking, shares an example36:00 Discussing de-dollarisationContinue listening, up next⁠Digital ecologies with Attila Márton⁠⁠Blockchain Healthcare use cases with Filippo Frangioni⁠This episode was,Edited by ⁠⁠⁠Preneil Pillay ⁠⁠⁠Hosted by⁠⁠⁠ Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠⁠Original music and sound mastering by Jakob Ranum, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Studio25⁠⁠Produced by Prichelle Rugdeo and Preneil PillayThanks for listening! If you enjoyed this conversation, sharing it with your community.

What society needs to be in place in order for what we observe to be not only acceptable but also desirable?I sit down with Attila Márton. We talk about what captures his attention when he is not teaching at the Copenhagen Business School or researching digitalization of core social phenomena. He shares what we can learn from ecological thinking, shares some ecological perspectives, discusses platforms as an organisational form and highlights some guiding principles a business, start up or individual could follow or be aware of in terms of digitalization.Attila Márton is a Digital Ecologist. His research focuses on propelling ecosystemic thinking to make digitalization serve humanity. To this effect, he is currently exploring the co-evolutionary dynamics between platforms and their respective ecosystems, the political ecology of digital labour and AI, the sociology of digital knowledge and forgetting, and the re-decentralization of the Internet.Related Links or mentioned in this podcastA digital future of resilience: What can we learn from ecological thinking?Selected publicationsVoyant tools00:47 Meet Attila Marton08:07 Shares insights into his writing process 12:05 Attila’s selected publications: Digital, Information, Platforms and New 13:22 Discussing Platforms and Sharing Platforms16:19 Platforms as an organisational form: changing how we are used to organising18:10 Social media and labour platforms20:00 Ecologies, a mind set 27:15 How do ‘ecological systems’ self regulate and what can we learn 28:48 First principles thinking29:00 Shares an example, it was not the one I was thinking of31:04 Discussing resilient and robust, within the system itself 33:20 Variety and redundancy 38:25 From an ecological perspective: AI 45:31 Asked to share one thing he would like us to knowContinue listening, up nextBlockchain use cases with Jonas Sveistrup SøgaardBlockchain Healthcare use cases with Filippo FrangioniThis episode was,Edited by ⁠⁠⁠Preneil Pillay ⁠⁠⁠Hosted by⁠⁠⁠ Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠⁠Animation by GAMUCATEXOriginal music and sound mastering by Jakob Ranum,. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Studio25⁠⁠Produced by Prichelle Rugdeo and Preneil PillayPowered by ⁠Station⁠ and the ⁠Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship⁠.Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this conversation, sharing it with your community.

How can we be open to emergence and embrace uncertainty?I sit down with Loes Damhof. She joins me to discuss her work; within Higher Education and the Emergence Academy, and how futures literacy could be used within a business context. Loes Damhof was elected as Lecturer of the Year of all higher education in The Netherlands in 2016, and decided to spend the attached prestigious Comenis Award on developing Futures Literacy pilots. As a UNESCO Chair on Futures Literacy in Higher Education, she consults and trains staff of global organizations such as FutureWomenX, UNESCO, UNFCCC, ClimateKIC, FORMS, UN, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies and Oxfam in multidisciplinary projects. As a Futures Literacy Expert, she designs, develops and facilitates so-called Futures Literacy Labs: collective intelligence knowledge creation processes across the globe that challenge and raise fundamental questions on leadership, migration, climate change and technology. She is a Future Fellow at Hawkwood College, a steering committee member of the Futures Oriented Museum Synergies and an editor for the Journal of Futures Studies. 1:50 Meet Loes Damhof3:20 Shares her work as a UNESCO Chair on Futures Literacy in Higher Education7:16 How is futures literacy used within a business context13:00 Shares her work within the Emergence Academy19:39 Sensing and sense making  25:36 Could we slow down?33:15 Shares what she is presently up toContinue listening, up next⁠Futures Literacy Lab with Beatriz Carneiro⁠⁠Using the future in the present with Felipe Koch⁠This episode was,Edited by ⁠⁠⁠Preneil Pillay ⁠⁠⁠Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠⁠Animation by GAMUCATEXOriginal music and sound mastering by Jakob Ranum, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Studio25⁠⁠Produced by Prichelle Rugdeo and Preneil Pillay