Five Technologies CEOs Need to Understand with Trond Undheim

Join 12 Geniuses host Don MacPherson and futurist Trond Undheim as they discuss five technologies that every leader needs to understand in order to flourish throughout the 2020s and beyond.

Trond Undheim is a futurist, podcaster, speaker, venture partner, and author. He is the Lead Ecosystem evangelist at Tulip, the frontline operations platform. He is a venture partner at Antler, nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and co-founder of Yegii, the insight network. He was a Senior Lecturer in Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and has conducted foresight work at the Norwegian Board of Technology and at the European Union. Trond holds a Ph.D. on the future of work and the role of Artificial Intelligence and cognition.

In this episode, Trond and Don discuss five technologies - Artificial Intelligence, synthetic biology, robotics, blockchain, and 3D printing - and how the combination of these technologies will change every aspect of our lives. Their conversation provides advice for how CEOs, mid-level leaders, and public servants can take advantage of the disruptive nature of these technologies and how leaders can help their people stay relevant by providing continuous education, training, and learning opportunities. The conversation concludes with Trond’s thoughts on brain-machine interfaces, the metaverse, and humanity’s next evolution.