Futurist Friday with Trond Undheim
Over the course of the summer of 2022, we are releasing 12 interviews with futurists and forward thinkers in order to help our global audience of leaders become better visionaries for their organizations and be more prepared for our uncertain future.
In this episode, Trond Undheim joins the show. Based outside of Boston. Trond is a futurist, podcaster, investor, author, speaker, entrepreneur and the former director of MIT Startup Exchange. He has written six books including Leadership from Below, Disruption Games, Pandemic Aftermath: How Coronavirus Changes Global Society, and the soon-to-be released Augmented Lean.
In this discussion, Trond talks about his research which is focused on industrial technology and how it can contribute to regeneration and a more sustainable planet while creating an environment in which humans can flourish. He shares how he conducts his research and vets his sources. Trond shares his opinions on the limitations of carbon capture storage and he talks about his vision for humanistic technology in industrial settings that requires very little training in order for workers to operate it effectively. Finally, Trond discusses why human ingenuity fills him with optimism and he gives parting advice to leaders who want to be better visionaries for their organizations.
Resources From This Episode
Here are some of Trond’s sources mentioned in the podcast: The Big Fix by Hal Harvey and Justin Gillis, The Right Way to Flourish by John Ehrenfeld, Augmented Lean: A Human-Centric Framework for Managing Frontline Operations by Dr. Natan Linder and Dr. Trond Undheim
Trond’s podcasts:
Futurized - a podcast goes beneath the trends, tracking the underlying forces of disruption in tech, policy, business models, social dynamics, and the environment.
Augmented brings industrial conversations that matter, serving up the most relevant conversations on industrial tech.
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