Futurized podcast

Futurized podcast

Futurized goes beneath the trends, tracking the underlying forces of disruption in tech, policy, business models, social dynamics, and the environment. Join futurist Trond Arne Undheim, PhD, author, investor, and serial entrepreneur, as he discusses the societal impact of deep tech such as AI, blockchain, IoT, nanotech, quantum, robotics, and synthetic biology, and tackles topics such as entrepreneurship, trends, or the future of work. Trond is a Research scholar in Global Systemic Risk, Innovation, and Policy at Stanford University. On Futurized, Trond interviews smart people with a soul: founders, authors, executives, and other thought leaders, or even the occasional celebrity. Futurized is a bi-weekly show, preparing YOU to think about how to deal with the next decade's disruption, so you can succeed and thrive no matter what happens. Futurized—conversations that matter.

Recent Episodes

March 26, 2024

Epistemic Security

In this episode of the Futurized podcast, host Trond Arne Undheim interviews Elizabeth Seger, Ph.D., the Director of CASM, Demos’ digital policy research hub. DEMOS is a cross-party political think tank in London, UK.  Seger…
March 19, 2024

Food After Nuclear Winter

In this episode of the Futurized podcast, host Trond Arne Undheim interviews Florian Jehn, Data Science Leader at ALLFED. They discuss how present-day efforts to stay within planetary boundaries affect the survivors of an al…
March 12, 2024

Existential Risks

In this episode of the Futurized podcast, host Trond Arne Undheim interviews Dan Zimmer, Affiliate at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation and the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SER…
Jan. 23, 2024

Robotic AI

In this episode of the Futurized podcast, host Trond Arne Undheim interviews Daniel Theobald, Founder of Vecna Robotics and MassRobotics. They discuss the future of robotic AI, the major use cases in factories, logistics, an…
Jan. 9, 2024

Existential Risk Controversies

In this episode of the Futurized podcast, host Trond Arne Undheim interviews philosopher Emile Torres. They discuss the current controversies surrounding existential risk, including whether we should prioritize safeguarding …
Dec. 5, 2023

The Near Future of Quantum Computing

In this episode of the Futurized podcast, host Trond Arne Undheim interviews Mark Jackson, Senior Quantum Evangelist at Quantinuum. They discuss the near future of quantum computing including its near term use cases in bat…

About the Host

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Trond Arne Undheim

Host

Trond Arne Undheim is a Research scholar in Global Systemic Risk, Innovation, and Policy at Stanford University, the Lead Ecosystem Evangelist at MIT-startup Tulip, Venture Partner at Antler, the global early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the defining technology companies of tomorrow. He is the CEO and co-founder of Yegii, an insight network with experts and knowledge assets on disruption. He is a nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council with a portfolio in artificial intelligence, future of work, data ethics, emerging technologies, and entrepreneurship. Trained as a social scientist with a career in technology and innovation, he is a former director of MIT Startup Exchange, and has helped launch over 50 startups. In a previous life he worked as a MIT Sloan School of Management Senior Lecturer, a WPP and Oracle Executive, and an EU National Expert in e-government.

He holds a PhD on the future of work and artificial intelligence and cognition. He is a co-author of Augmented Lean (with Natan Linder) and an author of five other books (Health Tech, Future Tech, Pandemic Aftermath, Disruption Games, and Leadership From Below). Trond is a serial entrepreneur having co-founded a consulting firm, a business incubator and a think tank. He hosts two podcasts (Futurized and Augmented). His work has featured in The Boston Globe, NPR’s Cognoscenti, Fast Company, Forbes, Fortune, IndustryWeek, and MIT News. Trond divides his time between Palo Alto, CA and Wellesley, MA.