Lux and Friends

The fourth industrial revolution, the one we are experiencing today, has come so fast you may not even noticed it was a revolution. Of course, you’ve seen the signs, you’ve even tasted the fruits, but chances are you kept thinking “life and business will go on as usual” and that’s where you are setting yourself up for an unwelcome surprise. You need to realise the world has become increasingly VUC...

Ulrik Nerløe, founder of Unified People, has been transforming international organisations and creating winning cultures that bring world-class results since 2010.  An “energy and freedom creator”, he has extensive experience in executive mentoring, organisational development, leadership development, and one-on-one life coaching.  He is the author of the best-selling book " The life bridge, y...

Drawing the fine line between reality and perception has kept humanity busy for thousands of years. Countless philosophers and scientists have spent their lives trying to separate what’s true from what’s collectively and individually perceived as such, and they often failed the test of time for their truth being true only until the next discovery was made to contradict it. This is not to say we ca...

Today we’ll speak about tomorrow. The future, once said the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, influences the present as much as the past.  The future is everyone’s next destination, yet many people and companies don’t know where they are going and they need the help of those who can read the signs. And reading the signs to understand where society will go, what consumers will buy, and what people w...

Millions of people around the globe buy a watch every day, despite having their time measured by their smartphone, because they have either learned to appreciate the almost impossible work of engineering that goes with the complicated mechanical movement because they love a certain design, or because they seek social recognition. In all this Switzerland has for centuries been the country where the...

Paolo Gallo is a best-selling author, coach, and former head of HR at the World Economic Forum. In his career he has interviewed over 9.000 candidates (including several Nobel Prizes, Prime Ministers, and CEOs.) In this episode of the podcast, Paolo shares principles and strategies to help listeners achieve happiness at work while building a successful career. Key takeaways: Passion and talent are...

It was 1999 when a book titled “The experience economy” made its appearance in the bookstores around the world. Many listeners will surely remember how companies, back then, were still busy producing goods and delivering services at full speed and very few of them, with the exception of some in the entertainment and hospitality industry, would ever think of their interactions with their clients as...

In this episode of Lux & Tech, Carlo Pignataro discusses the future of humanity with best-selling author and Artificial Intelligence expert Calum Chace. Calum offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities a "Luxury Automated Capitalism" presents and in this interview, based on the principles included in the book "AI and the two singularities" the two d...

In this episode Carlo Pignataro interviews John Wood, co-author of the book "Humachine, humankind, machines and the future of enterprise". Key takeaways: Data overload: not everything that can be counted, counts The elegance of the Kasparov's law Narrow Artificial Intelligence is extremely powerful and can give companies a significant competitive advantage Artificial General Intelli...