Mika Tienhaara's See Beyond Show

Storedot is developing fast-charging batteries, but there is so much news and buzz about the company. I sat down with Doron Myersdorf to understand what is so special about StoreDot, their journey to date, and where they are heading. From the beginning, there has been a clear mission from StoreDot’s side to achieve extremely fast-charging batteries. They have some 2,000 tests and experiments ongoi...

I enjoy the opportunities to discuss business strategies with future orientation with Prof. Göran Roos very much. Göran is a fabulous combination of working as an academic and consultant. He provides his services to corporates and governments around the world in the space of digitalization and green transition, two very central topics in these times of transition. His insights, jumping into almost...

Had an interesting talk with Gilad Fisher from Addionics, a startup company with unique 3D electrodes for batteries and their utilization of AI to customize and optimize the battery architecture. We are in times with the energy transition and the future of mobility is shaping up. Battery electric vehicles’ share of sales is growing rapidly. Many gigafactories are in the planning and building phase...

It was great visiting an industrial city of the might of Västerås and entering ABB's historical areas and buildings. This city had, in my mind, been a robotic city for a long time. Peter Löfgren, CEO Synerleap corrected me: it is even more significant - we are part of the Electrification Valley. And Peter started this off with the essence of this discussion: “How to leverage innovation and value c...

In the middle of the pandemic, I had Tushar Kansal from Kansaltancy Ventures joining the podcast show as one of the first guests (S1E2). Now, we made a new episode! What has changed in this period for investors and entrepreneurs? Tushar has been through 200 webinars amongst others in a year; he works with many startups and entrepreneurs for funding and strategic advice. The number of startups set...

It was a pleasure inviting Thomas Henry, Eunike Ventures, to discuss the energy transition and how to enable new technology to be deployed faster at scale. We also had a summary of the CERAWEEK and what we would like to see next year. We encourage the organizers to include more USE CASES to boost the open innovation and collaboration further. What has worked, how did you get there, what mistakes d...

It brings joy and “quality of life” talking and engaging with Ernesto Sirolli. Sirolli and his team has been part of starting some 55,000 business globally! For those who wants to climb the mountain as entrepreneurs, they are self-selected and Ernesto can be the “sherpa” to guide and support you getting to the peak. How to get to the position where you can do what you love and get paid? The entrep...

What a great talk with Florian Pestoni! He’s been working at both startups and well-recognized tech companies like Microsoft and Facebook. Right now, he is working as a co-founder with InOrbit. So where is his heart - with established corporates or startups? (I believe you will guess the right answer…). For Florian, the new robotics generation which is perceptive smart robots, we are finding a lot...

Bikes have seen a lot in material and design changes, think about how mountain bikes have changed in frame design, material choices etc. But what about crank arms - they have looked very much the same for ages (maybe a century!) - Sean showcases how generative design and additive manufacturing was used in collaboration with the company SRAM. With the new methods the future of making is allowing fo...

This was such an engaging and interesting discussion with Eva Nahari, DNX Ventures. She has had a career in tech, product development and customer projects prior to switching over to the venture capital side. How has her career shaped her, what learnings are helpful in her present role? How to match founders with the right investors - what should you consider? And what about nordic innovation and...

A talk about what’s happening in the world of manufacturing and production systems research with Lennart Malmsköld, University West. And as a matter of fact, he is one of my former teachers (yeah, some hundred years ago or so…). So instead of him asking me a lot of questions from those days, I had the opportunity to ask him! Talking with Lennart, I think the future of manufacturing is super-exciti...

A view on the Norwegian Process Industry: It was great to have Lars Petter Maltby as a guest - he has a long career working in the processing industry with material production. But also he has a keen interest in business development and innovation. 18% of Norwegian exports (excluding oil /gas) comes from the processing industry. Additionally he has been in the Norwegian expert group working on the...

This was actually my first recording for the Season 2! However I have been saving this recording until now. We did have some technical challenges with Filippo being on a remote Greek islands, but nevertheless we manage to talk about his startup UNFIA and how to disrupt and make an business like wine (from farm/vineyard to table) more efficient and reduce overall costs. I am after the same in gener...

I had the opportunity to meet Roger Atkins, EV-angelist (and much more!) in-person. We had the opportunity to chat and talk about the future, EVs and his recent experiences at the Nordic EV Summit held in the Oslo region. The future of mobility is changing and those changes are huge. Listen for more insights, and don’t forget to subscribe! :) Und wir haben unsere Show in Deutsch angefangen… What i...

It was very insightful talking with my friend Robert Widell, Teradata on how data is enabling business improvements with examples taken from the automotive sector. How important the product creation is, and the data gathering and possibilities to utilize use/user data to reduce the amount of required testing and simulation. This also made me refer to Munro&Associates/Sandy Munro’s “who casts the b...

About industrial design, and learning more about industrial design guru Einar Hareide how design and artistic expressions belong together. I have been looking so much forward to this talk with Einar, I remember in my early career days that I had the fantastic opportunity to visit SAAB Automobile’s Design Center where Einar was leading the design efforts. It was just a fantastic experience! What is...

With clean energy investment banker Laurent Segalen. This was in a sense part two on the hydrogen development - are going to use a fuel to produce another lower grade fuel... I agree with Laurent’s comments - show me the buyers! But if you find the right use cases, there are some potential. But there was so much more: Gas - not cheap (look at the huge price hikes recently), not reliable and not cl...

A fantastic talk with Erik Rakhou on the European energy sector and his own reflections from the last 20 years. We have an ongoing energy transition taking place. Having been working on the EU energy policies on the gas market, which also resulted in a book, he is now gathering thoughts and ideas for his upcoming hydrogen book (please get in touch with him for any input and aspects to consider!)....

It’s time for a new season! We start with a BANG - racing driver Matt Cowley is back to tell about his recent racing experiences and what has changed compared to pre-COVID. Actually the competition got tougher! If you are interested to learn more or sponsor Matt’s further success, then contact him via his homepage or twitter. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other s...

I had a highly interesting talk with Asif Moghal from Autodesk UK. Asif’s role in business development is to screen the markets, understand the upcoming trends and enable new developments together with a lot of various companies. He is also seriously into mountaineering and trekking. No mountain seems to be too high or steep to climb - from Aconcagua and a planned/postponed trip to Himalaya. What...

My podcast started with Sandy, and now he is back. Listen to the recent developments in the BEV market - Sandy Munro has been testing (and doing or planning teardowns - some insights shared on components and system engineering) the VW ID.4, Polestar 2 and Ford Mustang Mach E. He tells his verdicts and impressions - both on good and bad. One vehicle was a disappointment (but still with a lot of goo...

Italian car design of the past was filled with glory from Turin, but the whole automotive atmosphere has changed. The city is still searching for its’ identity in the 3rd millennium. Matteo was a designer in this motor city, but did not find it fulfilling. With the transformation and challenges in the industry, Matteo did find himself in a crisis but turned that to an opportunity. Now pursuing a p...

Future of Energy: How to build a successful business seeing the energy transition as an opportunity. What could be more appropriate when talking about the energy transition with the ongoing societal changes and drive for carbon-neutrality, than to have two energy professionals from HOUSTON - the energy capital, participating? Well, I am very glad that Aruna Viswanathan, COO of Alpha Decision Scien...

Guest: Professor Göran Roos, a Swedish academic, technologist, author and businessman. He is a specialist in the field of intellectual capital and an expert in innovation management and strategy. (wikipedia) Pandemics come and go. We are still in a pandemic, but hopefully coming out of this pandemic soon, we have an altered society and world. Apart from being a very bad, difficult and devastating...

I met Vivek several years ago in Houston, TX and have been in contact every now and then. With his knowledge and expertise in technology shaping the future and his engagements with Harvard, Stanford, Carnegie-Mellon, Duke, I thought it was great to hear Vivek’s opinions on where we are heading. Here we are, still enduring the pandemic; we are able to create new deadly viruses and look at how quick...