Let’s swap to Zwipe! Zwipe’s technology connects the world of biometrics with the world of payments.
Zwipe CEO André Løvestam is benefitting from changed payment and HYGIENE habits. There is a revolution about to happen for card payments and Andre first heard about this... guess where, it was from a firm starting with an A...
21 Mai 202124min
COB Birger Steen of Nordic Semiconductor plays a key role in the realization of the wireless future.
Hear how many AirTAGS the Chairman of Nordic Semiconductor has bought... what he learned from the spectacular Scandinavian Online journey 20+ years ago.. and which financial firm he would rather be on the Board of...? It starts with an A...
14 Mai 202135min
Why is the combination of “ The Perfect Storm” and staycation a winning recipe for XXL?
XXL CEO Pål Wibe is the KING of retail and has been through a roller-coaster first year in his job at XXL! Will owning several pairs of skis and bikes make you more sustainable? Or are you just contributing to consumerism and waste? Pål Wibe dives into his vision for XXL and explains why his background as a footballer formed his expertise on working capital.
7 Mai 202125min
Episode 17: Can chopping down trees make the world greener? Norske Skog is already doing that!
Norske Skog, a company with a colorful past, is on a transformational journey. The future step in this journey is replacing oil components with wood components, making the world less reliant on fossil fuels. So how does wood from a Norwegian forest contribute to a greener world? And why can we compare CEO Sven Ombudstvedt to Elon Musk or Frank Sinatra? Listen to ArcticPodden to find out what he has in common with them!
30 Apr 202128min
Episode 16: The takeover of the nerds! CEO John Markus Lervik, on how Cognite aim to become the biggest industrial software company in the world by commercializing Data Fusion.
Clean energy has a dirty secret – you can make money on it! Cognite CEO thinks the green shift is presented as a false dilemma: climate or jobs, saving the planet or making money. You don’t go green with red numbers. Cognite is proof you can do both. Cognite is still planning "an Aker style" IPO.. but the initial growth capital came from Accel in Silicon Valley... Why did John Markus not agree to terms with his old friend Masayoshi Son? How afraid was Google of FAST? And what was the key lesson learned about SALES and HAPPY CUSTOMERS from Cxense?
23 Apr 202130min
Episode 15: Airthings is on a mission - Empowering the world to breathe better!
AIRTHINGS CMO Lauren Pedersen is passionate about the air that we breathe! Arctic's offices may need her indoor air quality monitor! But who is Stanley Watras? This is the story of "The Radon Raiders" and how they are turning peril into profit.
16 Apr 202126min
Episode 14: Is it possible to build a Great Green Wall across Africa? Desert Control thinks so!
Mr Sivertsen is the CEO of the greenest company that ever visited the podcast / that Gaute ever came across / that will make the desert green again! ... But what does that have to do with Stavanger sand and surfing?
9 Apr 202123min
Episode 13: CEO Ørjan Svanevik talks about his babies - his ESG babies that is!
Ørjan Svanevik is the CEO of Arendals Fossekompani, a 125 year old company that has done two spin-offs, Tekna and Volue, in the last 6 months! Arendal is well and truly BACK IN BUSINESS... but there is a place in northern England Ørjan would rather be...?
31 Mar 202127min
