Dr. Bert Grobben is a senior Corporate Global Open Innovation leader, a serial Entrepreneur, and an Ironman Triathlete. He is passionate about Healthy living and preventative Health. His extensive experience with both Corporates and Startups makes him particularly well-suited to build ecosystems where early-stage Deeptech can make its way into a Corporate portfolio.  We picked Bert's mind about Future-scaping, the metaverse and his fascination with innovation, and it all started with Chemistry and Fireworks!

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 00:00 - Intro 

00:09 - Some Banter 

00:24 - How many languages do you speak again? 

01:52 - Let's start the podcast with Bert Grobben! 

02:38 - A little bit about Bert 03:52 - About Budding Innovations 

05:24 - Why are you so drawn to innovation? 

13:59 - Can the Metaverse help smaller organizations? 15:52 - The future of Mixed Reality tech 

17:40 - Explain the Metaverse 

19:07 - How did Chemistry become the foundation of your work? 

23:22 - The thing that sparked Bert's love for Chemistry - FIREWORKS!! 

23:54 - Making fireworks from scratch 

25:34 - Bert - The Chemist and the Cook 

27:08 - How intentional were you in planning this career path? 

28:45 - Not having a fear of failure and how that's opened more doors 

30:53 - Discomfort in the process of growth 32:04 - Why don't companies succeed when following trends? 

36:13 - How smaller companies can get informed about trends, risk and business intel 

38:56 - How do you deal with conflict with data VS personal opinions? 

42:13 - EP.IC Questionnaire with Bert Grobben 

47:38 - Connect with Bert