Global Denmark Podcast

In this episode, we meet three Danish startups with huge ambitions. Individually they are working to solve problems such as eradicating poverty, water shortage, and economic empowerment. Now they have joined forces, together with a dozen other Danish SME's, to create TechVelopment. In this episode we discuss Danish innovation and entrepreneurship, the goals behind TechVelopment, and making a positive impact on the future.

In recent months, we at the Global Denmark Podcast have followed three startup companies that are a part of Urbantech, a Copenhagen-based program that pairs small and large companies, which share a common ambition of creating more sustainable cities. In this episode, the third in our Espresso Series on Urbantech, we speak with these startups about what, how, and why they do what they do and how this unique startup-corporate partnership has helped them.

What are some keys to be being a successful international leader in Denmark?Start with the newly appointed CEO of Stedin, former Managing Director, executive VP and global partner for Bloxhub.We discuss tips for international leaders working in Denmark, how to navigate differing cultural power distances, how Denmark stacks up to the Netherlands and are Danes really direct.

The Urbantech Program is built around the idea that in order to have an impact on the world, startups need to integrate deeply into their ecosystems to be successful. We do that by working closely with some of the biggest built-environment partners in Europe. Urbantech is an innovation program for the world’s most promising and innovative technology startups. Three Danish corporates, COWI, VKR Holding / VELUX and EWII are behind the initiative with support from the philanthropic organisa...

Who are the Danish Elite? And how much power do they really have? Join the Global Denmark Podcast as Brian Woodward interviews Christoph Houman Ellersgaard, researcher at Copenhagen Business School, author of the book "Magteliten" (The Power Elites) and co-creator of the project ‘Tied up?' which investigates how powerful people in Denmark wield their influence.In this episode we discuss, among other things, the taboo of being called powerful in Denmark, what the composition of powe...

According to the UN, up to 70 percent of the world’s population is expected to live in cities by 2050.This creates major challenges and calls for new innovative and digital solutions that can pushconstruction and urban development in a more efficient and sustainable direction.This is done through Urbantech – an innovation program for the world’s most promising andinnovative technology startups. Three Danish corporates, COWI, VKR Holding / VELUX and EWII are behind the initiative with support ...

In this episode, co-hosts Thomas Mulhern and Brian Woodward sit down with GDP alumnist Niels Bjerre Poulsen; author, Ph.D. in American studies, lecturer at University of Southern Denmark’s center for American studies, and key contributor on American politics and American history.In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore, the legacy of Donald Trump and the potential breaking of presidential libraries, racism in America, "fraud" in the 2020 election and so much more.

What is surveillance capitalism? Why aren't more people talking about censorship? Join the Global Denmark Podcast as Brian Woodward interviews an American free-expression activist and author, Jillian C. York. In this insightful episode, we discuss how censorship takes place on different platforms, whether all platforms are being censored, what change would Jillian like to see towards censorship and much more.

Why does the world of headhunting seem to be so shrouded in secrecy? What are the qualities of a good leader and can foreign executives succeed in Denmark?Join the Global Denmark Podcast as Brian Woodward interviews Morten Winther, one of Denmark's top headhunters and managing partner at the global executive search firm Boyden.In this episode, we discuss how headhunters work, what makes a good leader, and Morten’s lessons to and from Denmark.

Tova Brandt is Director of the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa. In this episode, she talks with host Brian Woodward about the historical relationship and the longstanding ties between Denmark and the United States. Tova explains the waves of Danish immigration to America, the state of the current relationship between Denmark and the United States, and sheds some light on why eating medisterpølse with æbleskiver just makes damn good sense when in America.