Global Denmark Podcast

What are the keys to diversity management?This week, on the Global Denmark Podcast, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Poornima Luthra; award-winning educator, professor at Copenhagen Business School, head of cultural and generational diversity at Globally Local, and co-founder of Plantier.Listen to this insightful conversation as we explore; the key to successful diversity management, how different generations uniquely can contribute to organizations, and how to leverage global tal...

From a basement in Copenhagen to a multimillion-dollar company in Silicon Valley.This week, on the Global Denmark Podcast, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Heini Zachariassen; founder and board member of the world's largest wine online marketplace with over 35 million users, Vivino.Listen to this insightful and fascinating conversation as we explore; how to disrupt a 6000-year-old wine industry, the keys to building and growing a successful start-up, and how to lead and retain global ...

How can Denmark brand itself to attract more global talent? This week, on the Global Denmark Podcast, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Brian Woodward; journalist, filmmaker, branding expert, and partner of Støvring Woodward Communications.Listen to this insightful and engaging conversation as we explore; the keys to branding Denmark, how Danish values and the people can attract global talent, the myth of getting by with just English in Denmark, how Denmark can work the global tal...

What do climbing Everest and expanding sustainability have in common?This week, on the Global Denmark Podcast, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Lene Gammelgaard; first Scandinavian woman to summit Mount Everest, TV-personality, speaker, thought leader in sustainability and human innovation, and author of multiple books including “To the Summit and Safe Return” and bestseller “Climbing High”.Listen to this extraordinary conversation where we follow Lene’s journey up the mountain, to he...

How should international leaders operate in Denmark?This week, on the Global Denmark Podcast, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Ken Cordes; Managing Director at Emerson Denmark and Head of the International Leadership Forum under Erhverv Aarhus.Join us as we explore; what it means to be an expat leader in Denmark, how Aarhus is trying to attract and retain talent, the difference between leadership and management, how to motivate and recognise a team of Danes, and how trust plays ...

Is technology a barrier or key to human well being?This week, on the Global Denmark Podcast, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Suzaan Sauerman; lifestyle technologist, Board Member of PreCure and NoviPel, and Founder of the global consultancy firm, Sauerman & Co.In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore; the future of technology, the ethics of technology, how wearables can improve our health, if robots are coming to get us, and why Suzaan ended up living in Copenhagen.

This week the Global Denmark Podcast features a very special guest, our very own Thomas Mulhern. Thomas is the Managing Director of Globally Local; former International Department Head at Institut Sankt Joseph and host of the Global Denmark Podcast. Join the conversation; as Thomas discusses what it means to be Globally Local, the crucial difference between assimilation and integration, keys to retaining global talent, cultivating a growth mindset and the future of international educatio...

An amazing man, an amazing storyIn this conversation, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Samuel Rachlin; whose illustrious career includes: his time at the world bank in DC, DR correspondent, TV2’s first news chief, chief communications officer at Saxo Bank, and author of countless books including "Fra Sibirien til Rødovre", "Jeg, Putin", and most recently, "Folket og magten".In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore a variety of subjects including Samuel and his family’s incredible...

How do you define a nation?In this episode, co-hosts Thomas Mulhern and Ed Ley sit down sit down with Niels Bjerre Poulsen; author, Ph.D. in American studies, lecturer at Syddansk universitets center for American studies, and key contributor on American politics and American history.In this wide-ranging conversation, we explore, how to understand a nation and how its perception influences integration, the current political ethos in the age of Brexit and Trump, that art of shaping history, and...

What should we make of Denmark and happiness?The latest episode of The Global Denmark Podcast is live, where cohosts Ed Ley and Thomas Mullhern sit down with bestselling author and happiness expert, Helen Russell.Helen is a journalist, speaker, and author of “Leap year”, “Gone Viking”, “Atlas of Happiness” and the international bestseller “The Year of Living Danishly”.In the wide-ranging conversation, we explore what it means to live danishly, how Helen defined happiness before and after...