Thought Economics

Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL Interviews the world's leading thinkers, and the people shaping the century.

A Conversation with Venki Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize Winner & President of the Royal Society

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Sitting at the helm of the Royal Society is Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist who is responsible for giving us some of the most fundamental…

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A Conversation with Ian Bremmer, President of Eurasia Group.

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

We are in a complex world- made difficult to model because of the nonlinear, emergent, spontaneous and adaptive interactions of trillions of elements. Whilst our biological and environmental complexity has had millions of years to evolve into a form of stable-chaos, our cultural, economic and political complexities are growing in…

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Why We Sleep

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

If you are lucky enough to live to 79 (the global average lifespan) you will have spent around 25 of those years (roughly one third of your entire life) asleep. Scientific advances over the past quarter of a century have created a renaissance in sleep research, giving us greater insights…

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Rand Fishkin’s Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

Our inability to disconnect extreme events from the norm also affects our perceptions of business. The picture we see of the business environment shows us the tails not the curve, we here about the super exciting startups, and the gigantic behemoths but we don’t see much about the middle; the…

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Learning from the Superhumans among us.

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

Dr. Rowan Hooper is Managing Editor of New Scientist, and in his recent book Superhuman, he scoured the world, aiming to answer a few key questions: Why can some people achieve greatness when others can't, no matter how hard they try? What are the secrets of long life and happiness?…

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A Conversation with Mitchell Baker, Chairwoman of Mozilla

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

Technology push also brings with it a range of unintended or unexpected consequences, particularly at a time (as we are now) where technology can grow from the germination of an idea to sweeping ubiquity at a frightening pace. As a society, we seemingly cannot adapt ourselves, our culture, economy and…

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Our World’s Refugees

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

The greatest humanitarian crisis in history, is also the greatest crisis of our humanity. To learn more about our global refugee and migration crisis, we speak to Gulwali Passarlay (Afghan refugee, author & Co-Founder of My Bright Kite), Professor François Crépeau (Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of…

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A Conversation TED Curator and Owner, Chris Anderson

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

From humble beginnings in 1984, TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) has grown to become the centre of gravity for the intellectual curious of our digital era. Their flagship TED conference, and global network of TEDx events have created hundreds of thousands of unique pieces of video content, watched billions of times,…

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A Conversation with Scott Farquhar, Co-Founder of Atlassian

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

Scott Farquhar is the archetypal entrepreneur. He and his Co-Founder Mike Cannon-Brookes started Atlassian in 2002 (after meeting whilst studying at the University of South Wales, Sydney). Deciding neither of them wanted a corporate job, they took out $10,000 on on credit cards and bootstrapped Atlassian; a company which has now…

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A Conversation with AJ Mendez

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

AJ Mendez, the youngest of three children, grew-up in a family fighting poverty, mental illness and addiction, an environment without stability which would cause many to write her off. In the ultimate act of rebellion against expectation, AJ went on to build a career as one of the world’s best…

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My Interview with Vincent Kompany, Captain of Manchester City FC

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

As Captain of Manchester City and of the Belgium National Team, Vincent Kompany has achieved huge success on the pitch. Like many of his peers Vincent has immersed himself in playing football and being the best on the pitch- but perhaps most interestingly, he has also taken a deep interest…

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Football and Society

October 19th, 2023 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL

In these exclusive interviews, we talk to five of the world's most successful international footballers: Giorgio Chiellini, Louis Saha, Philip Neville, Leighton Baines and Hope Solo along with Jürgen Griesbeck (Founder, Street Football World). We discuss life as a footballer, how the game has grown to become the world's most…

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A Conversation with Simon Squibb; from Homeless to Self-Made Multimillionaire – On a Mission to Empower 10 Million Entrepreneurs.

In this interview I speak to Simon Squibb, a remarkable entrepreneur whose journey embodies resilience and purpose. He was made homeless at fifteen years old after the untimely death of his father, and set up his first business when unable to get a job at such a young age. Three…

A Conversation with Self-Made Billionaire Investor, Philanthropist & Entrepreneur, Robert Rosenkranz, “The Stoic Capitalist.”

In this interview I speak to the ‘Stoic Capitalist,’ Robert Rosenkranz, Chairman of Delphi Capital Management (an investment concern with more than $40 billion in assets under management) and the founder of a group of investment and private equity partnerships. Rising from working class origins to self-made billionaire and pioneer…

A Conversation with Bob Bordone, One of the World’s Foremost Experts on Negotiation & Conflict Resolution.

In this interview, I speak to Bob Bordone, an internationally recognized expert, author, speaker, and teacher in negotiation, conflict resolution, mediation, and facilitation. Recently named one of the Top 30 Negotiation Professionals, Bob is a Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School, where he served as a full-time faculty member for…

Reimaging the Mind-Body Connection – A Conversation with Ellen J. Langer, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.

In this interview I speak to Ellen J. Langer, Harvard’s first tenured female psychology professor and a trailblazer in social psychology, who has spent over 45 years upending assumptions about the human mind. Known for her groundbreaking “counterclockwise” study—where elderly men reversed signs of aging by living as their younger…

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A Conversation with Simon Squibb; from Homeless to Self-Made Multimillionaire – On a Mission to Empower 10 Million Entrepreneurs.

A Conversation with Self-Made Billionaire Investor, Philanthropist & Entrepreneur, Robert Rosenkranz, “The Stoic Capitalist.”

A Conversation with Bob Bordone, One of the World’s Foremost Experts on Negotiation & Conflict Resolution.

A Conversation with Nissan Formula E Team Principal, Tommaso Volpe

In this interview I speak to Nissan Formula E Team Principal, Tommaso Volpe. Formula E is the world’s sole all-electric single-seater FIA World Championship and provides an elite motorsports platform for automotive manufacturers to accelerate EV innovation while delivering races in the heart of some of the world’s most iconic…

Culture, Society, Sports & Arts (240)

A Conversation with James Barclay, Jaguar TCS Racing Team Principal & Managing Director of JLR Motorsport.

In this interview I speak to James Barclay, Jaguar TCS Racing Team Principal & Managing Director of JLR Motorsport. We talk about the power of the Jaguar brand, how Jaguar decided to enter Formula E, and what it takes to build a championship winning motor racing team from scratch.

A Conversation with Sahil Bloom on “The 5 Types of Wealth”

In this interview I speak to Sahil Bloom, author of “The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life" which Apple CEO Tim Cook calls, “a powerful call to action to think deeply about what lights you up—and a guide for how to build a life…

A Conversation with Nissan Formula E Team Principal, Tommaso Volpe

A Conversation with Donn Davis, Founder & Chairman of the Professional Fighters League (PFL)

In this interview, I speak to Donn Davis, Chairman and Co-Founder of the Professional Fighters League and Founding Partner of Revolution. Donn is a proven investor, entrepreneur, and company-builder in media, digital, gaming, and sports. Together with Steve Case, he co-founded Revolution in 2005, a Washington DC based venture capital…

Health & Medicine (68)

Reimaging the Mind-Body Connection – A Conversation with Ellen J. Langer, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.

A Conversation with Dr. Laurie Santos, One of the World’s Foremost Experts on Happiness & Human Cognition.

In this interview I speak to Dr. Laurie Santos, one of the world’s foremost experts on happiness and human cognition. Laurie is the Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab, one of the most popular podcasts…

A Conversation with Dr. Martha Beck on Anxiety, Creativity & Finding Life’s Purpose.

In this interview, I speak to Dr. Martha Beck, PhD, bestselling author, coach, and speaker. She has spent a lifetime offering powerful, practical, and entertaining teachings that help people improve every aspect of their lives. Martha holds three Harvard degrees in social science, and Oprah Winfrey has called her “one…

Understanding our Emotions: A Conversation with Prof. Marc Brackett, Founding Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.

In this interview I speak to Professor Marc Brackett, one of the world’s foremost experts in the science and psychology of emotion. Marc is the founding director of the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence, and author of the international best-selling book, Permission to Feel. In this powerful discussion, Marc helps…

Nobel Laureates (20)

A Conversation with Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, UNODC Goodwill Ambassador & Founder of Nadia’s Initiative.

Human rights activist and recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Nadia Murad is a leading advocate for survivors of genocide and sexual violence. Her New York Times bestselling memoir, The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State, is a harrowing account of the…

Noise and the Flaws in Human Judgement – A Conversation with Daniel Kahneman & Cass R Sunstein.

In Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement, Nobel Prize Winner, Daniel Kahneman together with co-authors Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein show how noise helps produce errors in many fields, including medicine, law, public health, economic forecasting, food safety, forensic science, bail verdicts, child protection, strategy, performance reviews and personnel…

On Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies: A Nobel Prize Winning Economist and a World Expert on Blockchain.

In 2008, during the turbulence of a global financial crisis, a person (or group) called Satoshi Nakamoto released a white-paper called Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. The principle was simple but revolutionary- a technique to record digital transactions in a way that was public, permanent and verifiable without requiring…

From Homeless to Nobel Prize Winner: A Conversation with Dr. Mario Capecchi.

Dr. Mario Capecchi has had a remarkable life. At four-and-a-half years old, during World War II, his mother was sent to Dachau concentration camp leading-eventually- to Mario living as a street child for nearly four years, coming in and out of orphanages and almost dying of malnutrition. From this hugely…

Politics & Policy (162)

A Conversation with Sir Laurie Bristow, Former UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Russia and Afghanistan.

In this interview I speak to Sir Laurie Bristow, former UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Russia and Afghanistan. We discuss the role of diplomacy in our world, the role of diplomats in global peace and security, and what we can learn from when diplomacy goes right, and when it goes wrong.

What We Can Learn About the World Through the Eyes of a War Reporter – My Interview with Trey Yingst.

In this interview I speak to Trey Yingst, one of the world’s most accomplished foreign correspondents & war reporters who has covered the Israel-Hamas War, Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and secured interviews with everyone from the leaders of Hamas, the Haqqani Terror Network and Islamic Jihad to the Presidents, Prime…

How to Fix the Economy – A Conversation with Baron Jon Moynihan

In this interview, I speak to Baron Jon Moynihan on his new book, Return to Growth Volume One: How to Fix the Economy. We discuss the UK’s decades-long stagnant economy and looks at what can be done to resuscitate it. In our conversation, we explore the key dynamics affecting economic…

The Age of Outrage & How to Lead in a Polarised World – A Conversation with Professor Karthik Ramanna

In this interview, I speak to Professor Karthik Ramanna, one of the world’s foremost experts on governance and leadership in crisis. We discuss the reasons why our world feels so outraged- and how leaders can build resilient organisations which can make sense of outrage, turn down the temperature, progress through…

Science & Technology (122)

A Conversation with Professor Brian Cox on Finding Meaning in the Universe.

Professor Brian Cox is widely recognized as the foremost communicator for science, cosmology and astronomy in the world, and is Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society. In this interview, we discuss…

A Conversation with One of the World’s Foremost Experts in Quantum Computing, Scott Aaronson.

In this interview, I speak to one of the world’s foremost experts in Quantum Computing, Scott Aaronson. Scott is Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, and director of its Quantum Information Center. His research interests centre around the capabilities and limits of quantum…

A Conversation with J. Doyne Farmer – Pioneer in AI, Chaos Theory & Complex Systems

In this interview I speak to J. Doyne Farmer, who is an American complex systems scientist and entrepreneur who was a pioneer in many of the fields that define the scientific agenda of our times: dynamical systems, chaos, complex systems, artificial life, wearable computing, time series analysis, theoretical biology, and…

Learnings from Six Months in Space: A Conversation with NASA Astronaut, Cady Coleman.

In this interview I speak to Cady Coleman, a former NASA Astronaut & Retired US Air Force Colonel with more than 180 days in space including two shuttle missions and a six-month expedition to the International Space Station. In our conversation, we discuss the learnings we can take for our…