A Conversation with reMarkable CEO, Phil Hess

September 17th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
My interview with reMarkable CEO, Phil Hess. We discuss the thesis behind reMarkable that led to the creation of one of Europe’s fastest growing technology companies, and a product with millions of users, which made Time magazine’s list of Best Inventions of 2020. Phil digs into reMarkable’s traction and growth,…

 

A Conversation with Uri Levine, Co-founder of Waze & 2x ‘Unicorn’ Builder on Falling in Love with Problems, Not Solutions.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Uri Levine is a passionate entrepreneur, a 2x 'unicorn' builder (Duocorn), and the author of the book Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution – A Handbook for Entrepreneurs. He is co-founder of Waze, the world's largest community-based driving traffic and navigation app, which Google acquired for $1.1…

 

The Secrets of Leading a Global Talent & Creative Business: A Conversation with YMU Group Chief Executive, Mary Bekhait.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Mary Bekhait is one of the most powerful figureheads in the global entertainment industry. As Chief Executive of YMU Group, she leads an international business representing household name clients across music, sport, entertainment, literary, social, art and business management. In this interview, I speak to Mary Bekhait about the secrets…

 

A Conversation with Mitch Lowe, Co-Founding Executive of Netflix, Former CEO of Moviepass and Former President of Redbox.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Mitch Lowe has been a leader in some of the most influential and disruptive companies in the entertainment business. Mitch never graduated from high school. After a youth spent smuggling goods and money in Europe, he invested in and eventually ran video stores in the 1980s and 1990s. He was…

 

A Conversation with Nintendo’s Former President and COO, Reggie Fils-Aimé on Disrupting the Game & What it Takes to Succeed.

September 18th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Reggie Fils-Aimé is a gaming legend. He was President & COO of Nintendo of America Inc, and from his humble childhood as the son of Haitian immigrants fleeing a dictatorship, he rose to become one of the most powerful names in the history of the gaming industry. In this capacity,…

 

A Conversation with Robert E. Siegel on How Leading Organisations Blend the Best of Physical and Digital.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Digitisation is a massive and massively important trend – one accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. But despite fervent preaching from the Silicon Valley faithful, it’s not the only kind of competency that matters. Silicon Valley veteran and Stanford lecturer Robert E. Siegel argues that amid the incessant drumbeat of digital…

 

A Conversation with Beth Simone Noveck on Solving Public Problems: How to Fix our Government and Change our World.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
The challenges societies face today, from inequality to climate change to systemic racism, cannot be solved with yesterday’s toolkit. Solving Public Problems shows how readers can take advantage of digital technology, data, and the collective wisdom of our communities to design and deliver powerful solutions to contemporary problems. In Solving…

 

A Conversation with Jim McKelvey, Co-Founder of Square and Author The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
In 2009, a St. Louis glassblowing artist and recovering computer scientist named Jim McKelvey lost a sale because he couldn’t accept American Express cards. Frustrated by the high costs and difficulty of accepting credit card payments, McKelvey joined his friend Jack Dorsey (the cofounder of Twitter) to launch Square, a…

 

A Conversation with Bertrand Piccard, Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation, Serial Explorer, Psychiatrist and Pioneer in Environmental Innovation & Climate Sustainability.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
It is in Bertrand Piccard’s DNA to go beyond the obvious and achieve the impossible. From a legendary lineage of explorers who conquered the stratosphere and the abysses, he made history by accomplishing two aeronautical firsts, around the world non-stop in a balloon, and more recently in a solar plane without…

 

A Conversation with Philippe Starck, Creator, On Art, Design, Technology & Human Civilisation.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Philippe Starck, world famous creator with multifaceted inventiveness, is always focused on the essential, his vision: that creation, whatever form it takes, must improve the lives of as many people as possible. This philosophy has made him one of the pioneers and central figures of the concept of “democratic design”.…

 

A Conversation with Nitin Sawhney CBE on Why We Make Music.

October 4th, 2025 · by Dr. Vikas Shah MBE DL
Nitin Sawhney CBE, recipient of the Ivor Novello 2017 Lifetime Achievement award, is one the most distinctive and versatile musical voices around today. Sawhney has recorded multiple albums, film soundtracks and compilations, encompassing over 60 film and TV scores and is established as a world-class producer, songwriter, touring artist, BBC…