In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency and a leading voice on energy security and the clean transition. He discusses why the Middle East crisis is the biggest energy shock, limits of strategic oil releases, Europe’s historic energy missteps, the rise of electrification and grids as the new battleground, and how cheap power will shape AI and industrial competitiveness.

Anne Marte Pensgaard, a sports psychology professor who helped shape Norway's Olympic mental training, explains the mindset behind Norway's Winter Games dominance. She covers youth-sport rules, multi-sport development, psychological safety, attention training, team composition, celebration and community, and how elite-sport principles translate to business performance.

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank and former IMF chief, reflects on global shifts with sharp perspective. She links technological change to geopolitical fragmentation. She discusses energy and shipping risks from Middle East conflict. She explains why central bank independence matters and makes the case for a digital euro. Leadership and institutional timing also come up.

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank and former IMF chief, reflects on leadership shaped by law, government and global finance. She discusses geopolitical fragmentation, Europe's energy vulnerability and the green transition. She covers central bank independence, AI's productivity role and plans for a digital euro. Short, sharp conversations on strategy, reform hurdles and steering complex institutions.

Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, a leader in crypto infrastructure. He discusses how blockchain broadened beyond Bitcoin and could reshape payments, lending and capital formation. He outlines Coinbase’s vision for an all-in-one exchange. He explains why stablecoins might scale enormously and how AI agents and post-quantum upgrades intersect with crypto.

Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, a leading U.S. crypto exchange and infrastructure builder. He discusses stablecoins' potential to scale massively. He explores AI agents already transacting on-chain and machine-to-machine payments. He covers regulatory battles, tokenization of assets, and why longevity science and AI could extend human life.

Andreas Berger, CEO of Swiss Re and expert in reinsurance and risk modelling, explains how insurers are protected and diversified. He talks about using data and AI to price complex risks, limits on cyber coverage, insuring algorithmic risk, and how strategic patience guides decisions in uncertain times.

Andreas Berger, CEO of Swiss Re — a global reinsurance leader — explains how reinsurance works and why it matters. He talks about rising natural catastrophe losses, the role of data, digital twins and mitigation to reduce damage. He also explores cyber and AI risks, underwriting discipline, public-private solutions for unaffordable risks, and the strategy behind capital and diversification.

Robert Gentz, co-founder and co-CEO of Zalando, the European online fashion pioneer. He recounts starting from selling flip-flops to building a massive pan‑European platform. Talks cover rapid scaling via a selection-conversion flywheel, AI-driven discovery and personalization, a natural-language shopping assistant, photo-based sizing, leadership evolution, and a vision for European entrepreneurship.

Robert Gentz, co-founder and co-CEO of Zalando, built the company from flip-flop seller to Europe’s leading online fashion platform. He talks rapid scaling, the selection flywheel that drove expansion, using data and AI for sizing, discovery and logistics, and why a strong European single market matters for founders and tech champions.