UBE-Academy: The Friday Afternoon Chill-Out

This week UBE-Academy host Oliver wants to know everything about BREXIT. Florian Otto of Control Risks in Frankfurt is in the know. He explains what is likely to happen in the next five weeks and he develops scenarios for the years to come: At the end of the day, we need to obey the normative powers of geography. The U.K. cannot just sail away. Well, this is good news for your Britain-loving professor........

As John Mellencamp once sang: "I was born in a small town...Oh, those small communities"This time it is serious "Sprechen Sie Deutsch?" time. Join UBE-Academy-host Sven when he discusses with Thorsten Bullerdiek the impact of digitalization on small communities.Diesmal auf Deutsch: Sven diskutiert mit Thorsten Bullerdiek, Sprecher des Städte undGemeindebundes Niedersachsen die digitale Zukunft und die Herausforderungen für Gemeinden in Deutschland.

Join UBE-Academy host Sven discussing with with Prof. Dr. Katarina Adam,Member of the Board for the German Blockchain Association recent trends in this fascinating field of digital technology. Even Sven seems to finally understand how blockchain will change the way we do business. No songs sung this time, but fun is guaranteed.

Join UBE-Acedemy's host Oliver to India where he discusses the Indian way of life-long learning. With him is Ravi Hemnani of Siemens India. How a sub-continent deals with COVID-19 and how Ravi and his team are re-inventing teaching and learning: Enjoy part 2 of UBE-Academy's tour around the world. Just for the record: Oliver is of course in lock-down and not really in India. But if he had the chance, he would hop on a plane to Mumbai...

Join UBE-Academy host Oliver talking to Charles Hecker of Control Risks and Fabian Rueger, ph.D. scholar and expert on US history and politics. Fabian will tell us what to expect from the night. Charles brought his crystal ball and will predict who will win. Oliver will relentlessly and unsuccesfully try to quote Eddie Van Halen. We will then discuss how the election outcome will impact European companies. A massive change is gonna come....

Twenty shows. Are we any wiser? Watch how Sven and Oliver disucss what digitalisation and Covid-19 has done to them. They cover leadership issues, dresscode deterioation and they scream loudly: Open your labs so progress can be made. In the end they sing a song. But this is exclusively for our live stream viewers at www.ube-academy.com

Join host Oliver talking to Charles Hecker, Global Director an Partner with Control Risks in London. Hear everything about why China and USA are fighting not over trade but technological supremacy,. What is Putin doing in the wings and much more.

This time in German. In plain German. Listen to host Sven talking to Prof. Thomas Ginter about how companies can design and manage their business transformation in a digital world. Hear it first hand from the dean of the University Nürtingen's master programm Transformationsdesign & Management. (Did I mention it was in German? Nevermind...)

UBE-Academy host Oliver talks to music producer Fredrik Thomander (N‘sync, Scorpions, Kim Wilde and more) and Dicki Fliszar, Musician in Los Angeles(with Bruce Dickinson, WASP and others) about the future of music and the music indutsry. They even sing some songs....

UBE Academy's host Sven discusses gaming and digital entertainment with serial entrepreneuer Frank Sliwka