Chair
45 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Chair is a new, daring project affectionately committed to better understanding the world of innovation and its magnitude on everyday life, thoughts and prosperity. A project formed on meaningful dialogues and renowned speakers.
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Demystify Web3 | Nenad Gligoric | Chair Episode 47
November 24, 2022 18:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBJoin us in the #47 episode of Chairtalks while we try do demystify Web3 technologies. Our guest, Nenad Gligoric, CEO and Co-Founder of Zentrix Lab shared his vast experience in this industry. Although he dosnt like to be called a blockchain expert, he is the perfect guest to give his view on tis topic. From blockchain uses to fight climate change and tropical diseases all the way to talking about when we`ll be able to take the red pill, we covered all things crypto! Host: Nemanja Timotijev...
Tokenomics | Ognjen Kurtic | Chair Episode 46
November 17, 2022 18:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBIn episode #46 of Chairtalks we look at blockchain through the lens of tokenomics. Ognjen Kurtic, CTO and Co-Founder at Finspot shared his story of developing a blockchain startup and the difficulties he faces with regulators. We also touched up on the future of blockchain after the current crypto "winter". Host: Nemanja Timotijevic Guest: Ognjen Kurtic Production: Chair Podcast Series Supported by www.htecgroup.com 🌐 Follow our guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ognjen-kurtic-b74236a6/...
Insurtech: A fretile ground for innovation | Radisav Osmajlic | Chair Episode 44
November 03, 2022 18:02 - 46 minutes - 32.5 MBWhile insurance may sound like a topic where there is not a lot of room for innovation, Radisav talked about the importance of innovation in this industry. This industry has existed for hundreds of years, but how do you innovate in such an environment? While we talked about the future of insurance we touched up on the topic of insurance in the metaverse! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Journey to Digital Government | Marta Arsovska Tomovska | Chair Episode 42
September 27, 2022 17:24 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Innovation in the time of Sustainability | Ksenija Karić | Chair Episode 43
September 26, 2022 17:06 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBAs Energetics are a hot topic nowadays, we are starting the new #Season3 of Chair Talks with the topic of Innovations in Sustainability. Ksenija Karić, CEO Schneider Electric in Serbia and Montenegro, talked about what steps Schneider is taking towards 0 carbon emission, all the challenges that come with that mindset and how they are tackling them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Building A Collaborative Startup Community | Hajdi Cenan | Chair Episode 40
March 10, 2022 12:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBIn this #chairtalks episode no. 40 we talked with Hajdi Cenan, as one regional magazine has stated leading women of Croatian IT scene. She is Co-founder & CEO at airt, VP CroAI - and last but not least President of Cro startup - part of the European startup network. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - Where is the Croatian StartUp ecosystem now 06:12 - What are the biggest challenges when building a StartUp ecosystem? 10:38 - Is there a good collaboration in the South Eastern Europe ecos...
Agile Vs. Scale | Aleksandar Marjanovic | Chair Episode 39
March 03, 2022 12:21 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBWhen implemented correctly in large organizations, small agile innovation teams almost always result in higher team productivity and morale, faster time to market, better quality, and lower risk than traditional approaches can achieve. But then comes the twist, what to do when you need scale and agility at the same time. On this conundrum we talk with Aleksandar Marjanovic CEO of Global Delivery Centers and Partner at Zühlke Group. Timestamps: 02:52 - Intro 04:00 - How to be agile on a ...
Perks of a Platform | Nemanja Nikolic | Chair Episode 38
February 24, 2022 13:43 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBOur main subject of this episode is platform in all its glory, digital one. But to analyze it we talked about what is the right formula for helping companies to communicate with their clients, can we classify users as good and bad, and much more. To dissect this topic we had help from Nemanja Nikolic, EMEA region Director at Telesign. Timestamps: 02:44 - Intro 04:21 - What does Telesign do? 06:25 - What are the main difficulties you had to face with big growth? 08:22 - How are you ada...
Tropical fruit can grow in the Balkans - Ananas | Felipe Alves | Chair Episode 37
February 17, 2022 14:00 - 31 minutes - 72.3 MBWhat does it take for any company to make a decision to enter this competitive realm of ecommerce? How can you launch a successful regional platform knowing that you are only David with Goliath breathing behind your neck. What can be the end game, what are the challenges to overcome? Answers to all these questions has Felipe Alves Chief Supply Chain & Customer Excellence Officer at Ananas E-commerce. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:36 - How did you career lead you to Belgrade? 07:48 - What...
Buy now pay later | Misa Zivic | Chair Episode 35
February 11, 2022 00:39 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBLeanpay is a London based #fintech #startup with this interesting buy now pay later model. With Misa Zivic, CEO and co-founder we discussed advantages and disadvantages when competing with big banks. He explained how and on what level his company is #disrupting #financial #markets. Misa shared his approach for engaging current and acquiring new customers, and of course how they tackle the hardest task of all of educating them. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 2:52 - How is LeanPay disrupting the...
Hack your way through web 3.0 | Andrej Bencic | Chair Episode 35
February 03, 2022 14:41 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBTenderly is the story that was born out of need and necessity, bunch of friends needed tools that will help them in their passion - competing in hackathons. 3 years later, 15mil in series A and next round just around the corner, they are just warming up. Andrej is co-founder and CEO of Tenderly, a blockchain startup that provides an end-to-end developer platform for teams and companies looking to build innovative blockchain products. Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 06:00 - How did you loca...
AI for humanity not AI in control of humanity | Anita Jovic | Chair Episode 34
January 27, 2022 18:58 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBAfter the PC and the dot-com revolution, the world is witnessing another significant disruption - Artificial Intelligence. If you ask someone with a fatalistic view, including Elon Musk, we are playing with fire that can eradicate us as a specie. On the contrary, our guest Anita Jovic suggests that AI is the single biggest innovation after the printing press. Anita is founder of AI Serbia - a community that gathers enthusiasts and experts from the AI & Machine learning area. Besides this, ...
Software as a service, content as a value | Nadja Komnenic I Chair Episode 33
January 20, 2022 17:09 - 31 minutes - 72.4 MBSome may say that sales and business development is a boring subject, some will go with the idea that it is art and others that it's all about numbers and science. To dissect these topics and how to truly innovate in sales and overall business development we had a pleasure to welcome Nadja Komnenic, Head of Business development at Lemist. 🕒Timestamps: 0:00- Intro 3:07 - Can you sell me this pen? 3:32 - What are you guys doing at Lemlist? 4:14 - What is Lemlist doing differently from c...
Automotive: Race toward a digital future | Milos Stefanovic | Chair Episode 32
January 14, 2022 13:18 - 33 minutes - 77.7 MBHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chair | ep. 31 | Predrag Popovic | Product Management is Key to Digital Business Success
July 08, 2021 11:43 - 32 minutes - 73.6 MBProduct Managers have become a scarcity in a market that now needs them more than ever. Good product management is essential to the success of a digital business on the rise. Predrag Popović is Group Product Director at Asseco South-Eastern Europe and is here to share his view of the potential this role holds for the future. 🕒Timestamps for " Product Management is Key to Digital Business Success" 0:00 - Intro 1:28 - What is the role of a product manager? 4:16 - How hard is it to find a ...
Chair | ep. 30 | Vladimir Trkulja | UNICEF embraces NFTs
July 01, 2021 12:39 - 36 minutes - 50 MB📌Turn CC on/off for English subtitles Unicef to embrace NFTs in a social experiment”, does sound like pure sensationalism, but it’s not. It is a charitable experiment meant to disturb the status quo that’s engulfed the artist community and innovate the traditional donations with the latest craze - NFTs. Here to explain what NFTs are and how UNICEF plans to implement them is our guest Vladimir Trkulja. 🕒Timestamps for "Living in fear of the 9 to 5" 0:00 - Intro 1:14 - What propelled you t...
Chair | ep. 29 | Janko Milunovic | Living in fear of the 9 to 5
June 24, 2021 12:39 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MB📌Turn CC on/off for English subtitles 🕒Timestamps for "Living in fear of the 9 to 5" Our today’s guest has turned his back on living in fear of the 9 to 5. Janko Milunović left the corporate world and went on to create Ethos, a fully digitized experience that enables people to work from paradise-like scenery and become digital nomads. All about his lifestyle switch is in our new #ChairTalks episode: 💬 Find the complete transcript of "Living in fear of the 9 to 5" here: chairtalks.medium.c...
Chair | ep. 28 | Bojan Ciric | Data-Driven World: Innovate or Perish
June 17, 2021 12:37 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MB📌Turn CC on/off for English subtitles The data-driven world of innovation has emerged from the need of businesses to stay viable in an ever-changing environment. Companies now have to become experts in anticipating what’s next, implementing it and analyzing the results. We have the pleasure of welcoming an expert in this field. Bojan Ćirić, a senior leader at Deloitte New York is in our #ChairTalks studio today. 🕒Timestamps for "Data-Driven World: Innovate or Perish" 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - ...
Chair | ep. 27 | Sebastian “Heflamoke” Läger | eSports, the $1 billion industry on the rise
June 10, 2021 12:32 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MB📌Turn CC on/off for English subtitles 🕒 Timestamps for "Esports, a 1$ billion industry on the rise" 0:00 - Recap 1:38 - Intro 2:15 - What is gaming for you? 3:43 - Career path story 07:49 - What compelled you to create TwoGHub? 14:38 - Alternatives to companies exploiting their users 17:27 - What are you working on right now? 20:51 - How do you define priorities? 22:36 - Esports and the Olympics 31:18 - What is your vision of Esports? eSports is an exciting, young industry on the...
Chair | ep. 26 | Udo Eichlinger | Say goodbye to traffic jams with AI
June 03, 2021 12:24 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MB📌Turn CC on/off for English subtitles 🕒Timestamps for "Say Goodbye to Traffic Jam with AI" 0:00 - Intro 2:17 - What’s the key to becoming a great leader? 5:51 - Was it hard to work with a different mentality? 9:00 - What is your vision for Belgrade? 17:35 - Making a decision in which direction to go with innovation 20:51 - AI as a traffic regulator 25:11 - Next traffic solutions for Belgrade 29:13 - Negative aspects of AI Soon we'll be able to say goodbye to traffic jams with AI. ...
Chair | ep. 25 | Ivan Gligorijevic | Brainnovation: Decoding the human brain
May 27, 2021 12:30 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MB🕒Timestamps: 0:00 - Retrospective 1:10 - Intro 1:57 - What was the motivation behind combining biomedicine and EEG systems. 6:12 - Who is behind "mBrainTrain"? 6:37 - What exactly is EEG and how does it work? 9:41 - How innovation transformed over the years? 15:57 - Did your product have an impact on biomedicine? 20:27 - Are you collecting and using data? 32:34 - How will neuroscience evolve in 15 years? 35:53 - Outro Throughout history many have tried to find the forbidden elixi...
Chair | ep. 24 | Bojana Duovski | Unlocking Human Potential
May 20, 2021 10:20 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MBWhen business meets creativity and to top it all, empathy, you get Bojana Duovski. Pioneer and a strong leader in unlocking human potential, we could describe her as one strong woman. She says she was privileged to have Mediterranean roots but still to grow up in Nederlands. She had the best of both worlds, didn't miss the opportunity o combine them, thus making a revolutionary company called "Your next story". Bojana devoted her life to finding and bringing the best in each person. She's de...
Chair | ep. 23 | Pavle Krivokuca | Inventions or innovations?
May 13, 2021 11:02 - 30 minutes - 42 MBInvestors always dream about creating the next big thing, the next Facebook, Amazon, or Google. But they are just fixing problems that already have proven solutions. In other words, they are #reinventing the wheel. While they might have grand ideas with even greater #potential, they often go in a totally wrong direction. That is a direct consequence of following their solitary #vision for the product, instead of listening to the needs of the final users. Today our guest is Pavle Krivokuća,...
Chair | ep. 22 | Dr. Nikolaos Dimitriadis | Neuroscience: Big Brain, Big Data
May 06, 2021 10:56 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MBNeuroscience, with its big data and big brain energy, is an intriguing topic in itself. It is such a vast branch of science that has provided us with a huge pool of in-depth #information about how the human brain functions. Whether you’d like to approach this immense subject from the viewpoint of #innovation or a more scientific standpoint of hard data, it’s still a massive study that invites a passionate #ChairTalks #dialogue. Decades of researching, exploring the deepest and highest re...
Chair ep.21 - Tanja Kuzman - Corporate-StartUp collaboration: Recipe for a happy marriage
April 29, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBShould corporations always look for startups when they want to innovate? How to make the decision, from a corporation perspective? And if the decision should be to collaborate with startups, how to decide on a model? Today at #ChairTalks, we are asking this question because there are so many pitfalls that can open up at the early stages of such a collaboration. Pitfalls that can hurt startups more than their larger counterparts, but can, of course damage corporations just as well. We are se...
Chair ep.20 - Anja Nakarada Pecujlic - Space law
April 22, 2021 11:30 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBLaws of physics are unchangeable, but Space laws are not! Today we are going to have ChairTalk about ultimate innovations - ones in Space and their implications to the international or better say Space law. On this subject, we talked with Anja Nakarada Pecujlic, Founder and CEO of Serbian Case for Space Foundation. Anja, as long as she can remember, was fascinated with stars and planets and dreamed about the idea that one day she could become an astronaut and travel "up there". However, he...
Chair ep.19 - Jelena Medojevic - Build a startup, but as Intrepreneur
April 15, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBWhen you're leading your team through digital transformation, it's all too easy to get it wrong, but there are some examples of how you can get it right, or to be precise, being positioned to get it right. One of these examples is building startups in the huge companies rather than departments. On this subject we talked with Jelena Medojevic, Head of Digital SEE in Philip Morris. Jelena is an experienced senior manager responsible for creating, leading and measuring the implementation of d...
Chair ep.18 - Branislav Loncar - Future of advertising - Marcel is here
April 08, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBToday huge innovation, that big that completely changed the business model, and as it goes the whole industry. To have even bigger significance, an industry that is entrenched in its own success for the last 115 years - advertising! On this subject we talk with Branislav Loncar, CFO of Publicis Groupe SEE. Branislav specializes in evaluation of investments, audit and accounting. But there is much more about him than it meets the eye. Bane is the youngest CFOs that Publicis Groupe ever hea...
Chair ep.17 - Aleksandar Vratonjic Gligorijevic - Marketing as innovation function
April 01, 2021 14:08 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBOur today's Chair talk will give us insight how the marketing department can be an innovation generator for a company that has 14 sub-companies in its system and has an extremely diversified portfolio that has grown in 25 years long history. I had a pleasure to discuss this with Aleksandar Gligorijevic, CMO of Telegroup. Aleksandar worked in IBM, then for the competition, and after that, he returned to lead marketing in his family business. He plays several musical instruments in more tha...
Chair ep.16 - Aleksandar Bijelic - Sweet innovations, sweet as sugar
March 25, 2021 16:00 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBIn this episode, we discuss how to innovate in agriculture, how to use digital to tackle challenges in industry that is old as almost as human kind. On this topic our guest is Aleksandar Bijelic, CDO at MK Group. Aleksandar as CDO is in charge of digital transformation, through defining strategy and supporting execution of strategic projects. MK group where he is at this position for more than 3 years now is one of the leading holding companies in Serbia and the region. MK Group system e...
Chair ep.15 - Vukan Simic - Good things come to those who bait
March 18, 2021 16:00 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MBThe top marketplaces that we hear often are Amazon, eBay, and Walmart. Those are the top three in the U.S. eBay and Amazon alone account for 49% of all U.S. online retail, which is really crazy to think about considering how many U.S. retailers there are out there. Other part of the story are much smaller online markets but that serve some specific niche. That is our story of today.. We talked on this subject with Vukan Simic, Founder and CEO of Fishingbooker. Vukan is passionate about st...
Chair ep.14 - Milos Zikic - How not to make innovation mistake at its very beginning
March 11, 2021 16:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBThe theory of disruption was spelled out in the 1997 book, The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clay Christensen, a professor at Harvard Business School. From that point, whenever people are planning a new product, digital or any other, they are concentrated almost always on disruption that should bring, but with that, usually essential stuff can be overlooked. On this topic we talked with Milos Zikic - CEO of Spice factory. Milos is an experienced software engineer that successfully created and del...
Chair ep.13 - Stefan Kostic - Digital Identity - Innovation in identification
March 04, 2021 16:00 - 31 minutes - 43 MBDigital identities are becoming the foundation of our rapidly evolving technology-based and data-driven economy and society. On this subject we talked with Stefan Kostic, CEO of IPification. Stefan has more than 10 years of international management and operational experience in FinTech & Telecom industries. Over 7 years spearheading business development across Asia Pacific region, helping to establish long-term strategic partnerships and boost innovative business models across various vert...
Chair ep.12 - Darko Marjanovic - Innovate Big in Big Data Science and AI
February 25, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MBAI, Big Data, Data Science, those are the buzzwords for years now and there is so many ideas, startups investment in this area. When we are talking about technological stuff it is always from silicon valley. But, here in Europe, I and especially in the Balkans there is a vast talent that can be used in this area. On this subject we talked with Darko Marjanovic. Darko is CEO and co-founder of Things Solver, member of Asseco South East Europe. Things Solver is a company that is focused on en...
Chair ep.11 - Adrian Djura - VR innovations are dead, or are they?
February 18, 2021 16:00 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBToday we are going to talk about why VR is not mainstream even though 2016 it was so hyped and invested so much in VR startups. Today we hear that VR is dead, but is that true? On this subject we have innovation dialogue with Adrian Djura. Adrian is currently Studio Production Manager at Ubisoft, but here in Balkans he is well known as co-founder and long time CTO of Epix. Adrian is passionate para-glider, proud gamer (member of Serbia games association) and VR enthusiast. Find complete t...
Chair ep.10 - Kosta Andric - Innovate The Corporate
February 11, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBAs startups are increasingly outperforming their corporate counterparts, it is essential for established companies to embrace innovations. A considerable amount of enterprises are proactively thinking about innovation through internal R&D, corporate innovation teams, in-house innovation labs, and external accelerator programs. That will be our subject for today, corporate innovations, and we discuss this with Kosta Andric executive director of ICT Hub. Kosta is bringing together the startu...
Chair ep.9 - Ivan Pribicevic Ph.D - How to innovate the process itself
February 04, 2021 16:00 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MBOur subject is not the process of innovation, but how to innovate the process itself. On this rather interesting subject we are going to talk with Ivan Pribićević, founder of Simplify. Ivan holds PhD in management science from the Faculty of Organizational Science here in Belgrade. Then Master Degree in Political Sciences and he is an alumni of Belgrade Center of Political Excellence. Beside that he worked in many companies, he mentored almost 50 people as I see here and developed 5 new ...
Chair ep.8 - Zoran Vasiljev - Customer Intimacy - relationship innovation
January 28, 2021 16:00 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MBEven as customer intimacy started to become somewhat a buzzword of today, it was first mentioned in one HBR article in 1991. Probably because of that, there are so many definitions of what customer intimacy really is, and even more on how to achieve it. On this subject, we talk with Zoran Vasiljev, group CEO for Centili. Before he started his tenure in march 2020 he led projects in the EU, MENA and APAC, by holding top executive and leadership roles with Apigate, Axiata Digital, StarHub, A...
Chair ep.7 - Milena Djoric Guduric - Functional Innovations (innovate, but smart)
January 21, 2021 11:05 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBOur subject today is how to not fall in trap off to make innovation its sole purpose but to innovate with the function. It's how to innovate, but smart. We talked with Milena Đorić Gudurić, marketing director at Mastercard for Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro. Milena's main responsibility is to support development and implementation of innovative business projects, with traditional and nontraditional partners from financial, merchant and institutional sectors. Besides that, at the same tim...
Chair ep.6 - Milos Milisivljevic - Smart(er) City Innovations
January 13, 2021 17:23 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBBy 2050. It is estimated that there's going to be nine billion people in the world and most of those people are going to live in urban areas. Because of that now more than ever it’s important to talk about smart(er) city innovations. On this subject we talked with Milos Milisavljevic, founder and CEO of Strawberry Energy. Milos is a visionary who started to work on smart city innovations even before the term became valid. Find complete transcript here: https://chairtalks.medium.com/ Enjoy...
Chair ep.5 - Mladen Subasic - Innovating the Traditional (a.k.a.untying the ties)
January 07, 2021 11:58 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBWe discussed with Mladen Subasic how to approach innovation in industries that are by default hevy traditional, and we talked about the Insurance industry in particular. Mladen is Head of product and innovation at OIP Robotics, a business technology company serving the insurance area. Mladen started pretty interestingly. He graduated as a major of Political Sciences and started his career as a behavioural researcher and published studies on topics such as mass behaviour. Find complete tran...
Chair ep.4 - Vuk Guberinic - How to innovate in non-innovative environment
December 31, 2020 11:23 - 30 minutes - 42 MBWe discussed with Vuk Guberinic how to Innovate in a non-innovative ecosystem. Innovation needs a good atmosphere in which to develop. It is definitely a cultural characteristic and must be encouraged and nurtured inside a company. But what to do when you have all that you need inside your company to innovate but the market and ecosystem that should support you is not ready for disruption and innovation? Enjoy! #chairtalks Guest: Vuk Guberinic Host: Nemanja Timotijevic Production...
Chair ep.3 - Stella Karl Ćosić - (Re)Innovate Yourself
December 29, 2020 22:37 - 27 minutes - 15.4 MBWe talk with Stela Karl Cosic on how to innovate yourself. Stella started from a volunteer position at Saatchi & Saatchi, later she became marketing director of Delta Sport, then marketing director of Soko Stark after which she took over the role of GM. Usually, people when they get to such a position continue their career in that specific direction, but Stella made a total twist and turned to what she is today, a professional coach, activator, motivator. Enjoy! #chairtalks Guest: Stela K...
Chair ep.2 - Branko Babic - Reinventing Beauty
December 18, 2020 08:55 - 32 minutes - 73.4 MBWe talk with our guest Banko Babic about Beauty! Yes, you read well, about how to innovate Beauty itself. Branko is Beauty Inventor, Entrepreneur and Visionary. Over the years he has achieved iconic status in the beauty industry for his unique way of shaping the eyebrows. Branko founded the company PhiAcademy (https://www.phi-academy.com) in 2011 and has developed his own specific technique of shaping eyebrows and named them PhiBrows. Since 2014 PhiAcademy has evolved ultimate beauty ski...
Chair ep.1 - Zoja Kukic - The Ethics of Innovation
December 10, 2020 15:29 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MBWe talk with our guest Zoja Kukic on the subject of The Ethics of Innovation. Zoja is an Entrepreneur, activist, and researcher working with startups and enterprises, with a focus on digital transformation and evolutionary growth. She is actively working within the tech and startup ecosystem for almost a decade. She is the co-founder of Startit, a European regional network organization helping high-tech startup companies grow. Besides co-founding Startit, Zoja was also an instrumental lea...