In this episode of Leaders Talk, our guest is Dries Faems. He is Professor at WHU for Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technological Transformation. His current research is centered around collaboration for innovation. Additionally, he co-hosts a podcast and proudly identifies as a "GenAI nerd."

In this podcast, he has a conversation with Karsten about the general landscape of the startup economy and its development. They discuss topics such as greenwashing and which ideas truly contribute to changing the world. Dries also sheds lighton the role artificial intelligence will play in business, his position as a researcher, and why he thinks the value of ideas is consistently overrated.

Time schedule of the interview:

- Dries Faems introduces himself (1:40)

- They talk about the startup economy (6:10)

- Dries tells us about the impact from generative AI on business (16:00)

- Faems talks about trust and innovation (33:45)

- Dries shares some important points from his biography (49:30)

- He thinks about the future (56:15)

Further Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dries-faems-0371569/?originalSubdomain=de

https://ee.whu.edu/de/the-experience/faculty/dries-faems/

https://mostawesomepodcast.com/tag/dries-faems/

Guest: Dries Faems

Host: Karsten Drath

Production & Editing: Hannah Jandl & Daniela Magnani Hüller

Research & Preparation: Antonia Kaiser & Lena Wokurka