Frontier-tech investor and founder of tomorrowmensch. Business philosopher and author of eight books.
“Whoever has a stake in what’s coming doesn’t cling to yesterday.”
Anders Indset connects philosophy with the state of science and technology and translates both into decisions leaders can make today. He offers neither reassurance nor doom. He offers a stance.
When machines take over knowledge and intelligence, what is left for us? Anders shows where value will sit when labour, energy and computing cost almost nothing, why judgement becomes the scarce resource in every organisation that runs on AI, and why a stake in the outcome is a better answer to the fear of AI than reassurance.
Anders coined the term quantum economy in 2018; his latest book is The Quantum Economy (2026). The next industrial base is being built in energy, computation, quantum technology and the life sciences. As founder of tomorrowmensch he invests in exactly these fields, so his talks connect the science with the business case.
Leaders do not need another forecast. They need a stance. Anders calls his stance possibilism: neither naive optimism nor doom, but the decision to shape the future rather than just manage it. In The Viking Code he shows what organisations can take from Norway's performance culture, where high performance and values belong together.
Boards and leadership teams · Technology, IT services and global capability centres · Banks, investors and financial services · Start-up and venture ecosystems · Manufacturing, energy and infrastructure · Family businesses and conglomerates · Universities, business schools and public bodies · International conferences and summits
“Allowed to know, no longer required to think.”
AI makes knowledge available, formulates answers and prepares decisions. What happens to our thinking when we exercise it less and less ourselves? Anders Indset asks how technical relief can turn into intellectual dependence, and what judgement, responsibility and dignity consist of then. What Remains of Us? is the question of the human being in a world that works for us and increasingly decides for us. His answer is not a warning but a stance: shaping the future means staying part of what is becoming.
Three moments from keynotes in English, as the audience experienced them: at XPANSE in Abu Dhabi, at Stratcom and at the EHF FINAL4 Business Talk in Cologne.
AI makes knowledge available and takes the thinking off our hands. What happens to judgement, responsibility and dignity when we adopt answers without thinking for ourselves? The question of the human being in a world that works for us and decides for us.
30–60 min · EN / DE / NOThe audience gives three words. From them, Anders Indset builds a complete keynote on the spot: no slides, no lectern, handheld microphone, a clear arc and a close. Every one is different. None is unprepared.
45–60 min · EN / DE / NOThe next industrial base is being built in energy, computation and quantum technology. Who has the inputs to win it, why so many fail to deploy them, and what possibilism asks of leaders now.
30–60 min · EN / DE / NOWhy does a country of five and a half million produce so many world champions? What companies, sales teams and family businesses can take from Norway's performance culture.
30–60 min · EN / DE / NOIf machines take over knowledge and intelligence, what is left for us? Why judgement becomes the scarce resource in every organisation that runs on AI.
30–60 min · EN / DE / NOWhere physics, biology and philosophy meet: which economy will quantum technology produce, what is life, what is consciousness? A keynote or a half-day dialogue with a scientist.
45–60 min or half a day · EN / DE
Signature format
The live keynote that only ever happens once.
In English, German or Norwegian. In person only.
For events in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and across India: in person or virtual.
Enquiry → Briefing call → Confirmation → Preparation → Event → Follow-up
On request, Anders signs his books after the talk, from The Viking Code to The Quantum Economy. The books come from the organiser or a local bookshop.
Stages (selection)
Swiss Economic Forum / WIRED Istanbul / NATO Allied Foresight Conference / XPANSE Abu Dhabi / Bitkom AI, Data & Quantum Summit / Digital Excellence Conference / Zukunftskongress Linz / ImmoSummit / InsuranceCom / Radio Advertising Summit / Creative Week Frankfurt / Future Tech Fest
About Anders Indset
Anders Indset was born in Trondheim, Norway, grew up in Røros and has lived in Germany for 25 years. He connects philosophy with the state of science and technology and translates both into decisions leaders can make today. His stance is possibilism: neither naive optimism nor doom, but the decision to shape the future rather than just manage it.
He has written eight books, four of them SPIEGEL bestsellers, most recently The Quantum Economy (2026). The Singularity Paradox and Ex Machina were written with quantum physicist Florian Neukart. Thinkers50 has recognised him as one of the most influential future thinkers in technology, leadership and economics. He speaks English, German and Norwegian, with or without slides, and on request entirely live.
For event organisers and bureaus
Anders works directly with event organisers and with international speaker bureaus. If you are booking through a bureau, we are happy to work with them.
Anders Indset is a frontier-tech investor and the founder of tomorrowmensch. The Norwegian-born business philosopher and author has lived in Germany for 25 years. He has written eight books, four of them SPIEGEL bestsellers, and has given more than 1,200 keynotes in 45 countries. Thinkers50 has recognised him as one of the most influential future thinkers.
Dates 2027
Now taking bookings for 2027: leadership forums, conferences, summits and evening events in India and beyond. Tell us the date, place and audience. We reply within 24 hours on working days.
