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Sparkr Podcast

Sparkr Podcast

Di: Christian Lundsgaard-Hansen | Sparring Partner for Leadership Innovation and Strategy | Visit www.sparkr.ch
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In his interviews for the Sparkr Podcast, Christian Lundsgaard-Hansen unveils the mindsets, principles and world views of remarkable and inspiring people or organizations. Learn what great leadership means, how to build high-performance creative teams, how to navigate the world of business in todays rapidly changing environment or how to spot the trends that matter. Sparkr is an agency for strategy, innovation and leadership. The Sparkr Podcast series features those who see, those who understand and those who create the future. Thank you for subscribing and sharing those episodes that bring value to someone you know. Learn more about Sparkr on www.sparkr.ch Do you want the host Christian Lundsgaard-Hansen to moderate or facilitate one of your business events (strategy workshops, conferences etc.)? Learn more on https://sparkr.ch/moderation-en/ Do you want to benefit from Sparkr as a strategic sparring partner or get access to Sparkr's free "Strategy Handbook" (only available in German)? Check out https://sparkr.ch/strategie-und-projektleitung/ Thanks to all the guests of the Sparkr Podcast who make this series so engaging and fascinating.All rights reserved Economia
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  • Rory Stewart on Leadership Principles in a New World Order

    Rory Stewart on Leadership Principles in a New World Order
    May 26 2026
    Today’s guest is Rory Stewart - a man with an extraordinary biography and a sharp intellect. Drawing on his unusually broad and deep experience, I had an enjoyable and compact conversation with Rory about navigating conflict, dealing with a changing world order and acting as a true leader within it. Rory is a former British cabinet minister and is known globally today as the co-host of the highly recommended podcast "The Rest Is Politics". He is also Professor in the Practice of Grand Strategy at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. Before that, Rory served as a soldier, diplomat and provincial administrator in Iraq. He also walked across Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal; experiences he later captured in his fascinating books. Please enjoy this short but rich conversation with the diplomat at heart, Rory Stewart, and subscribe to the Sparkr Podcast for more conversations on strategy, innovation and leadership. The essay belonging to this interview can be found here: https://sparkr.ch/leadership-principles-rory-stewart/ /// ABOUT SPARKR The Sparkr Podcast is published by Sparkr. Sparkr is an agency for strategy work, innovation and leadership supporting leaders, change makers and innovators mostly in Switzerland. Learn more on www.sparkr.ch You can follow and connect with the host Christian Lundsgaard on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-lundsgaard-hansen/ If you want to get in touch with Christian Lundsgaard to discuss an engagement as moderator, workshop facilitator, personal sparring partner or another mandate, you can book a virtual meeting here: https://calendly.com/christian-sparkr/30min /// YOU CAN ALSO EXPLORE SPARKR'S LIBRARY OF FREE HANDBOOKS, FRAMEWORKS AND MORE: Check out Sparkr's compact strategy handbook (in German) featuring methods and tipps for successful strategy work here: https://sparkr.ch/strategie-handbuch/ Assess your own leadership style by applying Sparkr's leadership framework (in German) here: https://sparkr.ch/leadership-spannungsfelder/
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    17 min
  • Leadership Lessons - Team Performance, Resilience and Self-Management with Explorer Anja Blacha

    Leadership Lessons - Team Performance, Resilience and Self-Management with Explorer Anja Blacha
    Jan 18 2026
    Anja Blacha is truly exceptional: In the early 2020s she became the first woman to ski solo and unsupported from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole; a feat recognized by Guinness World Records. The expedition covered 1381 km in just 58 days, facing snow storms with winds up to 100 km/h and temperatures down to -35°C while Anja was pulling a 100 kg sledge with everything the explorer needed to survive. Anja is also among the world’s top mountaineers. As of 2025, she has climbed twelve of the fourteen 8000 meter peaks without supplemental oxygen; including a Mount Everest summit without bottled oxygen in May 2025. In the Sparkr Podcast conversation with Anja, the goal was simple: Understand what kind of mindset and self‑leadership makes her achievements possible and what business leaders can borrow even if they don’t need to survive in the literal “death zones” of this planet. Boardrooms and C-suites rarely look like an Antarctica expedition but some of the underlying challenges can be similar: You must make decisions under uncertainty, pressure is high, the stakes are real and the easiest option is rarely the right one. In those moments, leadership is not a set of intentions. It is the quality of your decisions, your discipline and your ability to execute under pressure with a well-performing team. So, no matter if you are climbing the corporate ladder, Mount Everest or if you’re already at the top where the air is thin, let’s shed some light on leadership lessons that help you succeed at the South Pole and in the boardroom. You can find an article providing an executive summary of this conversation and with the key leadership takeaways here https://sparkr.ch/leadership-lessons-anja-blacha/ /// ABOUT SPARKR The Sparkr Podcast is published by Sparkr. Sparkr is an agency for strategy work, innovation and leadership supporting leaders, change makers and innovators mostly in Switzerland. Learn more on www.sparkr.ch You can follow and connect with the host Christian Lundsgaard on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-lundsgaard-hansen/ If you want to get in touch with Christian Lundsgaard to discuss an engagement as moderator, workshop facilitator, personal sparring partner or another mandate, you can book a virtual meeting here: https://calendly.com/christian-sparkr/30min /// YOU CAN ALSO EXPLORE SPARKR'S LIBRARY OF FREE HANDBOOKS, FRAMEWORKS AND MORE: Check out Sparkr's compact strategy handbook (in German) featuring methods and tipps for successful strategy work here: https://sparkr.ch/strategie-handbuch/ Assess your own leadership style by applying Sparkr's leadership framework (in German) here: https://sparkr.ch/leadership-spannungsfelder/ Looking for guidance to develop your career or your personal growth strategy? Take a look at the "HOPE Framework" which gives you a (H) holistic approach to assessing your (O) opportunities for (P) personal (E) evolution. You can test the free version or purchase the full version here: https://sparkr.ch/hope/
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    49 min
  • High-Performance Teams at NASA and Leadership Lessons with Thomas Zurbuchen

    High-Performance Teams at NASA and Leadership Lessons with Thomas Zurbuchen
    Jan 10 2026
    In this episode I had the privilege to talk to the leader who enabled hyper complex projects and teams with thousands of people to succeed and literally reach for the stars. I‘m talking of none other than astrophysicist Prof. Thomas Zurbuchen. Till the end of 2022 he was the Chief Scientist at NASA and with that arguably the most powerful scientist on the planet with responsibility over thousands of people and a 8 billion dollar + budget. Under his leadership, NASA successfully launched the historic James Webb Telescope and landed robots on Mars - among dozens of other impressive missions. In addition, Thomas promotes entrepreneurs, inovators and leaders to become the best versions of themselves whereever and whenever he can. Over his impressive carreer, Thomas learnt a lot about high perfoming teams by building and leading them. In this conversation, Thomas shares his leadership lessons, decision making process, how you create an organization that learns faster than it fails and much much more. So please enjoy this episode of the Sparkr Podcast which was recorded in front of a live audience im summer 2023 with the extraordinary human being Thomas Zurbuchen. And don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and leave a positive rating if you enjoy this conversation. CHECK OUT THE "HOPE FRAMEWORK" (www.hopeframework.com) If you want to design and lead an inspiring life and find your true north star, then you want to check out the HOPE Framework - a step-by-step guide that helps you to develop yourself and your career holistically and strategically. With the HOPE Framework you can answer today who you want to be in a year. Check out www.hopeframework.com ABOUT THIS SHOW Sparkr Podcast is published by Sparkr. Sparkr is an angency for change makers and supports them with strategy, innovation and project management competencies. Sparkr offers customized studies, workshops or sparring sessions - always with the goal that you can use the future shaped by digitalization, technological and social change to your advantage. Learn more on www.sparkr.ch/en. If you want to get in touch with Sparkr to contribute to your next business event or strategy workshop as facilitator, speaker or moderator, please visit www.sparkr.ch/moderation-en If you want to get in touch with Christian Lundsgaard for a personal virtual meeting, book one on https://calendly.com/christian-sparkr/30min ***
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    42 min
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