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Silicon Valley has taken over the digital world, but how should Danish tech start-ups navigate the current infrastructure? American professor shares his points at the Digital Tech Summit 2022.

The public sector is at great risk of trying to have it both ways, says Professor Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen. Constant transformation has become all the rage at the cost of great frustration to management, staff members and regular citizens. This is his characterisation of the sector’s development.

The Danish Arne pension will somewhat redress inequality in Denmark, where unskilled workers die almost eight years earlier than academics, leaving them with a shorter retirement period. However, politicians should consolidate the right to earlier retirement and develop new “Svend incentives”, making the highly educated work longer, says Svend Erik Hougaard Jensen, Director of the Pension Research Centre at CBS.

Leadership: Entrepreneurs have a history of underprioritising the importance of strong leadership. CBS and the Danish Industry Foundation are now joining forces to focus on leadership in start-ups.