Blockchain use cases with Jonas Sveistrup Søgaard

Considering shifts in business models and collaborative advantages

Today I sit down with Jonas Sveistrup Søgaard. We talk about a business transaction; as it is today, as it is on Blockchain and why we may start to see more Blockchain use cases emerge. He also shares concepts and reasons related to shifts in business models and explains differences between AI and blockchain adoption cycles. 

Jonas Sveistrup Søgaard is an expert in blockchain technology and innovation and works as Technology Director at Devoteam. His focus spans a range of technologies, including blockchain, IoT, and GenAI, with a specific emphasis on applications in the public sector, industrial processing, and banking compliance.

As part of an industrial PhD program, Jonas collaborated with organizations like Erhvervsstyrelsen, CBS, and Deloitte to research the impact of blockchain technology on market practices, particularly in the areas of domestic and cross-border transactions. This work involved benchmarking and simulating trade finance applications across multiple blockchain platforms. With his extensive background spanning technology, policy, and real-world implementations, Jonas offers a unique perspective on the evolving landscape of blockchain and related innovations.

Related links or mentioned in this podcast

Cost of Trust (RMIT, Paper) 

Unlocking Privacy on Ethereum with Paul Brody (podcast)

Evaluating trust infrastructure of emergent technologies (LinkedIn post)

AI’s impact of Business Models: A New Paradigm for Organizations (LinkedIn post)

00:15 How I met Jonas Sveistrup Søgaar 

03:40 Jonas shares his study and career journey 

08:00 Blockchain, a coordination mechanism 

13:00 Green Act of Europe and the Digital product passport  

16:15 Shift in business models, Scope 1, 2, 3

19:00 Collaborative advantage, co-innovation risk and adoption chain risk

24:33 Trust, transparency and traceability

28:56 Skills, the job market and adoption cycles 

33:55 Ecosystems thinking, shares an example

36:00 Discussing de-dollarisation

This episode was,

Edited by ⁠⁠Preneil Pillay ⁠⁠

Sound mastered by Studio25

Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠Prichelle Rugdeo ⁠⁠