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The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz

A podcast that shares insights on what’s shifting in the world, across socioeconomic, geopolitical, and technological areas, and how it can shape the way leaders think, act, and lead globally. It helps leaders gain a global edge. www.sophiekrantz.com

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20:24

The Crossover Point: The Economics of Solving Global...

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2026/04/21

Global strategist Sophie Krantz introduces a transformative framework for tackling massive systemic issues across health, education, and climate: The Crossover Point. This is defined as the specific economic moment when structurally solving a problem becomes cheaper for society than leaving it unsolved.Instead of just looking at the massive scale of a problem, leaders and innovators need to compare two distinct economic curves:* The First Curve (Supply): The actual, verifiable cost of delivering a

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12:56

Calculating the Second Curve

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2026/04/16

Most people working on hard problems, the kind affecting hundreds of millions of people across health, education, financial access, and climate, have calculated the size of the market. The number of people affected, the scale of unmet need, or the Total Addressable Market (TAM) if this were a venture pitch. That calculation is usually large and usually correct.Almost none have calculated the cost of solving it against what the system is already paying to leave it unsolved. Those are different

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4:31

How to Make a Market Position from a Hard Problem

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2026/03/25

The Soft Power Brief Q1 Report lands this week.It tracks twenty‑two organisations that have turned hard problems into defensible market positions. Rather than chasing grants, they have done this by building models that make solving the problem cheaper than maintaining the status quo. The same logic is available to any leader serious about solving billion‑person problems commercially.Once you can show, in numbers, that fixing the problem is cheaper than maintaining the status quo, you are no longer

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31:08

When White-Collar Jobs Go Missing

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2026/03/19

The Soft Power Brief is a twelve-part series on the problems the world is still waiting to solve. Each edition takes one hard problem from current expert analysis and runs three calculations on it - the Crossover Point, the Chokepoint Map, and the Voltage Test. The job is always the same: turn it into a map of leverage for the leaders this problem most needs. This is Edition 1.Briefing at a GlanceThe Problem: AI is displacing white-collar workers faster than institutions can respond. The workers

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24:32

Hard Problems Are More Solvable Than We’ve Been Told

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2026/03/12

Hard problems aren't waiting for more resources or more political will. They're waiting for leaders running a different set of calculations. When we run them, hard problems stop looking like moral obligations and start looking like market positions. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sophiekrantz.com

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8:09

Soft Power Only Counts When You Spend It

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2026/03/01

Soft Power spent on a Hard Problem doesn’t fix the problem. It shifts the terms on which the problem gets fought. Which companies, funds, alliances, and multilaterals are actually doing it - and is yours one of them?The Soft Power Index is here: https://softpowerindex.lovable.app This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sophiekrantz.com

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14:55

Soft Power: The Strategic Weapon

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2026/02/18

This edition explores recent work by global strategist Sophie Krantz where she makes the case that soft power should be viewed as a strategic weapon rather than a passive background signal. We live at a time when hard power often fails to solve complex global issues, trust and reputation are essential for forming the coalitions needed to tackle challenges like climate change and technological governance. Organisations that cultivate strategic gravity can reduce operational friction, lower their cost

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11:01

Soft Power: Weak or Strategic Weapon?

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2026/02/13

The 2026 paradox: more force, less progressLooking around the world, raw power is back: wars, sanctions, aggressive industrial policies, and tight controls on critical minerals and technology. Yet, despite these hard moves, progress on our most important shared goals is stalling or reversing. Climate risks are compounding, and many SDG targets are slipping away. This shows a power paradox: more force on its own cannot solve shared problems.And yet, soft power is still widely perceived as weak. The

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16:07

The 2025 Velocity Gap: Navigating Global Breakthroughs

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2026/01/16

In this episode, we explore the concept of the ‘Velocity Gap, a framework developed by global strategist Sophie Krantz to explain the diverging realities of 2025. While the world faced stagnation in some areas, there is a parallel track of positive-sum breakthroughs accelerated rapidly, removing structural friction across trade, energy, health, and work.We discuss the 2025 acceleration map” which outlines 20 specific areas where motion increased, including:• Technology & Energy: The shift of fusion

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13:38

Local Immersion and Global Leverage: Achieving...

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2025/11/23

In this edition we explore the work of Global Strategist Sophie Krantz on a strategy for leaders seeking to act beyond local surroundings without the strain of global expansion. The episode highlights Maido, a Lima, Peru, restaurant rated the world’s best in 2025 by The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, as proof that you can achieve world-class standing - and draw the world to you - from a single location.Maido employs a strategy of Local Immersion (anchored in Peruvian ingredients and local ethos)

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10:23

Terra Incognita: Redrawing the Map of Modern Strategy

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2025/11/15

Maps are fundamentally reflections of our worldview, not just navigational aids.Historically, maps placed what was central to a civilisation at the physical centre: the Babylonian Map of the World (c. 6th Century BCE) placed Babylon itself at the heart, reflecting belief and geography. Medieval maps later centered Jerusalem using symbolism over scale.The appearance of Terra Incognita on early European maps marked uncharted territories, signifying where knowledge ended and possibility began.Today,

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3:39

Terra Incognita

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2025/11/12

The world’s oldest surviving map was etched on a clay tablet in Mesopotamia around the 6th century BCE. Known as the Babylonian Map of the World or Imago Mundi, it shows the city of Babylon at the centre, the Euphrates River flowing through it, and the known lands encircled by a “Bitter River” - the ocean. Beyond that ring sit small triangles labelled as distant, perhaps mythical, regions.It wasn’t so much a navigation aid, yet rather a worldview. Babylon’s placement at the centre said as much about

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14:54

The Essential Founder (& Leadership) Questions: Why...

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2025/10/26

This episode summary focuses on the three essential founder and leadership questions: “Why this? Why me? Why now?”.Building on work by Global Strategist Sophie Krantz, the podcast explores these questions, noting that while they gained prominence in venture capital for assessing startup founders, they are now vital for any leader driving change or challenging the status quo. These questions test for insight, authenticity, fit, and timing, revealing whether the problem being solved is real, if the

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5:57

Why (This)? Why (Me)? Why (Now)?

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2025/10/24

The questions “Why this?”, “Why me?”, and “Why now?” sit at the heart of startup investing and founder assessment. Increasingly, they’re just as relevant for any leader trying to drive change or get a new idea over the line, especially when it challenges the status quo.They’re the three questions founders are expected to answer when pitching a new venture or seeking investment. Each tests for insight, authenticity, fit, and timing and are the foundations of credibility and lasting success.Their

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12:31

Lovable: Inclusive Design Fuels Record Growth

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2025/10/18

It’s a wrap! Elena Verna and Whitney Menarcheck celebrating with particiapants from around the world, markingt he conclusion of the 48 hour Lovable SheBuilds Buildathon.Today we deep dive into Lovable, the Swedish-founded tech startup that achieved US$100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in a record-breaking eight months. This growth, which outpaces giants like OpenAI and Perplexity, makes Lovable a standout in the global tech ecosystem.Founded in late 2023, Lovable’s core product is an

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9:39

The Profitable Future of Building (and Belonging)

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2025/10/12

In 48 hours, I experienced how a fast-growing tech company turns an idea into a movement. Here we break down why and how they did it. See What’s ShiftingLovable is expanding faster than most startups. To understand this, and for a crash course in vibe coding, I spent time with the company.During the recent SheBuilds hackathon, the company invited women from around the world to turn ideas into functioning apps that were live prototypes built in 48 hours.Lovable acknowledges that women start fewer

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16:47

Bridging Collaboration Gaps: An AI Strategy

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2025/10/05

Are you a brilliant founder whose opportunities constantly stall after the first introduction? You’re great at making connections, yet struggle with the follow-through.Global Strategist Sophie Krantz is tackling this exact challenge. Her initial approach started offline in early 2023, sending physical “Colour Your World” cards and pencil packs to 100 people around the globe. The goal was to encourage them to look outward, reflect on their global markets, discover opportunities, and map their missing

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1:56

From 100 to 10,000

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2025/10/03

At the start of 2023, one hundred people around the world received a card and a small pencil pack in the post. Inside was an invitation to pause, look outward, and consider the bigger picture of their world.The Colour Your World card asked them to reflect on where their markets were, where opportunities lay undiscovered, and where knowledge or networks were missing. Colouring in their world was my way of encouraging people to see more, think bigger, and play a bolder global game.In a digital age,

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4:33

A Fast Five Network

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2025/09/30

Who are the five people missing from your network that will take you beyond local limits?That is the question we are answering today. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sophiekrantz.com

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16:12

The Cost of Misalignment: Overcoming Stakeholder Lag...

The Global Edge with Sophie Krantz ·

2025/09/24

Today, we’re diving into a piece by global strategist Sophie Krantz about a critical challenge facing leaders in 2025: what happens when your vision of the future clashes with that of your board, investors, or even your own team?.Sophie argues that many stakeholders are stuck in linear thinking, assuming the stability of the past in a world where shocks - from geopolitics to AI - are constant. This creates friction and stalls progress. We see it when a CEO wants to explore new trade corridors, but

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