Anders Indset


Anders Indset is a Norwegian philosopher, author and public speaker. Among the philosophical and socio-political ideas he has advanced are digitization, lifelong learning, narcissistic rage and the Q Economy.

Business career

Indset has a background as an entrepreneur and worked for a decade as a consultant for “Hidden Champions” and Forbes Global 2000 companies. He is regarded as a trusted sparring partner for international executives in business as well as leaders in society and politics. He holds various advisory board roles and is a visiting guest lecturer at leading international business schools. Parallel to his entrepreneurial activities, Indset played team handball for TV Gelnhausen in the 2nd Handball Bundesliga from 2003 to 2007.
Indset writes a monthly column for the leading German-language business newspaper Handelsblatt and is a member of their Expert Council. In 2018 he was recognized by Thinkers50 on their list Radar 2018, a ranking of leading global business thinkers. Indset was subsequently named “Thinker of the Month” in July and August 2018. His first German book “Quantenwirtschaft - Was kommt nach der Digitalisierung” became a Der Spiegel bestseller in 2019 and was #1 on the Manager Magazin list of business books. For his concept on the “Q Economy” he was Short-Listed for the 2019 Breakthrough-Idea-Award by Thinkers50.
Due to his appearance and rock star attitude, he is also referred to as Digital Jesus or Rock 'n' Roll Plato in the media. Indset is currently based in Frankfurt, Germany.