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Is Switzerland Future-Ready? (A Conversation with Isabelle Chappuis)

Getting Serious

8 September 2025

How do you prepare a country for an uncertain future shaped by AI, emerging risks, and shifting skills? In this episode of Getting Serious, Woody Wade sits down with Isabelle Chappuis, Member of Swiss Parliament, to explore how Switzerland can embrace change while protecting its citizens.

How do you prepare a country for an uncertain future shaped by AI, emerging risks, and shifting skills? In this episode of Getting Serious, Woody Wade sits down with Isabelle Chappuis, Member of Swiss Parliament, to explore how Switzerland can embrace change while protecting its citizens.

Isabelle Chappuis draws on her background as an economist, futurist, and educator to discuss the future of work, the role of education in the AI era, and the risks of cognitive warfare. She also shares bold ideas such as “skills insurance,” reflects on ethics in fast-moving technologies, and explains why Switzerland must balance digital progress with analog resilience.

This episode is available on YouTube and Spotify.