Per Håkansson Once being tethered to one place, one nation and one perspective you are now free to do whatever you want thanks to the phone in your pocket. You are on par with the most powerful and the richest people in the world, having access to tools and knowledge unimaginable in the past. Anything is now possible but where do you start? By changing your mind.

1. The Digital Mindset
Shifting from thinking in atoms to bits
Per Håkansson, Makerminds, Inc.

2. About Per Håkansson
[linkedin.com/in/perhakansson]
• Founder Makerminds, Inc. - training
people and organizations in digital
mindset, culture and innovation
• Silicon Valley veteran (Icon
Medialab, Yahoo!, Blurb et cetera)
• Global Citizen, currently Mexico City
• @perhakansson

3. Born and raised with preconceived
ideas about the world…
…we need to relearn and rethink

4. – Ernst Haeckel, 19th century biologist, philosopher and artist
“Nothing is constant but change. All existence is
a perpetual flux of ‘being and becoming’. That is
the broad lesson of the evolution of the world.”

5. The world is fluid and temporary

6. What is a digital mindset?
Turning atoms into bits

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POPCORN TIME RINSE
FRESHBOOKS TWITTER ZIPCAR
DUFL

9. Stinson Beach, California
Rome, Italy
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Bali, Indonesia

13. Took 20-minutes to do a full body MRI scan

14. Took 10-minutes to set up in Germany from Mexico

15. Took 10-minutes to apply for in Estonia from San Francisco

17. Connecting the dots, eh, BITS.

18. The greatest opportunity in
human history

19. You only need three things: a
purpose, a network and experience

20. Figure out why you are here, connect
with people and make stuff together

21. What is The Digital Mindset?
[Technology, Networks and Culture]
• Viewing the world not only in atoms but in bits
• Turning fear of failure into contagious curiosity
• Being open-minded, perpetually learn and share
• Experiment, collaborate and stay fluid and present
• Fall in love with the problem, not just your solution

22. What’s inevitable should be immediate

23. Follow my journey on
Instagram @per.hakansson
Twitter @perhakansson