Bestselling Author On
Women & Innovation

Bestselling Author On Women & Innovation

Katrine Kielos-Marçal

Katrine’s first book “Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner?” has been translated into more than 20 languages. Margaret Atwood called it “a smart, funny and readable book on women, economics and money”. It was named one of The Guardian’s books of the year in 2015.

Katrine’s second book “Mother Of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored In An Economy Built For Men” was shortlisted for Business Book of the Year in Germany. It was one of “Waterstones Best Political Books” in the UK in 2021 and one of “Indigo’s Top 10 Business Books” in Canada.

Katrine is the global economic commentator for Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s largest broadsheet newspaper. She lives in Hertfordshire, outside of London.

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Keynote Topics

Below are Katrine’s most popular keynote talks. She is also happy to work with professional speakers bureaus and meeting planners to tailor a program specifically for your audience.

Mother Of Invention: Why Including Women Is The Missing Key To Innovation.

Power Moves: Forecasting the Economic Impact of Women into the Next Decade.

The Venture Capital Gender Gap: How to Close It and Why We Should.

Katrine’s Virtual Keynote

  • Why didn’t we get wheels on suitcases until 1972?
  • Why were electric cars considered “feminine” when they first arrived more than 100 yers ago?
  • How come a bra making company created the suit Neil Armstrong wore to the moon?

Katrine leads audiences through fascinating examples of how innovators have failed to take women’s experiences into account, analysing what they can tell us about gender and innovation today.

Katrine’s Virtual Keynote

  • Why didn’t we get wheels on suitcases until 1972?
  • Why were electric cars considered “feminine” when they first arrived more than 100 yers ago?
  • How come a bra making company created the suit Neil Armstrong wore to the moon?

Katrine leads audiences through fascinating examples of how innovators have failed to take women’s experiences into account, analysing what they can tell us about gender and innovation today.

Books

”A book with a radical agenda”

A smart, funny, readable book on economics, money [and] women”

A sprawling, engaging feminist polemic. Interesting.”

”Mother of Invention shows that we can choose a different future.”

Books by Katrine Marçal

”A book with a radical agenda”

A smart, funny, readable book on economics, money [and] women”

A sprawling, engaging feminist polemic. Interesting.”

”Mother of Invention shows that we can choose a different future.”