Angela Duckworth is co-founder, chief scientist, and a board member of Character Lab, a non-profit whose mission is to advance scientific insights that help children thrive. She is also the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative and founding faculty co-director of Wharton People Analytics. A 2013 MacArthur Fellow, Angela has advised the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams, and Fortune 500 CEOs. Prior to her career in research, Angela founded a summer school for underserved children that was profiled as a Harvard Kennedy School case study and, in 2018, celebrated its 25th anniversary. She has also been a McKinsey management consultant and a math and science teacher at public schools in New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Angela completed her undergraduate degree in Advanced Studies Neurobiology at Harvard, graduating magna cum laude. With the support of a Marshall Scholarship, she completed an MSc with Distinction in Neuroscience from Oxford University. She completed her PhD in Psychology as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela’s TED talk is among the most-viewed of all time. Her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance is a #1 New York Times best seller.

Annual Investment Conference 2024 - How to become a better investor

To answer this question, we have some of the world’s leading experts, including Marc Andreessen, Angela Duckworth, Annie Duke, Amy Edmondson, Adam Grant, Ole Andreas Halvorsen, Kristin Harila, Greg Jensen, Howard Marks, Michael Mauboussin, Marc Rowan, Robert Wallace, Jean Hynes and Patrick Healy.

We invest on behalf of the Norwegian people. Our goal is to maximise financial return on behalf of both current and future generations. We also want to contribute to the Norwegian asset management industry, so what better topic for our annual conference than: How to become a better investor?

Investment philosophy and strategy
“ Are you confident enough to do contrarian bets and follow your conviction even when they go against the market? Popular opinion is not always correct, but you need to be aware of the ego-pitfall” Malin Norberg, Co-chief Investment Officer Asset Strategies, Norges Bank Investment Management

Building successful investment organisations
“ Talking about psychological safety is easy, especially when things are going smoothly. But when the chips are down and you feel like you are in the storm, that is when you as an individual and we as an organisation are really tested.’’ Patrick du Plessis, Global Head of Risk Management, Norges Bank Investment Management

What characterises the best investors? Psychology
“A good investor combines passionate curiosity with a relentless pursuit of truth, integrating diverse information to gain unique insights. They continuously seek knowledge and creatively connect unrelated data. Be a learning machine.” Andreas Sæle Helland, Associate Portfolio Manager Equities, Norges Bank Investment Management

What characterises the best investors? Behavioural
“ I don’t believe in miracles. Even though they sometimes happen. Great performance comes from working hard, doing the right things, and stop doing the wrong ones. Sounds easy, right?” Bjørn Mannsverk, Mental Coach and Head of the Team Performance Programme, Norges Bank Investment Management

Some speakers have requested not to be included in the recording.

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