The London Visionary: Mischa Dohler

There are some questions that draw you beyond yourself, challenging you to rethink how you see the world. Together, The Macallan’s Whisky Maker Steven Bremner and Michelin Star chefs Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca travelled to London to explore the mastery behind one of the world’s greatest cities, all in a quest of finding an answer to the driving question: can you distil the essence of a city?

Professor in Wireless Communications at King’s College London and director of the Centre for Telecommunications Research, Mischa is always looking forward. He drives cross-disciplinary research and innovation in technology, sciences and the arts. He is constantly pushing boundaries by taking the perspective that breaks constraining boxes, whether that is a mindset, approach, or idea through innovative thinking.

Within his recent work, Mischa explains that in the near future, the 5G Internet of Skills will enable us to download skills, so for instance he believes we’ll be able to download and learn the skills of professionals and visionaries, even possibly to be able to cook as well as the Roca brothers.

Landmark innovations have occurred in London and King’s College. James Clerk Maxwell- one of the fathers of modern physics- worked here, as well as scientist Michael Faraday, who discovered the principles underlying electromagnetic induction. London is a centre of culture and revolution, where the complexities of the world can be investigated and discussed. When The Macallan and the Roca brothers met Mischa, they gained insight to a facet of London that they had not yet encountered. People in this city like Mischa stand for entrepreneurship and success, and carry with them a respect for the past, hand in hand with a vision for what could be, and what London could become. It was this sense of innovation that was carried forward in our quest to distil the city.