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On this week’s show, Julia and Matt are joined by Your Haven CEO and Founder Claire Barnett to talk about mental health fitness, technology and virtual reality. Claire mentioned the book Pixel Flesh by Ellen Atlanta. You can find out more about Your Haven here: https://www.yourhavenapp.com/

In episode 297 of the weekly podcast WB40, hosts Matt and Michelle, and guest Dr. Tammy Watchorn delve into themes of change, uncertainty, and personal development.

On this week’s show, Chris & Michelle talk to Richard Clarke from Secret Source about the role that happiness has in high-performing teams.

On this week’s show Chris and Lisa talk with Tina Lee Odinsky-Zec and Simon Carcagno from True Advance about the concept of “Thinking Partners” and how we need get more intentional about our collaboration. Lisa mentioned an article questioning the validity of Extroversion and Introversion – that can be found here. Machine-Generated transcript Chris: Hello […]

On this week’s show, Matt and Julia are joined by enough.store founder Paul Keaveny to talk about his design-led mission to reduce plastic waste in retail. You’ll be able to find out more soon at enough.store Matt mentioned two books – Wasteland and Material World.

On this week’s show, Matt and Julia are joined by Georgina Shute to talk about her business KindTwo and how she is helping leaders with ADHD to avoid burnout.

On this week’s show Chris and Michelle are joined by BillionMinds‘ Paul Slater to talk about organisations, leadership and delivering change.

On this week’s show, Lisa and Matt are joined by author Alice Sherwood to talk about what “In Real Life” means in 2024. Alice’s book Authenticity was published in 2022. You can read more about the Vice closures here.

On this week’s show Michelle and Chris talk with Paula Brockwell on her approach to helping organisations to better cultivate their own cultures. You can find out more about Paula’s business at https://theexproject.com/

It’s another episode of Ask WB-40, this week with Julia Bellis answering listener questions alongside Matt for the first time. Views on the year ahead, AI, leadership mentoring, mental models and what really happened when Julia got left adrift in the Pacific.

A special bonus episode for you as Lisa and Nick Drage host a conversation with Matt who has a new set of playing cards to flog. We talk about his Business Meerkat deck, and more broadly about the power of playfulness in work. Order your own set of the Business Meerkat cards at https://theplaycards.myshopify.com/collections/business-meerkat You […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Matt Webb to talk about taking his Poem/1 clock from idea to the bring of manufacture through a Kickstarter exercise. You can read more about Galactic Compass: On Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/new-app-always-points-to-the-supermassive-black-hole-at-the-center-of-our-galaxy On Matt’s blog: https://interconnected.org/home/2024/02/15/galactic-compass And download from the App Store https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/galactic-compass/id6451314440 You can find the Poem/1 […]

On this week’s show Matt and Michelle are joined by Natalia Talkowska to talk about the importance of “the hook”, telling stories, creativity and other tales. You can find Natalia’s business at natalkadesign.com Matt mentioned his Business Meerkat cards (pre-order them here) and also the TBD Conference he is speaking at at the end of […]

On this week’s show, Chris and Julia interview Mark Bjornsgaard about his fascinating renewable energy and data hosting business Deep Green.

From next week, there is a new sound to WB-40. We are delighted to share that Julia Bellis, Lisa Riemers and Michelle Minnikin will join the team to share hosting duties with Chris and Matt. On this bonus show we share the thinking behind the changes, and the wonderful Nick Drage asks all of the […]

On this week’s show we are joined by psychologist and author Michelle Minnikin to talk about her new book, Good Girl Deprogramming. You can find out more about Michelle’s work at https://michelleminnikin.com/

On this week’s show we speak with Lisa Riemers about challenges of digital accessibility, and what to do about it. You can find Lisa’s collection of useful links here: https://lisariemers.com/index.php/2023/05/12/accessibility-resources/ and you can book to attend her talk here: We spoke with AbilityNet on Episode 208

This week’s guest is Equal Experts Psychological Safety Lead, Julia Bellis. We talk about the misconceptions associated with psych safety, building safety in client-facing teams, and the challenges of hybrid and global working, amongst many other things. A couple of books were mentioned: The Culture Map by Erin Meyer and The Fearless Organization by Amy […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Equal Expert’s Lewis Crawford to talk about his experiments in building autonomous teams of AI agents. AI Generated transcript follows… Matt: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome to episode 281 of WB40, the weekly podcast with Matt Ballantine, Chris Weston and Lewis Crawford. Chris: Well hello everybody, welcome back. […]

On this, the penultimate show of 2023, Chris and Matt answer audience questions about the year ahead… Automatically created transcript… Matt: at the beginning of 2023 on show 248 no less if you want to go back and listen to it. We did an episode where we thought about what might be the things that […]

On this week’s show we speak with Railsware CEO Yaroslav Lazor about moving from being a business building software for others to being a product company. You can find out more about their BRIDGeS framework here: https://railsware.com/bridges-framework/ Yaroslav mentioned Railsware’s products: Coupler.io: https://www.coupler.io/ Titan Apps: https://titanapps.io/ And they’ve listed some trusted resources to support Ukraine here: Show […]

This week we chat with Gavin Jones to talk through some of the challenges and opportunities when looking at collaborating and technology. You can find out more about Gavin and his work at: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MeeTime Website: https://www.meetimeservices.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-jones-meetime Episode Transcript… (any errors are the fault of the AIs) Matt: Hello and welcome to episode […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Al Doran to talk about some of the practicalities of supporting neurodiversity in the IT workplace.

This week’s guest, joining Matt and supply host Martin Sadler, is Milla Spence with whom we explore the idea of AI having rights. You can explore some of these themes further at: The AIRAI Website: https://ai-ari.org/ Ex Google Engineer Lemoine gets fired for claiming LaMDA is sentient: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-62275326https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/ A report about Jefrey Hinton, the Godfather […]

There’s no WB-40 this week, but Matt is appearing on a new show called Compromising Positions, presented by Leanne Potter and Jeff Watkins. So here’s a preview of that show for you. You can find out more at https://www.compromisingpositions.co.uk/podcast

On this week’s show we are joined by Mark Taylor to explore the technology challenges behind building a brand new hospital. Show Transcript (automatically generated so treat with a little caution) Matt: Hello and welcome to episode 275 of WB40, the weekly podcast with me, Matt Ballantine, Chris Weston and Mark Taylor. Chris: Hello everybody […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Lifecycle Software’s Kelvin Chaffer to talk about his own career from developer apprentice to CEO, and how they have built a business around developing new talent. Transcript (Auto generated so treat with a little caution…) Matt: Hello and welcome to episode 274 of WB40, the weekly podcast with […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Matt Webb to talk about his approach to invention with emerging technologies. You can subscribe to the AI Clock mailing list for updates and to find out about the upcoming Kickstarter here: https://aiclock.substack.com You can find out more about Acts Not Facts, Matt’s new product invention studio […]

Running a start up consulting business and running a software start up are closely related, but require quite different approaches. On this week’s show we meet Simon Bos who is doing both…

Another episode of Matt & Chris answers listener questions. Topics this week include dealing with toxic workplaces, the advantages of Cloud, blanket calls back to the office, and obscure programming languages…

On this week’s show we are joined by open source initiative Soundscape’s Jarnail Chudge. You can find out more about the work at https://soundscape.services/ You can download the iOS app from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/soundscape-community/id6449701760

On this week’s show Chris and Matt talk about the applicability of automation software produced by the likes of Microsoft (and how it’s becoming more useful). Chris’s original article can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-2023-year-tactical-automation-business-chris-weston-/

On this week’s show, you can hear Matt reflecting on the things that made an impact on him from last week’s Nudgestock festival in London. You can see all the talks he mentions linked from his blog article here:

It’s another round of Ask WB-40, where this week Matt & Chris take on listener questions about careers in technology, tech hype cycles, and (inevitably) AI amongst others.

On this week’s show we are joined by Henry Coutinho-Mason to talk about the art and science of trend-spotting.

On this week’s show we are joined by Christian Hunt who talks about how he brings Behavioural Science approaches into the world of compliance. You can find Christian’s book here: https://www.human-risk.com/humanizing-rules-book

On this week’s show we are joined by Alistair Doran to talk about the way in which the traditions of work and education get in the way of accessing the superpowers of the neurodiverse. If you would like to chat with Alistair about your own experiences of neurodiversity at work, he’d be delighted to speak. […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Tom Somers from Skenariolabs to talk about data in the world of the built environment.

On this week’s show we are joined by Matt Mower. You can find him on LinkedIn here, and the AgendaScope website can be found here.

On this week’s show we are joined by Caroline Carruthers to talk about her new Data Maturity research. You can get your own copy of the Carruthers & Jackson report here: https://carruthersandjackson.com/data-maturity-index/ The video Matt mentioned is here.

On this week’s show we are joined by Qualyfi’s Neil Marley to talk about upskilling the next generation of technologists.

This week we are joined by the inventor of Radical Knowledge Management Stephanie Barnes. She is a knowledge management consultant and artist with over 30 years of experience. In her consulting practice (Entelechy) she focuses on aligning people, process, and technology to not only help organisations be more efficient and effective with what they know, […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Nick Drage who tells us about his experience building games to use in businesses.

In this week’s marginally self-indulgent episode, Chris interview’s Matt about his new product, The PlayCards. If that’s piqued your interest, why not register for one of Matt’s free intro workshops here, or buy a pack of the cards to treasure forever here. WB-40 listeners can get a £5 discount with the code WB40 at the […]

We have another episode of Ask WB-40, with some cracking questions again coming from the audience. If you’d like to get an invite to the show’s Signal Channel, just drop us a line on Twitter.

On this week’s show we are joined by Sireesh Nallanthighal from The Car Crowd to talk about his career transition from the steady corporate life into the fast lane of a tech start up/scale up.

On this week’s show we are joined by Templfy’s Christian Lund to talk about the ways in which software companies account for the latest and greatest tech hypes. In Matt’s introduction he mentioned the work of extreme grumpiness from Chris King. It’s here: https://noscootersrequired.substack.com/p/the-frog-who-asked-for-nothing

On this week’s show we’re joined by 3Forge founder and CTO Robert Cooke to talk about why we possibly should think more about the history of Computer Science. If you want to find out more about the PlayCards that Matt keeps wanging on about, you can do so here.

On this week’s show we talk with John Sills about his new book The Human Experience.

On this week’s show we are joined by Data Orchard’s Sian Basker to talk about the nature of data in charities and other not-for-profit businesses.