WB-40

On this week’s show we are joined by Red Hat’s Mary Provinciatto to talk about her work helping organisations to move into a truly Agile way of working. As it’s the last show before our summer break, we also have a quick look back at seven shows from the first half of 2021 that you […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Julia Jones to talk about how the New Normal might need a new type of leadership.

This week we are joined by Defence and Security specialist Alex Woolfson to talk about the ways and means of contemporary warfare.

On this week’s show we are joined by Clare Johnson who talks about how she inspires children and adults to follow careers into Cyber Security.

On this week’s show we are joined by Dr Alaina Szlachta who helps us explore perspectives on learning. You can find Alaina on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaina-szlachta-phd-5a9ba594/ and her business can be found at https://www.bydesigndevelopmentsolutions.com/

On this week’s show we are joined by Nigel Walsh to explore the worlds of insurance and technology. You can find Nigel on Twitter at https://twitter.com/nigelwalsh, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelwalsh/ and on his podcast at https://ii.11fs.com/.

On this week’s show it’s a welcome return for Tracy Keogh from Grow Remote who talks about how the pandemic has influenced their work, and how organisations need to think Remote First.

On this week’s show we have a return visitor in Amanda Brock from Open UK. We talk to Amanda about open business models, a research project on the UK Open Technology market, and COP26. You can find our more about Open UK’s work at https://openuk.uk/ This week’s automated transcription: Intro Chris: Welcome back everybody. After […]

On this week’s show we are joined by poet Mr Gee who helps us explore the world of words, and the advantages of crossing disciplines. You can see his most recent performance for the ODI here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7p2kJX3nTE

On this week’s podcast we speak with IDC CIO whisperer Marc Dowd about how the role has developed, where it is now, and where it might be heading.

On this week’s show we are joined by Claire Selby who talks about her project with Kingston University students Not My Beautiful House, and combining work and experience into higher education. You can find out more – Links : https://www.spacehive.com/spaceforkingston Twitter : https://twitter.com/NMBH_KUSInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/notmybeautifulhousekingston/ Studio KT1 : https://www.studiokt1.com/KUS : https://www.kingstonstudents.net/creative-meanwhile This week’s automated transcript… Intro Matt: We are back. […]

On this week’s show we are joined by music artist, designer and story-teller Timo Peach to explore the history of music technology, and ask what we might learn from it to apply to other realms of tech? You can find out more about Timo’s work at https://www.momotempo.co.uk/ This week’s automatically generated transcript… Intro Chris: Welcome […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Linda Chandler to talk about the rise of hyperlocal working. You can find her Digital High Street eBook series – first 2 books on Retail Experience and Mobility The Digital High Street eBook Series | TLA Education Working Group And last week’s – 4 Digital High Street […]

On this week’s show we talk to Marcus John Henry Brown about his latest work Hanging in There. You can also find his previous work on his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcusJohnHenryBrown/videos This week’s automatically generated transcript… Intro Matt: Well welcome once again to WB 40 and you join us in the bubble, that is the […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Matt D’Ancona to talk about his forthcoming book Identity, Ignorance, Innovation. You can find out more about it here:https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/matthew-dancona-5/identity-ignorance-innovation/9781529303995/?v2=true And you can pre-order it through your favourite local independent bookshop here. The machine-generated transcript starts here: Intro Chris: Hello, and welcome to the latest episode. You join […]

On this week’s show we are joined by David D’Souza to talk about the Human Resources profession, multi-skilled business enabling teams, and how he might have rumbled the whole world of the CIO. The week’s automatically generated transcript… Intro Matt: Once again we find ourselves recording at least I think that’s what we’re doing. Hopefully […]

On this week’s WB-40 we talk with Antony Slumbers about the commercial property market and the way that the pandemic might change who provides office space in the future. The Automatically Generated Transcript… Intro Chris: So, hello and welcome to another episode of WB 40. We are here today with as Matt said in the […]

On this week’s show we talk with Tech Monitor‘s Ed Qualtrough about the ways in which people are rebelling against the tech giants, and how the CIO might be the most adapt to change in the C-Suite.

On this week’s show we are joined by Julia Hobsbawm to talk about how the pandemic and lockdown may prove to be a catalyst to change more about work than just the physical workplace. You can find more about Julia’s work with the Demos Workshift Commission here:https://demos.co.uk/project/the-workshift-commission/ Show Transcript (Automatically generated) Intro Matt:  Once again, […]

On this week’s show we speak to Roland Harwood about liminal things and places. You can find out more about Roland’s business Liminal here: https://www.weareliminal.co/ And his podcast On The Edge is here: https://www.weareliminal.co/ontheedge Transcript This is an automated transcript, so there may be errors, some of which might be hilarious. That’s just the machines […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Richard Sage to explore the murky world of IT strategy. You can subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at https://resage.substack.com/ And there is more about his IT Strategy course here: https://howtoitstrategy.com/ This week’s show transcript: Intro Matt: [00:00:00] So once again, we find ourselves on the precipice of another […]

On this week’s show Chris and Matt talk about why big tech social networks have been in the news again. Chris is also quizzed on his tech company history knowledge. This week’s transcript: Introduction Matt: [00:00:00] So just the two of us this week very sadly Charlotte G who was supposed to be joining us. […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Adapt2Digital‘s Mel Ross. More information about the online networking session for people looking to provide online access to people can be found here: https://accesswy.org/digital-access-national-network-meet-up-thursday-14th-jan-1830/

We’re back for a new year and a look at what technology leaders might need to be concerning themselves in the 12 months ahead.

On this week’s show, the last of the year, Chris and Matt review the top 10 shows by download of 2020. You can find the originals here: 10 – (160) Liminal 9 – (136) Homeopathic IT 8 – (146) Designing Home Schooling 7 – (139) Meetings, remote meetings 6 – (143) Socially isolated 5 – […]

On this week’s show Chris & Matt discuss the recent controversy around Microsoft’s Productivity reporting in Microsoft365, and also we see the (un)welcome return of our snappily-named feature The National Anthem of the Country whose annual energy consumption has just been surpassed by Bitcoin Mining. On December 16th we are having a party to celebrate […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Sarah Weller and Jemma Jackson who share their experience of starting up their new business https://www.weareelement.com/ in the middle of a global pandemic.

On this week’s show we talk with Professor Liz Stokoe about the science of conversation. You can read more about Liz’s work in her book Talk, and see her talk about it in this TED Talk:

On this week’s show we are talking with expert CIO Mark Aikman about transformation and his new venture.

On this week’s show we are joined by Michelle Minnikin from Work Pirates to talk about changing how work works. You can find out more about their next pirate gathering here:https://www.workpirates.com/gatherings

On this week’s show we are joined by Emily Middleton, a partner at Public Digital, to talk about how Digital Transformation works in lower- and middle-income economies.

On this week’s show we are joined by Amy Kean to talk Advertising, Agencies, Events and the huge importance of diversity and inclusion. There is also mention of caravans. If you want to find out more about Amy’s DICE initiative, you can do so here:https://www.getdice.co.uk/ There’s also more about her Practice Makes UnPerfect programme with […]

On this week’s show, Chris & Matt open up the WB-40 Helpdesk to answer some listener questions.

On this week’s show we are joined by Edafe Onerhime who talks about the breadth of skills that an organisation might need to consider when thinking about upping their data game.

On this week’s show Chris & Matt discuss whether it really is so surprising that Covid data is being fed through Excel.

On this week’s show we are joined by artist Steve Chapman to talk about his podcast project Sound of Silence.

On this week’s show we chat with Wendy Kendall and Tom Cheesewright about how with increasing remote working, organisations need to think again about how people learn the ropes of work… You can find out more about Wendy here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyakendall/ And more about Tom here: https://tomcheesewright.com/

On this week’s show Chris & Matt meet technologist Dave Rogers and explore the concept of Toxic IT. You can read Dave’s Toxic IT articles on his blog here: https://daverog.com/

On this week’s show we talk conversational UI, humanising technology and healthcare with Vala Health CEO Pete Trainor.

On this week’s show we explore how the bits of work we might be missing most in lockdown are those that are the bits between the actual work. We also ask the question “Is IT a Social Science?” Here are the two Twitter threads that inspired this week’s show: And Randy Connolly’s article about Social […]

On this week’s show Chris and Matt reflect on the non-linear journey that coming out of COVID Lockdown might prove to be, and Matt also spends time talking with Naomi Oiku, Hannah-Mae Graham and Jordan Scudder from the Student Radio Association about student media in the 2020s.

On this week’s show we wave a friendly “Hello Again” to Tom Geraghty, who shares his thoughts on the concept of psychological safety, and the role it has to play in establishing high performing teams. You can find out more about Tom’s work at his website: https://tomgeraghty.co.uk/index.php/category/tech/

On this week’s show we are joined again by Phil Murphy to hear about what’s been happening around fire safety in buildings since we last spoke a year ago.

On this week’s show we speak with Charity IT leader Paul Smith about the impact of Covid on the not-for-profit sector, and how technology might help charities to survive and thrive in the future.

On this week’s show we are joined by Sharon o’Dea to talk about whether the future of work is actually mostly about the future of meetings. Sharon’s posts about the New Abnormal can be found here:https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/road-remote-first-sharon-o-dea/ and here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/road-remote-part-2-spaces-support-comms-sharon-o-dea/ And you can find here on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/sharonodea

On this week’s show Chris & Matt discuss the current state of Cloud technology, spurred by some dodgy IBM marketing. We also touch on the COVID tracing app, and Matt talks role specs. The DDaT Job Family work that Matt mentioned is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digital-data-and-technology-profession-capability-framework The article about Maersk is here:https://gvnshtn.com/maersk-me-notpetya/ And if you’d like to […]

On this week’s show we are joined by Kursty Groves from Shape and David o’Coimin from Nook as we continue our adventures to try to make sense of the workplace of the future.

On this week’s show we talk with OpenUK CEO Amanda Brock about Open Source technology, IP protection, and a fascinating education collaboration with Imogen Heap to spread the word about Open approaches. You can find out more about OpenUK at https://openuk.uk/ and nominate someone for their awards at https://openuk.uk/awards.

On this week’s show we talk to David Ivell from Enginuity about the work they have been doing to explore engineering skills through the world of Minecraft. You can find out more about Skills Miner here: Skills-Miner.com And their new digital and engineering platform here: Enginuity.org/engage