Episode 79 – Bernie Projects

On this week’s show Chris & Matt discuss the nature of “Bernie” projects – those IT initiatives that continue to chug along even though everyone involved knows that the patient is dead. We also have Internet Yin in the form of Google Don’t Be Evil and Google, really, Don’t Be Evil. And the best Internet Yang so […]

Episode 78 – Neurodiversity

On this week’s show, Matt interviews psychologist Nancy Doyle about neurodiversity and the tech industry. You can find Nancy’s BPS report here: https://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/psychology-work-improving-wellbeing-and-productivity-workplace And Genius within can be found at https://www.geniuswithin.co.uk/ This week we also reviewed Seth Stephens-Davidowitz’s Everybody Lies. The next Bookclub book is The Master Algorithm.

Episode 77 -Digital Workplaces

On this week’s show Matt meets workplace specialist Neil Usher to discuss the nature of digital workplaces. You can find out more in Neil’s book The Elemental Workplace. This week’s Internet Yin is best described here: http://time.com/5339037/turtle-video-plastic-straw-ban/ And the Yang, the Web Design Museum, is here: https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/ (Hat tip to the wonderful Imperica Web Curios – https://www.imperica.com/en/newsletter) Chris’s spot […]

Episode 76 – Blockchain Redux

This week we review Daniel Coyle’s The Culture Code. The next book on the Bookclub shelf is Everybody Lies, by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. The Economist’s series of articles on Blockchain, Bitcoin and Distributed Ledgers start here: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/08/30/bitcoin-and-other-cryptocurrencies-are-useless

Episode 75 – Internet of Maturing Things

On this week’s show Chris speaks to Charles Joel from Gardner Denver about how the world of IoT is maturing in the realm of heavy industry. Further detail on this can be found in their white paper. The Austrian National Anthem was brought to you in reference to this site: https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption Next week we’ll be reviewing […]

Episode 74 – Book Club Special

On this week’s show Matt and Chris discuss their summer holiday reading, in which they got to at least chapter 3 in the following: Be More Pirate The Everything Store The Upstarts The Psychopath Test Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume One The next WB40 Bookclub Book is The Culture Code. You can find more details about […]

WB-40 Summer Special – Masters of Data

Chris and Matt are now off on their summer holidays, but a few weeks ago Matt caught up with Ben Newton to be interviewed on Ben’s show Masters of Data. So we thought you might like to check that out. Normal WB-40 Service will resume on August 20th. And you can keep in touch in […]

Episode 73 – What Good Looks Like

On this week’s show we welcome back the WB40 Bookclub. We review Ryan Holiday’s The Obstacle is the Way (Spoiler: we didn’t like it). For the next four weeks we have two more titles for your reading pleasure: Be More Pirate by Sam Conniff Allende The Everything Store by Brad Stone Also on this week’s show […]

Episode 72 – Digital Health

On this week’s show we interview Diffrnt Group CEO Rachel Murphy about a new approach to consulting, and the challenges of digital in the Health industry. This week’s fontastic Internet Yang is retold in this story from The Globe and Mail. Join us at the WB40Podcast WhatsApp group! Just drop us a line on Twitter and […]

Episode 71 – Skillz

On this week’s show we review John Doerr’s Measure What Matters as book number 4 in the WB40 Bookclub, and Chris speaks to staffing expert Mark Hankin about the evolving IT work market. Don’t forget you can join the conversation by joining out WhatsApp group – just drop us a line on Twitter for an […]