• (288) Crowdfunding

    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… Listen ⇢

    (288) Crowdfunding
  • (287) Strategic Storytelling

    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… Listen ⇢

    (287) Strategic Storytelling
  • (286) Heat Exchange

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

    (286) Heat Exchange
  • (285) A new era

    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… Listen ⇢

    (285) A new era
  • (284) Good Girl Deprogramming

    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/ Listen ⇢

    (284) Good Girl Deprogramming
  • (283) Accessibility

    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 Listen ⇢

    (283) Accessibility
  • (282) Psych Safety in Action

    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… Listen ⇢

    (282) Psych Safety in Action
  • (281) Intelligent Agents

    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:… Listen ⇢

    (281) Intelligent Agents
  • Ask 2024

    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… Listen ⇢

    Ask 2024