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On this week’s show Matt & Chris discuss the challenges of information security awareness, and the energy hungry madness that is Bitcoin. Matt’s wonderful pizza oven is the Uuni 3. Nothing has made him that happy in ages. His phone with some battery is the Huawei Mate 10 Pro. The Digiconomist… Listen ⇢

On this week’s show Matt & Chris mull over our seeming obsession with work being a miserable activity. Join us for the WB40 Christmas Ramble on December 14th 2017, starting at 11am at Charing Cross Station. Tweet us at @WB40Podcast if you’d like to come along. You can find more… Listen ⇢

On this week’s show Chris meets up with CIO Mark Aikman to discuss how the CIO role is changing. For the 2017 WB40 Christmas Ramble, we’ll be taking Marcus Brown’s 90 Waypoint Walk somewhere in London on December 14th. If you’d like to join us then let us know on Twitter @wb40podcast. The… Listen ⇢

On this week’s show Matt talks to Hilary Gallo about power and negotiation. We also unveil the 2017 WB40 Christmas Ramble. More details soon, but essentially we’ll be taking Marcus Brown’s 90 Waypoint Walk somewhere in London on December 14th. If you’d like to join us then let us know… Listen ⇢

On this week’s show Chris & Matt look at the challenge that is posed by cultures of measurement, and the next wave of computing – that of the quantum variety. The This American Life episode Matt mentioned is here. Chris’s recommendation for a Quantum Physics primer is here.   Listen ⇢

This week Matt speaks with Marcus John Henry Brown about his series of talks describing a dystopian future world. You can find out more about Marcus’s work at http://www.marcusjohnhenrybrown.com/black-operatives-department-performance-keynote/ Listen ⇢

On this week’s show Chris & Matt ponder the latest weapons of mass disruption from the CBI, and explore what the future holds for IT Systems Integrators. The FAQ AI tool that Chris mentioned is here: https://qnamaker.ai/ The CBI’s Disrupting the Future is here: http://www.cbi.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/disrupting-the-future/ And the FT Article about… Listen ⇢

In our most self-referential episode yet, Matt & Chris reflect on a year of this podcasting lark. You can find out more about TechMums at http://techmums.co/ If you have suggestions for venues, please drop us a line. Matt’s podcast recommendations were: http://www.radiolab.org/ https://hornetheaven.com/ https://99percentinvisible.org/ Whilst Chris suggests: BBC Brexitcast https://athleticomince.com/ TechTent… Listen ⇢

  This week sees Chris reporting from the very last ship-bound IT Directors’ Forum.  Including interviews with GDPR expert Simon Morrissey from Lewis Silkin, ITDF stalwart Richard Blandford from Fordway, and Kim van Rooyen from Turner & Townsend. Listen ⇢