(122) Graph

On this week’s show, we speak with Jonathan Lacefield from DataStax about Graph database technologies, and also discuss the recent startup guide to no-deal Brexit from Heather Burns and Coadec. You can download it here: https://coadec.com/news/no-deal-a-guide-for-startups/ Matt also mentioned the great (if somewhat depressing) book Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. It’s well worth a […]

(121) Diamond Geezer

On this week’s show Matt interviews 77diamonds.com‘s MD Tobias Kormind. Chris also talks about his latest read, Tom Chivers’ The AI Doesn’t Hate You.

(120) Building the Network

On this week’s show, Chris speaks with Mike Ames about Mike’s approach to networking. We also catch up with Paul Armstrong about the forthcoming TBD Conference in December. The first 10 WB-40 listeners can get a £600 for just £100 if you follow this link.

(119) Internet Fridges

On this week’s show we speak to Jason Murphy from IMS Evolve about connected devices at scale. Matt and Chris also chew the fat on the challenges that WhatsApp poses in government organisations and politics.

(118) Fall Back

On this week’s show you can hear Matt & Chris talking about some of the implications of facial recognition and deep fake technologies, and also quite how clever the Prince of Darkness Cummings may actually be. You can find Chris’s blog post here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/de-risking-personal-data-process-chris-weston/ And the Cummings post here: https://Dominiccummings.com/2019/06/26/on-the-referendum-33-high-performance-government-cognitive-technologies-michael-nielsen-bret-victor-seeing-rooms/ Matt is running a panel […]

(117) Is STEM the problem?

On this week’s show we speak with Amy Golding about her nology project. Matt mentioned the Value Proposition Canvas which you can find at https://www.strategyzer.com/ If you are interested in The Social CEO book in which Matt (amongst may others) has a chapter, you can pre-order it here: https://amzn.to/2StevNy (sponsored link). We’ll be back in September […]

(116) Consulting Artist

On this week’s show we speak with Consulting Artist Doug Shaw about the work he does with his corporate clients exploring ambiguity, and Matt accuses Chris of the most appalling crime. –Transcript by otter.ai. Included for search purposes. ———– Matt Ballantine 0:20 Hello, and welcome to Episode 116 of WB 40, the weekly podcast with […]

(115) Innovating

On this week’s show Matt & Chris chew the fat over the concept of Innovation. Some of the models that Matt talks about can be found in this short thread of blog posts: https://mmitii.mattballantine.com/2019/06/26/innovation-in-4-diagrams-1-digital-architecture/ Chris’s South Park reference is here: -Transcript produced by Otter.ai. You might use it for accessibility, but it’s really here so […]

(114) Social Listening

On this week’s show Matt speaks with Jeremy Hollow from Listen & Learn Research about social insight. We also have Yin & Yang, and here’s Chris’s scary Yang…

(113) Fire Safety

As we pass the two-year anniversary of the Grenfell Disaster, on this week’s show we speak with fire safety campaigner Phil Murphy about fire engineering and the role of tech. You can find Phil on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/manccommunities We also quiz Chris on his book knowledge. It didn’t go well.