Episode 85 – Shift Strategies

On this week’s show we speak to Simon White about his Shift Strategies project. This week’s internet Yang was the remarkable Jimi Halloween. Don’t forget you can join the conversation on WhatsApp – just drop us a line on Twitter for the magic link. —- This transcript is generated by http://otter.ai. It […]

Episode 84 – Apprenticeships Redux

On this week’s show Chris interviews Tony Harper from Digital Native about the current state of apprenticeships in the UK. We also reflect on Dan Pink’s book Drive, and pick the next WB40 Bookclub book – Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers. Don’t forget you can join the conversation over on our WhatsApp Channel – just drop us a line […]

Episode 83 – Agile Leadership

On this week’s show, Matt spoke with Simon Hayward, author of the book Agile Leadership. Don’t forget you can join the WB40 WhatsApp Group – just drop us a line on Twitter, and we’ll send you a link.

Episode 82 – Remote First

On this week’s show we review Bob Hayward and Nick Baldock’s book Persuade. The next book up on the WB40 Bookclub list is Dan Pink’s Drive. Matt also speaks to NetGuru CEO Wiktor Schmidt about how he’s built his business on the principle of Remote First. Don’t forget you can join the conversation on WhatsApp – just […]

Episode 81 – Things on the Internet

On this week’s show Matt speaks with Quby’s Head of Data Science, Stephen Galsworthy at the Databricks Spark+AI Summit about the challenges of using data to change behaviours. We also have the return of Internet Yin and Yang. Chris chose this minor mishap from Google as his Yin, and the remarkable Brexit tech resource after […]

Episode 80 – Judgement

On this week’s show Chris & Matt speak about Judgement – judgement of the book that was this week’s Bookclub focus, The Master Algorithm, judgement of whether computers will ever possess judgement, and last but not least how to make a judgement of technology suppliers, especially in regard to information security. You can find the […]

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