• WB40 Podcast: Episode 13 – Chasing silver bullets

    In this week’s episode Chris & Matt talk about the recurring allure of software that will magically change organisations. Listen ⇢

    WB40 Podcast: Episode 13 – Chasing silver bullets
  • WB40 Podcast – Episode 12: #noPC

    In this week’s show Chris & Matt give a quick update on the implications of Brexit on technology management, and then explore why enterprise needs to do to be ready for the post-PC era. Listen ⇢

    WB40 Podcast – Episode 12: #noPC
  • WB40 Podcast: Episode 11 – Licensing in the Cloud

    On this week’s show Chris interviews software asset management expert Kylie Fowler on the challenges of software acquisition in the Cloud, and Matt mildly panics about home security. Kylie Fowler can be contacted at http://itamintelligence.com/ Listen ⇢

    WB40 Podcast: Episode 11 – Licensing in the Cloud
  • WB40 Podcast: Episode 10 – Predictions

    In our first episode of 2017, we look at the nature of predictions and then cast our eye over some of the tech hypes that are seen to be the things for this year. The Dan Gardner books we mention are Risk, Future Babble and Superforecasting – all highly recommended. Matt’s blog… Listen ⇢

    WB40 Podcast: Episode 10 – Predictions
  • WB40 Podcast: Episode 9 – Lessons Learned in 2016

    Our last episode of 2016 looks back at 10 things we have learned over the course of a tumultuous year. Matt’s five things are here, and Chris’s here. The two books Matt mentioned are Give and Take and The Art of Thinking Clearly. Both are highly recommended. Finally, the Digital… Listen ⇢

    WB40 Podcast: Episode 9 – Lessons Learned in 2016
  • WB40: Episode 8 – Recruitment

    This week we look at the murky world of technology recruitment, and talk to two innovators to see where there are brighter futures. Chris’s blog article can be found on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/recruiters-people-arent-looking-chris-weston You can find out more about Katrina Collier’s business at http://www.thesearchologist.com/ And Pat Lynes‘ business Sullivan & Stanley is… Listen ⇢

    WB40: Episode 8 – Recruitment
  • WB40: Episode 7 – The Social CIO

    In this week’s episode Chris & Matt discuss the vagaries of corporate approaches to social networks, the role of role modelling for success in social, and we speak to former CIO and now startup and traditional firm advisor Ian Cohen about his approach. You can find Matt’s original blog here: https://mmitii.mattballantine.com/2016/11/24/the-anti-social/ which contains… Listen ⇢

    WB40: Episode 7 – The Social CIO
  • WB-40: Episode 6 – Cloud economics

    Cloud computing is more than just an architectural issue. In this week’s podcast Chris & Matt discuss the ways in which business and operating models need to adapt to take full advantage of Software, Platform and Infrastructure as a Service. Listen ⇢

    WB-40: Episode 6 – Cloud economics
  • WB-40: Episode 5 – 13 years since IT mattered

    It’s over 13 years since Nicholas Carr’s infamous HBR essay IT Doesn’t Matter. In this week’s WB-40 Matt and Chris look back at that article and ask what of it still might apply today. We are also joined by CIO expert Mark Chillingworth for his take on the importance of… Listen ⇢

    WB-40: Episode 5 – 13 years since IT mattered