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Nadine Thomson, Global CTO of MediaCom, on the need to avoid bubbles in advertising. Sep 02, 2020

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Nadine joins the podcast to discuss the role of human moderation in AI, and why we must guard against unconscious bias via our social behaviour. We also look at how a shift to local is likely in the post-Covid society and what that means for the tech industry.

David Ripert, CEO of Poplar Studio, discusses how AR is on the brink of a breakthrough. Aug 28, 2020

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David is joining us to talk about how augmented reality is making waves in retail, and how the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of the tech. But who is going to provide the equipment to take AR from the early adopters to mass appeal? What does the future hold? Interested and keen to find out more about Poplar Studio? https://www.poplar.studio

Santosh Sahu, CEO & founder of Charac, is helping pharmacies reach their community via tech. Aug 25, 2020

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Santosh Sahu is building a tech platform to help independent pharmacies reach their customers, and compete with much big chains; and explore how he hopes to grow the platform (even in these challenging times). We also discuss the knowledge gap between how small and medium sized business view 'digital', versus what embracing tech might mean for them.

Siobhan Winiberg, Head of HR at EVO Payments, tells us "cash is dirty". Aug 21, 2020

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Siobhan joins the show to discuss the effects of lockdown on a global business and it's culture. We also dive into the payments industry, discuss alternatives to cash and why tech-enabled business is bouncing back.

Brian Femminella, CEO of Soundmind, is the 20 year old using tech to treat PTSD Aug 18, 2020

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Brian joined the US military and witnessed the effects of PTSD on his friends firsthand. Aged 18 it moved him enough to research and build a platform to help suffers of trauma. Brian is still only 20, all of his exec team are students; they are using music to help people and have built credibility in the science community. Frankly, we're very impressed and implore you listen to this amazing young leader. https://www.soundmindsolutions.org/

Ian Watt, Chief Product Officer at Tellimer, on how he incubated a new business within a legacy one. Aug 14, 2020

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Ian Watt is the Chief Product Officer at Tellimer, a Fintech platform for emerging markets investment research, data, and news. today he's talking about his role in building a new business out of another organisation, and how he created a new culture as well as a new tech stack. Also on the show, where is the worst city in the UK for internet outages? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/13/bristol-is-worst-uk-city-for-broadband-outages-with-169-hours-a-year

David Chance, VP Strategy & Innovation, discusses the need for the UK to evolve payment processes. Aug 11, 2020

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David Chance discusses how the UK has fallen behind Europe on payment innovation, the regulation that can be used to catch-up, and how a little imaginative thinking can improve retail experiences and close growing equality gaps in society.

Faisal Abbasi, MD of IPSoft UK&I, introduces Amelia to your office. Aug 07, 2020

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Faisal talks to us about Amelia, a digital assistant able to automate many tasks around the office with a human face! However how to we ensure the AI learns the right behaviours, and how does this level of automation interact with your existing teams?

Jason Goodall, NTT Ltd CEO, talks about adopting a start-up mentality to find purpose. Aug 04, 2020

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Jason Goodall is leading a 50,000 strong organisation that's only a year old. In the show today we discover why a startup mentality is helping his team build something new, and why tech can embrace the post-Covid society to drive positive transformation.

Stuart Bannerman, Lead Architect at Tangent, on why companies were left scrambling to scale. Jul 31, 2020

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Today's show we're talking to Stu Bannerman, who gives his take on why companies struggled to meet demand during the height of the pandemic, and why disaster recovery was left in the long grass (and hopefully won't be again) by too many! Also on the show we're discussing the #challengeaccepted trend, what it says, and whether it's making the impact it should: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/30/is-the-challengeaccepted-trend-simply-a-miss-instagram-pageant-or-something-more

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