Today we talk to Lewis Silkin's CTO Alex Bazin. We're chatting about investment in technology, helping make people happy and not forgetting the human factor.

Karolina Fidrych also drops in to tell us about this year's Boycott Your Bed - find out more about Action for Children, and the Harvey Nash team's efforts, below:

https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/
https://www.justgiving.com/team/harveynash22

Can technology makes lawyers happy?

Today Richard Felton-Thomas joins us to talk about the bias in sport talent spotting. AI Scout is an app that uses data to benchmark talent, giving scouts a tool to augment their activities and give more opportunity to those who might otherwise miss out. On the eve (almost) of the FIFA Women's World Cup, we're celebrating anything that expands inclusion and opportunity,

We also chat about Reality+, who have partnered with OTZ Sports to launch 'Own The Zone', a game with technology at it's heart.

Can AI reduce bias in sports talent spotting and give equal opportunity?

Felix Atkin (CEO and founder of Sharesy) joins the podcast to talk about building a platform that allows community spaces across London take bookings, revitalizing their use. It's an impact startup inspired by the want to do good, and the work of previous 'Tech Talks' alumni such as Tessa Clarke.

Also on today's show, a new feature, the 'Friday News Flash'. Cathy White draws our attention to crisis at Devternity. The whole article is at: https://www.404media.co/devternity-fake-speakers-eduard-sizovs/

Lastly you might notice some new music on the show. We've partnered with the amazing Lemzi (more on this in a few episodes). Give him a follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5TACkrIqhdLJmX1TcjpDKu?si=K1qaPSv0S_2heRilEKp2DQ

We discover how tech is giving new life to local community spaces.

On today's show we welcome David Wong, Chief Product Officer at Thomson Reuters, to the podcast. Thomson Reuters have a report exploring AI and productivity. Productivity has been on the lips of so many in the industry since the Pandemic, but what does the data actually say?

We talk about the report at length, but download it here for yourself: https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/campaigns/future-of-professionals.html

You might notice some new music on the show. We've partnered with the amazing Lemzi (more on this in a few episodes). Give him a follow on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/5TACkrIqh…v0S_2heRilEKp2DQ

What does GenAI really mean for the future of professionals?

We know there is a climate crisis, but what can we do? 

Joel Tasche (founder and co-CEO of Cleanhub) took matters into his own hands, and here talks about Cleanhub's mission and the circular economy. 

We're also talking about the importance of storytelling as a founder: https://www.forbes.com/sites/abdoriani/2022/10/24/storytelling-tips-for-founder-from-the-science-of-storytelling-by-will-storr/?sh=18860eb5783e

We're drowning in plastic, so how can technology help?

45% of women are leaving within the first 8 years of their career. How can we stop that and celebrate women? Sarah Persov, Engineering Team Lead at Dojo, talks about championing women in technology and her career, and why her advice for her boss is refreshingly direct.

Also on the show we chat to the artist behind out sound, Lemzi. Check out his music and shows on his website: https://www.lemzi.com/

Sarah's message is simple, "Don't be a dick".

Web Summit was all about AI… yes. But more than that; it was how technology is continually being used to push boundaries and democratize services and information. Here are two more examples concerning mental health and impact investment! Helping shine a light on these topics are Tom Winterton, Head of Platform at Invest Engine, and Michel Valstar, CEO of BlueSkyeye AI.

Also on the show we're chatting about the most searched Google searches! Thanks to Calum Warren-Piper at PHA for drawing attention to this article: https://www.semafor.com/article/12/11/2023/googles-year-in-search-results-revealed

The music on Tech Talks is by London artist Lemzi. Check out his music and store at www.lemzi.com

A month on, we look back to our conversations at Web Summit

Steve Salvin (Chief Executive at Aiimi) has been helping organisations make sense of their data for a long time. Whilst the terms are new, the processes aren't necessarily. So amongst experimentation, and some banning AI, what actually comes next, and who should be steering the direction of your business?

Also on today's show we have a chat about an article on Unleash (by Lucy Buchholz) about a study which suggests 18% of North American employees are considering leaving their role in 2024: https://www.unleash.ai/company-culture/18-of-american-employees-are-considering-leaving-their-current-roles-in-2024/

The music on Tech Talks is by London artist Lemzi. Check out his music and store at www.lemzi.com

"In 5-7 years, 70% of business activities will be done by GenAI": Are you ready?

Suki Fuller was recently named the most influential woman in UK technology by Computer Weekly. What's got Suki to this point in her career, and who or what were her inspirations? How is she trying to help the next generation of industry leaders?

Also on today's episode we hear from Richard Davies, UK Managing Director at Netcompany. He's keen other leads pay attention to the lessons to be learned from the IT failures at the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-67503126

The music on Tech Talks is by London artist Lemzi. Check out his music and store at www.lemzi.com

Introducing the UK's most influential women in tech… Suki Fuller

As a society we need to do better than digging up fossil fuels, and consumers should make better choices. But how does a company take that belief and turn it into a profitable enterprise? This Boxing Day we catch up with Satnam Surae, PhD, CTO and co-founder at Twig and ask about their path to success.

The music on Tech Talks is by London artist Lemzi. Check out his music and store at www.lemzi.com

The algorithm mightier than the pipette: is technology changing science?

Griffin Parry is CEO and founder of M3ter, a business powering every variation of usage-based pricing for companies at all stages of growth. 

He has already built and successfully exited one startup, and he's doing it all over again. What did he do last time that he won't this time around? What lessons are there for other entrepreneurs?

On the show David is also joined by 'Tech Talks Daily' host Neil C. Hughes, freelance journalist and industry commentator.

The music on Tech Talks is by London artist Lemzi. Check out his music and store at www.lemzi.com

What does it take to successfully exit?

Happy New Year! Is it new year, new you? 

Today we chat to Everyrun founder Alona Lashchenko, who's built a platform that's a running community that she hopes will tackle loneliness and obesity. That's despite having to leave Ukraine and relocate in Oxford.

Well here on the podcast it's new year, same content. We hope you enjoy the show in 2024 and thanks for listening! The music on Tech Talks is by London artist Lemzi. Check out his music and store at www.lemzi.com

It's the new year, could tackling health and your mental health be one of your resolutions?

Sebastian is CEO of Parcelly, an app that puts you in charge of your parcels. You get the option of getting parcels delivered to an address that's convenient to you. The company display innovation and green credentials. Find out more in this week's podcast.

Tech Talks ft Sebastian Steinhauser

Ems will help you find a new home by getting to know you. Alex Sullivan is building a business and a product with clear purpose behind it! Have a listen to his story on this weeks show, and gain his insight into funding and culture.

Tech Talks with Alex Sullivan from Ems

Daniel is the COO of BuffaloGrid, the mobile power and internet service for the off-grid world. They are on a mission to connect the next billion. The platform uses solar energy, innovative technology and a cashless payment system to provide power-as-a-service where it’s needed most, helping users integrate into the digital world.

Also on today's pod, a chat about AI and the seas:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ai-tech-offers-hope-for-coral-reefs_uk_5b6435cde4b0b15abaa213fa

TechTalks meets Daniel Fogg, COO at BuffaloGrid

Simon is CTO of Nominet UK, the domain name registrar. With responsibility for delivering the innovation pipeline, research and development through to commercialisation, Simon describes his role in helping avoid a 'Kodak moment'. During the chat we also talk about the role of education in helping shape the tech sector of the future.

Our article for today's show comes from UKTN;

https://www.uktech.news/news/industry-analysis/opportunity-for-startups-as-uk-ceos-increasingly-looking-for-innovation-partners-20180813

Tech Talks meets Simon McCalla, CTO of Nominet UK

the internet industry. In this interview we focus on putting users in charge of the content they see online, and building a user driven means to police and regulate content platforms.

Also in the pod, Coca-Cola, Costa and digital strategies:

https://www.uktech.news/news/industry-analysis/a-data-led-loyalty-programme-will-help-costa-coffee-following-its-acquisition-20180831

Tech Talks with Ben Williams, Director of Advocacy, EYEO

Kate Ward joins us to talk about her role at Refinery29; the global media and entertainment company focused on celebrating women, their diverse voices and experiences. We discuss purpose, what on the agenda for Refinery29 and how to appeal to women across different platforms and geographies.

Also on the show we talk about Intra, a censor-busting app from Google: 
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/03/googles-cyber-unit-jigsaw-introduces-intra-a-security-app-dedicated-to-busting-censorship/

Tech Talks meets Kate Ward, Executive Vice-President of Refinery29

Our guest on this show is Nicole Dezen, General Manager, Consumer and Device Sales for UK and Ireland at Microsoft. There is great insight into the culture of the organisation, and why it’s good not to be the smartest people in the room. Nicole is passionate about inclusion in the workplace and that is another major theme in the pod.

Yessi Bello Perez (Editor of UK Tech News) is a guest panellist and brings this article along to discuss with Dave and Jack:
https://www.uktech.news/news/industry-analysis/forget-oil-is-data-the-new-fur-20181004 

There is also a plug for a brilliant diversity event coming up later this month. Go and attend!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unconventional-paths-into-tech-tickets-50780600142

Tech Talks meets Nicole Dezen, General Manager at Microsoft

Three more interviews from the final day of Web Summit, and a wrap up with Jack. Dave picks over the general themes coming out of the conference and reasons for attending. We also hear from Shadow Cabinet member, Chi Onwurah MP.

Bonus Content - Tech Talks at Web Summit 2018 pt 2

Hannah Allen has been an Associate Medical Director at Babylon Health. She talks about femtech and how a lot of tech is created for men by men, how data needs to be handled with responsibility, and how technology is helping grant access and health education to communities in poorer parts of the world.

Also on the show… Dave and Jack talk about social media’s role in parenting, and an app that locks your kid’s phone if they ignore your texts!
https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2019/01/11/sharing-your-childrens-bad-behavior-on-social-media-is-making-it-worse/ 
https://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/mobile-phones/dad-creates-app-that-locks-your-childs-phone-until-they-answer-your-text/news-story/cc3f770a6ad3f1687133618fe4188a16

Whilst you’re here, head over to www.audible.co.uk/techtalks for your free month-trial and start your year with a great listening experience!

Episode 165 with Dr Hannah Allen, Associate Medical Director at Babylon Health

Naimish Gohill joins the podcast to talk about his journey from lost 16-year old, to successful founder and CEO. Satchel started as a mission to transform homework and communication in Naimish’s school has transformed into a global brand, saving teachers time, improving schools and streamlining classroom management. 

Jack and Dave share their latest insight on the tech market with a special focus on the most exciting UK tech startups.

Whilst you’re here, vote for our Technology Personality of the Year! Details are here: https://app.hubspot.com/content-detail/4452630/landing-page/7063116024/performance

Episode 177 with Naimish Gohil, Founder & CEO of Satchel

Today’s show welcomes both co-founders of Koala, Hui Wang and Stuart Megarry. They are on a mission to fundamentally change how travel is booked and experienced. They aim to match solo travellers and provide the unique trips and experiences. We chat about how tech can improve travel and how the business grew out of a personal challenge.

Also on the show Sian Bradley drops in to join in a chat about Momo and some of the latest tech at MWC.

Whilst you’re here, vote for our Technology Personality of the Year! Details are here: https://app.hubspot.com/content-detail/4452630/landing-page/7063116024/performance

Episode 179 with Hui Wang & Stuart Megarry, co-founders of Koala

On the show today we chat with Karsten, the COO of UKCloud. Karsten was a deeply technical professional who has pivoted his career to focus on customer service and culture. In this interview we’re exploring how he’s implementing a customer centric culture at UKCloud and helping the business go through a period of rapid growth.

We’re at Big Data World on Wednesday, and Dave is hosting the main stage! Come and have a chat, and hear from a rage of incredible speakers: https://bit.ly/2BV3ZaN

Episode 181 with Karsten Smet, COO of UKCloud Ltd

On today’s show we’re joined by Jason Dormieux, Global CTO at Wavemaker; except he’s a CTO with a difference, because the ‘T’ is for transformation. We chat about how the products you build change your own organisation, how sometimes incremental steps aren’t enough, and query if data is sexy or not. 

Dave and Jack then discuss a couple of pieces of tech news (such as Apple’s foray into banking), and we’re raising awareness of our partnership with Alive & Kicking. If they sound like a charity you want to support, and you think we need extra running motivation, please support us/them; https://www.justgiving.com/teams/techtalksharveynash

Episode 187 with Jason Dormieux, Global CTO at Wavemaker

What is transhumanism? Enhancing the human experience via technology. Why should we care about transhumanism? Regulation is a huge topic that we often discuss. Transhumanism is theoretical but forces us to think about ethics and the challenges faced by society in a new light, with technology playing a key role. It takes arguments to the extremes. To help us through this slightly ‘out-there’ debate we welcome Kate Levchuk to the show. Kate is a Forbes contributor, conference host and speaker, and runs the website www.kategoestech.com 

Kate is also part of our panel at our live show discussing AI in enterprise on the 9th May. We’ve got a packed program, we’re announcing the winner of our Tech Personality of the Year and we’ve got an Unbound ticket giveaway. We’d love you to join us: http://meetu.ps/e/GCFZd/zhMPk/f

Episode 190 with Kate Levchuk, tackling transhumanism

Vitkor is CMO at Freetrade, a challenger stockbroker, so today we’re diving into a reasonably new part of the fintech sector! The app allows users to invest in shares with zero commission or fees, using only your smartphone. Trading democratised for the 21st century! In the interview we also explore Viktor’s career, and his willingness to support his partner.

On the 9th May we’re going ‘Live’ with a show you can join! We’ve got a packed program, we’re announcing the winner of our Tech Personality of the Year and we’ve got an Unbound ticket giveaway. Come join us: http://meetu.ps/e/GCFZd/zhMPk/f

Episode 192 with Viktor Nebehaj, CMO of Freetrade

Paul Schulz, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Perkbox, joins us this Easter Monday. We’re talking all about culture, innovation and the role of the product and technology functions in fast growing businesses. We get the views of someone who has been building software products for 27 years into how to scale a digital business successful. From everyone at Tech Talks, Happy Easter!  

On the 9th May we’re going ‘Live’ with a show you can join! We’ve got a packed program, we’re announcing the winner of our Tech Personality of the Year and we’ve got an Unbound ticket giveaway. Come join us: http://meetu.ps/e/GCFZd/zhMPk/f

Episode 193 with Paul Schulz, CPTO at Perkbox

Ian is the CTO of GL Education, a North-East based EdTech business. We talk about why the industry resonated with him, and how data can unlock a whole new approach to education that not only helps teachers, but helps better understand students as a whole.

GL Education are currently hiring. If the North-East sounds like it might be a place to continue or kick-start your career, why not check out what positions they have available? https://microsites.harveynash.com/gleducation/

We are running the Hackney Half Marathon on the 19th of May for Alive & Kicking. You’ve heard all about them in the show advert… please help us support them: https://www.justgiving.com/teams/techtalksharveynash

Episode 199 with Ian Tufts, CTO at GL Education

Today we're talking about the good work a community can do when it comes together. For over 20 years the technology community has supported Byte Night. Working with Action for Children, Byte Night raises money to support homeless young people. We talk to the London Chair Alastair, who shares his own person story and the stories of some of the individuals this event has supported over time. 

If you would like to join Alastair and David at Byte Night please register your interest: https://www.bytenight.org.uk/register/

Episode 202 with Alastair Brown, London Chair at Byte Night

The podcast marks a year of GDPR with an episode exploring data, privacy and how organisations are dealing with new regulation. Richard is the Managing Director of 55, a french consultancy business helping firms audit their data, and ensure their marketing strategies are compliant. So, how has GDPR been interpreted, and how are companies responding?

Episode 203 with Richard Wheaton, MD of 55

We operate in a world of extreme speed, and business is struggling to keep up. Due to the challenges her friends and peers faced Sophie got writing. Putting together her experiences from being CEO of The Caffeine Partnership, she’s written an Amazon bestseller; Superfast: Lead at Speed. In this podcast we talk through some of the key learnings of the book!

If (after listening to the pod) you want to read, or listen to Sophie reading the book yourself then you can!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Superfast-Lead-speed-Sophie-Devonshire/dp/1473661862 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Superfast-Lead-at-Speed/dp/B07PJYC379/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/2/20751353/google-auction-android-search-choice-screen

Whilst you’re here, join us at Tech Hub London on August the 22nd. We’re putting together a panel to discuss how culture is affecting the workplace: https://www.meetup.com/Tech-Talks-meetup/events/263032564/

Sophie Devonshire, CEO of The Caffeine Partnership, shares the secrets of leading at speed.

Today we’re talking to Dr Jessica Barker, co-CEO of Cygenta and recent collaborator with Palo Alto Networks. Why collaborate? Palo Alto Networks put a survey into the field to determine how people feel about cyber security with the help of YouGov, and there are some interesting lessons for industry in the findings! How many in cyber consider people to be the weakest link…? 

Whilst you’re here, join us at Tech Hub London on August the 22nd. We’re putting together a panel to discuss how culture is affecting the workplace: https://www.meetup.com/Tech-Talks-meetup/events/263032564/

Dr Jessica Barker, Co-CEO of Cygenta, discusses people sentiment towards cyber security.

Tomorrow's show is a dive into the world of financial crime risk management with Andrew Davies, VP at Fiserv. With so much retail now being done online the risk of fraud and crime has risen alarmingly. That's tomorrow, today we give the chance for you to get know Andrew ahead of the pod!

Our next guest is... Andrew Davies

Tomorrow's show see's Riham Satti (CEO and co-founder of MeVitae) return to the podcast. Before tomorrow's pod she shares a pod, food and game recommendations.

If you want to discover 'Masters of Scale' click here: https://mastersofscale.com/

Our next guest is... Riham Satti

Riham Satti returns to Tech Talks to discuss how bias affects talent acquisition, with 60% happening in shortlisting alone. We chat about the use of automation and how we might be able to look at data to predict the trends of future work needs. Finally, have a wonderful VE Day!

Riham Satti, CEO of MeVitae, addresses the issue of bias in talent acquisition.

In our 300th episode we talk to Zoom, the company hosting our quizzes, book clubs and wine tastings. Despite David's impression Phil Perry talks about why the platform is being successful in enterprise, and how they're helping users stay safe.

We also welcome Amy Dickens, from fellow podcast 'What Comes Next?', a show about tech and the future. Find out more here: https://granttree.co.uk/what-comes-next-podcast/

Phil Perry, Zoom's Head of UK & Ireland, talks through the company's growth and security measures.

Tomorrow we're diving into live event, event tech, and how those companies will clearly need to pivot. So today we bring you a general chat about music with Second Screen CEO Niall. The full (technology) focused podcast will be out tomorrow!

Our next guest is... Niall Green from Second Screen

A clip from tomorrow's interview to give you a taste of what's coming on the show tomorrow. We'll be exploring attitudes to tech, and tech business with Doteveryone.

Our next guest is... Catherine Miller, CEO of Doteveryone

Kevin is an actuary with over 20 years consulting experience. However, he's concerned with the growing gap in understanding of how to ensure your pension and finances work for you since the Pension Freedoms Act. That's led him to build Guiide, a platform with close ties to the new tech pension offerings.

Kevin Hollister, founder of Guiide, talks about the lack of understanding around pensions.

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