Cloudbusting Podcast

John Abel, Technical Director at Google Cloud, joins the team to chat about the different ways organizations are approaching  Hybrid Cloud. Previously considered by many as a transitional cloud state, advances in technology over the past few years have potentially repositioned hybrid as an enduring strategic model for enterprises.

Change Architect Laura Copas joins the Cloudbusting team to discuss how transformational change works within organisations. Rather than viewing organisations as human cogs in a predictable machine, Laura suggests we should view them as organic, socially constructed systems.  She says this starts by encouraging commitment through a shared purpose and common goal, rather than by demanding compliance.

We are joined by Dante Gabrielli, the CTO at Key2Act - an innovator in the building intelligence, field service and construction management market. Dante explains how Key2Act is leveraging the cloud and IOT to develop and scale new solutions for its customers.

Diversity is a crucial topic when considering modern organizational cultures and equal opportunities within the workplace. Nancy Speidel (from iSAW) joins Jeremy & Dave to share her observations on this subject from over 20 years of experience working within the IT industry. She suggests that we need to change the way we approach conversations about diversity by focusing on the business value that diverse voices, mindsets, and backgrounds can bring to organizations.

Leadership coach, Alastair Kidd returns to Cloudbusting to discuss change leadership and how, more often than not, organisational transformations require the leaders driving the change to transform as well. The team discusses examples of when they have had to deliver enterprise-wide transformation projects, what they have learned from those experiences, and the potential consequences if you don't change alongside your org.

Oliver Johnston-Watt (Blockchain Technology Partners) & Dan O’Prey (Digital Asset) join the team to discuss blockchain technology. They cover use cases and the growing impact the tech is having on how applications are developed and operated. 

In this episode, the team is joined by Haydn Shaughnessy & Fin Goulding from Flow Academy to reveal how enterprises can solve big technology transformation problems quickly. They discuss the IT/Business divide and how this can be bridged by using lighthouse thinking and bringing agility into the business. They also cover how transformation sprints can be used as part of a generative approach to remodelling a firm.

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In this episode, we welcome Glen Robinson, National Technology Officer at Microsoft UK, to discuss the growing focus on low-code/no-code development platforms. 

Glen identifies the potential benefits of using visual software development environments, where citizen developers can simply drag and drop components to build apps. He also discusses the impact this can have on enterprise transformation, and what can be achieved when innovation is enabled at the edges of an organization.

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The last time Duena Blomstrom (CEO of PeopleNotTech) joined us for a chat, we discussed the importance of leaders providing psychological safety for their teams as organizations absorb the impacts of COVID-19. Now, many of us are starting to consider life after the pandemic, facing what is likely to be a long and difficult recession. Duena returns to assert that this focus on PS needs to continue for the benefit of both the wellbeing and productivity of your people. 

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Christian Nilsson, Global Head of Advisory at Cloudreach, joins the team today to discuss how Conway's Law applies to cloud adoption. Referring to the law, Christian suggests that systems reflect organizations and vice versa, supporting the notion that focusing on people, rather than tech, is a far more effective way of delivering transformation. Ultimately, adopting cloud is a chance to review your principles and operating model, not just how your applications are powered.