Cloudbusting Podcast

Over this challenging period, some businesses are having to scale back their transformation plans while others are being forced to accelerate change. But how do you successfully workshop and map the processes associated with these changes in the new normal of remote working?

In this episode, Jez and Dave are joined by Chris and Craig from process mapping solutions provider SKORE to discuss how processes and operating models are being impacted right now, and predict what they will look like post-pandemic.

In Episode 55 of the Cloudbusting Podcast, we discussed the cybersecurity threats that have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact this is having on businesses and business continuity efforts.

This week, Jez and Dave are joined by Cloudreach Snr. Solutions Architect, Ronnie Andris, to discuss how organizations can rethink and modernize their implementation of cybersecurity in line with the current threat environment, using data-driven insights, automation, and lessons from SRE practices.

"Don't send your teams home with a laptop, a Jira and Slack account and a prayer!"

This quote from today’s guest, Duena Blomstrom (CEO of PeopleNotTech ), pretty much sums up the theme of the episode. Managing remote teams, especially during a pandemic, requires EQ focused leadership, where cultivating psychological safety is an imperative challenge. The team discusses what this particular brand of servant leadership looks like and the impact it can have on ensuring your people feel safe, secure and productive.

 PeopleNotTech is offering an extended trial of its Psychological Safety Software, which helps leaders assess and support their teams. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many businesses to rapidly adopt and scale technology to maintain business as usual operations. Against this backdrop, we have seen an increased number of attempted cyber-attacks from bad actors looking to exploit the inevitable vulnerabilities that emerge from such a situation.

In this episode, Jez and Dave are joined by BT Security CTO, Paul Crichard to discuss the current cyber landscape and what businesses can do to mitigate risk.

The COVID-19 pandemic has asked businesses to tackle a host of new, unexpected technical and organizational demands and learn how to operate in rapidly changing markets. Cloudreach is no exception.

In a one-off special episode, we turn the lens inward and discuss how we at  Cloudreach have rapidly adjusted our service offering in response to the brand new challenges our customers are facing.

Our intention, since launching this podcast, has always been to avoid it becoming a sales-platform. In this case, we wanted to share our own pivot as a case study of a business sensing and responding to a difficult and fluid environment.

In previous podcasts, we have spoken at length about how large transformation projects expose leaders to, what the Cynefin Framework describes as, the 'Complicated' and 'Complex' domains of decision making. These can be summarised by dealing with 'known unknowns' and 'unknown unknowns'. In this episode, Jez and Dave are joined by leadership coach, Alastair Kidd to discuss how the situation of COVID-19 has forced many leaders into the 'Chaotic' domain, where immediate action is imperative to reestablish order.

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged many businesses to scale up their remote working capabilities and embrace new tools and methods to ensure remote teams can collaborate effectively. In this episode, Jeremy and Dave are joined by a working-from-home pro, Richard Pilling, who provides some insights on how to be an effective and considerate leader to a remote team, especially during these challenging times.

In a series of mini-episodes, the Cloudbusting team will be addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and the various challenges that businesses are facing during these unprecedented times.  In this episode, Jez & Dave are joined by Cloudreach's James Dunn to discuss what this new world looks like for digital businesses and IT organisations and explore how this evolving situation will require many leaders to adapt and change their thinking.

In this special, 50th episode of Cloudbusting, Jeremy & Dave are joined by Cloudreach President & COO, Brooks Borcherding. The team refers back to a blog Brooks wrote back in 2014 where he assesses the runners and riders in the world of cloud using the analogy of the famous series of thoroughbred horse races: The Kentucky Derby, The Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. Will anyone win the cloud 'Triple Crown'?