On today's episode, I'm interviewed by Anthony McMahon from the IT Psychiatrist on his Biz Btyes Podcast about organisational culture in a digital age and why it's important that we change the way we talk about tech.

We're communicating more than we ever have. The world is getting smaller by the day. All because of Technology. Technology is changing the way we think, lead, and make decisions. And it's no longer for techy people. Anyone with the right skills can take part.

So the mindset and culture we foster have around technology needs to change.

We need to increase our adaptability quotient (AQ) so we can adapt, grow, learn, and get better. Accepting that most of the decisions we make are reversible. If it doesn't work, then stop and try something different.

And we especially need to rethink security - just because we haven't had a breach, doesn't mean we won't.

Because our strongest asset and weakest link are the same thing: People

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https://theitpsychiatrist.co.nz/

We chat about:

· “If Security was a product would you buy it, and if you bought it, would you buy it again” is a phrase he uses to describe the point that security needs to pick up its game in terms of quality of the product for the audience and marketing of that product.

· How we need to celebrate and encourage good security behaviour as well as chastising bad. We are fixated on behavioural change, but we neglect those complying with policy who may be the vast majority.

· Understanding the objectives of stakeholders and their KPIs so that we can speak in their terms and add value to their dialogue, and 

· Design principles that can be used to shape security programmes and nudge human behaviour

Listen in to this conversation with Luke Johnstone, Principal Consultant at Double-O, to find out how you and your team can "Stop starting and start finishing". Beacuse, the more you start doesn't mean the more you finish.

Luke is an outcome-focused, values-driven, commercially astute consultant with significant experience in leading and developing teams, delivering change programmes, business development, and organisation-wide change management.

Luke has spent over 15 years delivering change and leading teams, in a variety of roles. After spending 5 years in a traditional software development environment as a business analyst, and becoming increasingly frustrated with change going wrong, Luke was introduced to Agile and hasn’t looked back. 

On his episode we discuss:

Anthony (Ants) has seen the impact a faulty mindset around technology can have on businesses. They don’t operate efficiently, are more vulnerable to risks, staff experience more stress, too much energy is spent on trying to put out fires, their customer service suffers, and they stop focusing on their overall strategy.

Ants is able to cut through the hype and jargon to remove complexities, and demystify technology - he has a knack for analogies as you will hear.

During the show, we discuss why he started his business 'The IT Psychiatrist', why decision making is so hard and the impact of poor decisions, technology as an enabler and how to give people the tools they need to do their job. 

Ed Sims is one of my favourite CEO's that I have worked with.

He's an aviation and tourism professional, he has an amazing track record in many countries including Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America.  He's known as a change agent and for the right reasons, because he cares about people as well as business success, he knows the two things are linked. 

Ed is extremely open an upfront during our conversation, and I would expect nothing else from him from my interactions from him.

We talk about:

Ed gives so many more tips and advice for organisations and I hope you enjoy this amazing conversation.

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In this tell-all interview, Jemma Goodman, who is a Journalism student, gets the goods by asking me great questions to get to the nub of my strengths, development areas, drivers and influencers. I talk about me, not the job and work experience, instead, it's a raw look under the cover of who I am, what has influenced me and what has driven me.   

  We cover the important topic of 'love' and how it has influenced me and been my greatest strength, surprisingly.

Amy gets a kick out of helping people connect, communicate and get things done. An alternate title I had for this episode was 'Tenacity, passion and purpose' to describe what drives this inspiring woman and her approach to work and life.

She’s an experienced governor with over 25 years being on both commercial and not for profit boards. What's more, she has successfully launched and grown a number of start up's. Turning an idea into a reality, that stands the test of time, is a particular personal strength.

Christine Dormaar is the Global CIO of Tait Communications in Christchurch. Christine does what she says she will do, with integrity and passion. She enjoys challenging the norm, working across business areas and delivering business outcomes.

Listen to hear Christine's take on leadership in the IT space, about the digital transformation at Tait and a discussion on the future of work.

Chris Hails is a New Zealand based cybersecurity practitioner with the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and cyber-psychology researcher seeking to reduce the emotional and financial harms caused by cyber-enabled crime and social engineering. 

He is a qualified journalist, project manager and information security professional and is researching an individual’s ‘Security Quotient’ score and behavioural qualities that may pre-dispose internet users to fall victim to socio-technical attacks. His research into the human factors that impact on information security is funded by InternetNZ.

https://ubisec.nz/

The presence of technology continues to increase in many aspects of our lives and health is no different. Canterbury DHB, in New Zealand, is currently in a period of digital transformation, bringing to life technology and system solutions that support opportunities to improve the patient journey and enhance our clinical and operational effectiveness

Listen in to hear Stella Ward the Chief Digital Officer of the Canterbury DHB speak about her leadership journey and tips of aspiring women, digital transformation in the health sector and how the NZ Health sector is foster innovation enabled by tech.