It's a Monkey

By ManageFlitter

The tech economy impacts all aspects of our lives. This series explores issues relating to technology's impact on our lives and the economy and includes expert opinion from around the globe.... more

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April 09, 2017Episode 88 - Michel Feaster - CEO of Usermind
In this week's Podcast co-host Kevin Garber talks with Michel Feaster.
Michel is the Co-Founder and CEO of Usermind; a customer engagement hub that allows you to integrate customer data and orchestrate actions to deliver a world-class customer experience.
Some of the topics that we cover in our chat with Michel include:
Some of the topics that we cover in our chat with Michel include:
How Usermind helps enterprise companies connect disconnected systems to enable better customer experiences.
The long term benefits - to companies and customers - of a shift towards subscription based businesses.
How customer expectations shift generationally and why companies need to transform and embrace the challenge.
Michel’s journey to becoming a Founder & her experience working with Ben Horowitz.
The importance of mentors and the positive impact they’ve had on Michel’s career.
What it’s like to be a female founder.
How and why women struggle with fear and imposter syndrome.
Are we becoming too comfortable with failure?
The myth of success being limited to Silicon Valley and why we need a 2nd Silicon Valley.
Co-hosts Kevin Garber, Kate Frappell and Josephine Pinto also discuss this week's tech news:
* Tesla is now worth more than Ford and General Motors
* This years best and worst April Fools pranks from the tech industry
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1h 5min
April 03, 2017Episode 87 - Margaret Heffernan - Mortar Matters More Than Bricks
In this week's Podcast co-host Kevin Garber talks with Margaret Heffernan.
Margaret Heffernan is the former CEO of 5 businesses, Author of 'Willful Blindness', interviewer and TED Speaker.
Margaret's most popular TED talks include: 'Dare to Disagree' and 'Forget the Pecking Order at Work' both of which have had over 2 million views to date.
Some of the topics that we cover in our chat with Margaret include:
How environment impacts a persons capacity to deliver at work
What makes a good manager and why approachability ranks higher than technical skill
The importance of having 4 different people involved in the hiring process
Margaret's favourite interview question and what the answer reveals about a candidate
Why mortar matters more than bricks
Women in Tech: The role of sexism and the portrayal of engineering in popular culture
Hierarchy as a force that depletes people's sense of accountability
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59min
March 28, 2017Episode 86 - Maciej Kranz - Vice President of Strategic Innovation at Cisco
In this week's Podcast co-host Kevin Garber talks with Maciej Kranz about the Internet of Things (IoT). Maciej Kranz is the author of the New York Times bestselling 'Building the Internet of Things: Implement New Business Models, Disrupt Competitors, Transform Your Industry'.
Maciej is also Vice President of Strategic Innovation at Cisco.
Some of the topics that we cover in our chat with Maciej Kranz include:
History of the term “Internet of Things” (IoT).
Considering IoT as “everything connecting to everything”.
Why the main role of IoT today is about generating the data that creates business opportunities.
Common misconception that IoT is happening primarily in the consumer space.
The IoT as a foundation for a true revolution that will include AI, augmented reality and bioengineering.
The challenge faced when attempting to create “smart cities” and how we can make smart cities work.
Barcelona as an example of a smart city and some of the benefits that have flowed to the people of Barcelona.
How IoT can reduce the 2% of GDP worth of wasted resources spent by people stuck in traffic jams or looking for parking.
Why known vulnerabilities are the biggest risk to the IoT industry.
IoT and the blockchain - both helping to provide a holistic view of the supply chain and providing visibility and trust with respect to the the source of the products that we use.
This week in the Tech News:
- Autonomous delivery robots to soon hit the streets in the US city of Virginia.
- Google Maps can now help you remember where you parked your car
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48min
March 20, 2017 Episode 85 - Petra Zlatevska - Berlin-based Lecturer, Writer and Speaker
In this week's Podcast co-host Kevin Garber talks with Petra Zlatevska about the Berlin tech scene: Petra is a Berlin-based lecturer, writer and speaker.
Some of the topics that we cover with Petra:
* How Berlin is different to the rest of Germany.
* The appeal of Berlin for tech start-ups.
* The importance of German language skills when doing business in Berlin.
* The development of "crowdvesting" in Germany.
* The Germany company "Rocket Internet".
* Uniqueness of Germany company culture and legal structures.
* Common industry verticals of the start-ups in Berlin.
This Week in the Tech News:
- Intel buy Israel’s Mobileye for US$15.3 billion.
- Bitcoin Plummets 18% as SEC Rejects Winklevoss' ETF Proposal.
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55min
March 14, 2017 Episode 84 - Anil Dash - CEO of Fog Creek Software
In this week's Podcast co-host Kevin Garber talks with Anil Dash: CEO of Fog Creek Software.
Anil was once described in a Quora article as " ... the Obama of tech ...". Anil also serves on the board of a range of companies and non-profits. He regularly advocates for a more humane, inclusive and ethical technology industry. Anil has been described as a “blogging pioneer” by the New Yorker, and he’s been blogging continuously since 1999. Anil was also an advisor to the Obama Administration's Office of Digital Strategy.
Some of the topics that we covered during our chat with Anil include:
- A comparison between the technology scenes in San Francisco and New York.
- Technology's place in society as an enabler of good and bad social outcomes.
- The requirement for large and powerful technology companies to act responsibly as stewards of society.
- The importance of building the right ethical choices into technology platforms.
- Challenges created by the limited technical literacy of elected US officials.
- Anil's experience as advisor to the Obama Administration's Office of Digital Strategy.
- The two step process of taking labour out of an industry: centralise and optimise a market, then automate it.
- The genesis and evolution of the Trello project management tool.
- The benefits and downsides of a remote technical team.
- Fog Creek Software's latest product - Gomix - allowing you to build apps and bots quickly within a friendly social context.
- The connection between the ethical and diversity failings of the technology industry.
This Week in the Tech News:
- Snap Inc. (Snapchat) make their debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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1h 13min
March 05, 2017Episode 83 - Professor Andy Molinsky - Professor at Brandeis University. Author of "REACH: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge, and Build Confidence"
In this week's Podcast co-host Kevin Garber talks with Professor Andy Molinsky. Andy Molinsky is a Professor at Brandeis University’s International Business School. Professor Molinsky joins us on the Podcast to talk about his new book "REACH: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge, and Build Confidence".
Professor Molinsky discusses his research that has revealed that the reason people find it difficult to step outside their comfort zone usually comes down to one or more of the following 5 elements:
Authenticity
Likability
Competence
Resentment
Morality
Professor Molinsky shares how people wanting to bridge the gap and get beyond their comfort zone can do so by using the three C’s: Clarity, Conviction, and Customization.
Professor Molinsky also expands on his belief that "... you are more powerful than you think ...".
Co-hosts Kevin Garber and Kate Frappell also discuss this week's tech news including Facebook now allowing businesses to post job openings on their pages and new cutting edge technology that allows disabled people to type with their thoughts.
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57min
February 26, 2017 Episode 82 - Monique Valcour - Executive coach, management academic and Harvard Business Review contributor
In this week's Podcast Kevin talks with Monique Valcour. Monique is an executive coach, management academic and Harvard Business Review contributor.
Kevin and Monique discuss work life balance, particularly as it relates to the start-up and tech industries.
Kevin and co-host Kate Frappell also discuss the latest tech news including WhatsApp's launch of 'Status': a Snapchat Stories like feature as well as Nokia's re-launch of the iconic Nokia 3310 mobile phone.
Remember to email Kate and Kevin with show feedback to [email protected] .
Thanks for listening to our Podcast!
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56min
February 18, 2017 Episode 81 - Glenn Rubenstein - Founder at ADOPTER Media
Kevin talks with Glenn Rubenstein, founder of ADOPTER Media - ADOPTER Media is a full-service Podcast Advertising Agency. Glenn is also the author of "Podcast Advertising Works". Kevin and Glenn talk about the recent growth in Podcasting and discuss tips for Podcasters and wanna be Podcasters.
Kevin and Kate talk about the latest tech news including Pinterest to make visual discovery easier with 3 new features and Dubai hoping to have passenger carrying drones in place by July 2017.
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1h 4min
February 13, 2017 Episode 80 - Ryan Frankel - Entrepreneur, former CEO & Co-Founder of VerbalizeIt
Kevin talks with Ryan Frankel, entrepreneur and former CEO & Co-Founder of VerbalizeIt about entrepreneurship and the tech start-up journey.
Ryan is also the author of "The Making of an Entrepreneur: Lessons from a Winding Journey Towards Entrepreneurship.
The book has been described as "The most brutally honest and candid inside look into the entrepreneurial journey all through the single lens of one entrepreneur’s journal entries recounting his experiences launching and scaling a startup. From an idea spawned at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, to an appearance on ABC’s Shark Tank, to a successful exit just four years later, this intensely personal journey appeals to entrepreneurs, their supporters and any aspiring innovators with plans to one day make a dent in the universe. "
Co-hosts Kevin Garber and Kate Frappell also chat about the latest tech news including Google's new Cloud Search platform which provides G-Suite customers with a smart search engine to locate files. Twitter have also begun implementing new safety features and Kevin and Kate discuss the details of these features.
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56min
February 06, 2017 Episode 79 - David Heinemeier Hansson - CTO and co-founder of Basecamp
In this week's Podcast Kevin chats with David Heinemeier Hansson, the CTO and co-founder of Basecamp.
Basecamp is a web-based project management tool that was launched in 2004 and has over 100 000 paying customers. Basecamp received no seed funding and was entirely bootstrapped. Jeff Bezos - the founder of Amazon - acquired a minority stake in Basecamp in 2006.
David is also the creator of Ruby on Rails, a best-selling author of the books REWORK and REMOTE and a Le Mans class-winning racing driver!
David discusses bootstrapping vs raising venture money when starting a business and offers advice to those wanting to build a business by bootstrapping. He gives his opinion on Donald Trump and the tech industry's approach to working with Trump. David also shares tips like using negative visualisation to deal with uncertainty around the future.
David is a very smart and interesting person and you no doubt will enjoy this interview.
Co-hosts Kevin Garber and Kate Frappell also chat about the latest tech news including WhatsApp testing letting users recall and edit sent messages; thinnest-ever temporary tattoo like health sensor developed capable of health monitoring with similar precision that is provided by much bulkier equipment; researchers also create low-cost wearable wireless hydration sensor that can detect dehydration before it poses a problem.
We love hearing from our listeners - email us at podcast at itsamonkey.com .
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1h 9min

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The podcast currently has 134 episodes available.