Talking Utilities with Ben Lind

By Ben

🎧🎤| Talking Utilities is the UK's first podcast dedicated solely to innovation within the utilities and energy sectors

🔊| Hosted by Ben Lind, this podcast brings leaders from both these sectors to... more

· Technology

Download on the App Store

Download on the App Store

Get it on Google Play

FAQs about Talking Utilities with Ben Lind:

How many episodes does Talking Utilities with Ben Lind have?

The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.

Talking Utilities with Ben Lind episodes:

March 25, 2019 Talking Utilities #12 Matthew Roderick, Owner & Founder - N3rgy.
For the 12th episode of Talking Utilities I was joined by Matthew Roderick.

Former CTO at Smart DCC and now founder of N3rgy. Matthew is a man well poised to give some insight into Smart Metering and the potential that freeing up the data from our meters offers customers.
For more info on N3rgy visit http://www.n3rgy.com/
...more
34min
March 08, 2019 Talking Utilities #11 - Peter Allan, Managing Director - Surple
In the Eleventh episode of Talking Utilities, I was joined by Peter Allan, MD & Founder of Surple.
Surple are a British Start-up helping companies to better engage their teams around their energy consumption.
We talked about what it's like to start a company in the energy sector, how businesses can use things such as gamification to better engage their team members and Peter gave us a couple of great suggestions for what he's expecting to hit the industry in 2019 and beyond.
Enjoy everyone!
...more
33min
February 22, 2019 Talking Utilities #10 - Stuart Mitchell, Enterprise Architect
It's episode 10 of Talking Utilities and we've brought you another cracking guest.

Stuart Mitchell is an enterprise architect with a career that spans both the water and power sectors as well as spending some time at one of the regulators.
Stuart broke down his role, shared some best practice for starting a transformative journey and explained how bigger utilities can prepare themselves to partner with smaller, more agile partners.

Enjoy!
...more
33min
January 21, 2019 Talking Utilities #9 - Kevin O'Donovan
For the 9th episode of the show I was joined by the wonderful Kevin O'Donovan.

We talked about the importance of planning for a future of innovation, how to avoid the traps when embarking on digital transformation and what might just be a breakthrough use-case for the blockchain platform.

I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Kevin and I highly recommend people engage with him further at the following links.

Twitter: @Kevin_ODonovan
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kevinodonovan
Web: Kevin-odonovan.com
...more
41min
January 18, 2019 Talking Utilities #9 - Kevin O'Donovan
In the ninth episode of Talking Utilities, I was joined by the inimitable Kevin O'Donovan.

Kevin is as passionate about tech in the energy sector as he is knowledgeable about all the interesting things currently going on.

We talked about what trends are currently sweeping the industry, how to avoid common mistakes when embarking on a journey of digital transformation and Kevin went into great detail about how exciting the future could be for Blockchain within the energy realm.

Kevin's great fun to talk to and I really enjoyed having him on the show.
I'd suggest everyone give him a follow...

Website: kevin-odonovan.com
Twitter: @Kevin_ODonovan
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kevinodonovan

Enjoy!
...more
40min
January 03, 2019 Talking Utilities #8 - John Hutchins, Head of Smarter Living, EDF Energy Blue Lab.
In the eighth episode of Talking Utilities, I was joined by John Hutchins, Head of Smarter Living at EDF Energy Blue Lab

Blue Lab are the innovation arm of EDF Energy's commercial department

We got into the importance of an innovative culture, what an incredible time it is for technology in the sector and John spoke to us about how important it is for utilities to diversify their product offering and how energy and a connected home can become synonymous.

Huge thanks to John for being on the show.
...more
35min
December 11, 2018 Talking Utilities #7 - Killian O'Connor, Co-Founder, Solo Energy.
In the seventh episode of Talking Utilities, I was joined by Killian O'Connor, Co-Founder and COO of Solo Energy.
Solo are building a virtual power plant which allows a connected network of homes and businesses to store excess generated energy.
We discussed the proliferation of EVs, busted some myths about renewable energy generation and speculated on what a better connected country might mean for the environment.
Thanks to Killian for joining me.
...more
29min
November 29, 2018 Talking Utilities #6 Adam Rowlands, Head of Digi Operations Support - British Gas
In the sixth episode of Talking Utilities, I was joined by Adam Rowlands, Head of Digital Operations Support at British Gas.
Adam brings 17 years of experience at British Gas to this episode and was able to offer a really wide view of what innovation means at a monolith like British Gas.
We also discussed the importance of an omnichannel approach to customer comms and expanded on what sort of user-research goes in to the different iterations of their mobile and web platforms.
Not to be missed this one, enjoy!
...more
33min
November 20, 2018 Talking Utilities #5 Hakan Ludvigson (CEO) & Will Ephraim (Head of BD) - Eliq.io
In the fifth episode of Talking Utilities, I was joined by Hakan Ludvigson and Will Ephraim of the brilliant Eliq.io
We talked about how their bespoke software platform is helping energy suppliers better engage their customers. We also covered differing trends in energy consumption between the UK and Europe and the guys gave me their big bets for the next big technological implementation in the energy sector.
...more
31min
October 23, 2018 Talking Utilities #4 Tali Harif, Innovation Portfolio Manager.
In the fourth episode of Talking Utilities, I was joined by Tali Harif, most recently Innovation Portfolio Manager at Severn Trent Water.
We discussed topics such as the slow adoption of innovation within the sector, which other countries are leading the way and Tali gave us a breakdown of some of the more impressive innovative practices she's seen during her career.
...more
30min

FAQs about Talking Utilities with Ben Lind:

How many episodes does Talking Utilities with Ben Lind have?

The podcast currently has 13 episodes available.