Tech Talks

For 200 years, a university diploma was enough to launch a 40-year career. Today, employers demand 40 new skills every four years.

Anthony Salcito, Coursera VP and General Manager and former Microsoft executive joins David Savage to unpack the AI skills gap. We explore why critical thinking is surging in demand, how governments are rewriting workforce readiness, and why the human element is more critical than ever in an automated world.

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Many traditional enterprises mistakenly believe that simply adopting cloud tools internally means they have a working AI strategy. In reality, true AI readiness requires breaking down entrenched data silos to expose engines to diverse, multi-application datasets.

In today's episode, MinIO co-CEO Garima Kapoor unpacks why scaling AI isn’t just a technical hurdle, it is a massive structural challenge that demands making "hard decisions inside your organization".

We explore the human tensions behind legacy tech transformations and why fundamental changes to systems and processes are doomed to fail without uncomfortable, top-down alignment from the boardroom.

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When the UK government rolled out COVID home testing, experts assumed 70-80% of people would return the kits. The reality? Only 30% did.

So why do leaders consistently misjudge their audiences?

David sits down with Alex Cooper, Electric Twin Co-Founder (ex-Army commander and former head of the UK’s testing program) to explore how his AI startup is using "synthetic humans" to eliminate market research blindspots.

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From Goldman Sachs traders to health-tech founders, sisters India and Portia O’Connor are proving that in the age of AI, specificity is everything.

They explain why generalist models fail in complex workflows and how (and why) they "cloned" a real receptionist to solve the dental industry's efficiency crisis. David Savage explores the unique pressure of sibling co-founders and why the hardest part of AI isn't the code, it’s the integration.

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We are taught to be vertical specialists: stay in your lane, climb the ladder, and fit into a box. But Casey Woo, founder of the Operators Guild, argues that in high-growth tech, the "lane" is actually a trap.

On today's show David and Casey decode the DNA of the "Horizontal Specialist", the executive who thrives by moving left and right, not just up. They discuss why a CFO is often a COO in disguise, why you cannot "force a bird to swim," and how to stop chasing titles to become a true business artist.

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We’ve accepted AI as a copilot, but Channing Ferrer (Chief Revenue Officer and CEO of the Americas at Brevo) argues we are rapidly approaching the era where software executes entire workflows without human intervention.

In this episode, Channing details a future of "bots buying from bots, bots selling to bots" and explains why the US mid-market is the new battleground for scale-ups and unicorns, whilst warning that to survive the automation wave, marketers must evolve into "Go-To-Market Engineers."

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GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Mounjaro have changed the world, but they aren't a silver bullet.

Napala Pratini, co-founder of Habitual, joins David to discuss the “hard stuff” behind the hype: behavior change, side effects, and the ethics of digital health. She reveals why her company turned down the chance to just “stack drugs high and sell them cheap” and opens up about the isolation of the “toxic founder cult.”

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The "silent" revolution is getting louder, and faster.

Beth Paretta, VP of Sporting at Formula E, joins David Savage to reveal the Gen 4 car. A monster hitting 0-60 in 1.8 seconds. We explore why the "soulless EV" myth is dead, how software manages range anxiety at 200mph, and how the track is reshaping the road.

Discover the visceral reality of electric racing’s next step, and what it means for the car sitting on your driveway.

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Matt Austin and Ryan Lovelock left the Bank of England to solve a modern problem: subscription fatigue.

In this episode, the SPORTL co-founders reveal why they are betting on a "no ties" pay-as-you-go model for London’s fitness scene. We discuss the pivot from finance to tech, the impact of hybrid work on gym habits, and why they believe the future of fitness technology is commitment-free.

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NordVPN CTO Marijus Briedis argues that while the tech world sprints toward AI, we have forgotten the basics of cyber hygiene.

He reveals why the "human firewall" is his biggest headache. From users voluntarily pasting medical records into ChatGPT to the constant battle against phishing.

In the episode David and Marijus explore why he rejects "shiny" new coding languages like Zig in favor of boring reliability, and why corporate FOMO is driving dangerous security decisions.

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