Tech Talks

Estelle joins the podcast to talk about her role at Poly, one she has shaped, created, and now uses to help the organisation be outward looking and inclusive. The key here is building an accessible environment where everyone can be heard. She also talks about the need to find sponsors and build a social movement.

Also on the show, a ghost story for Halloween, and a chat about Netflix testing some new features on mobile thanks to TNW: https://thenextweb.com/apps/2019/10/29/netflix-is-testing-a-feature-that-lets-you-speed-up-boring-episodes/

Estelle Jackson is the next guest to appear on the podcast, and she's the Global Lead for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Poly!

Ade joins the podcast to talk about the changing role of the CIO; the relationships that need to be nurtured and the value a CIO offers to a modern business. How do you ensure the CEO trusts that 'toys' are not just folly, that the CFO buys into you, and that you develop the skills to remain relevant?

Our next guest is Ade McCormack, founder of the Digital Readiness Institute. We're talking about the role of the tech leader in enterprise on the pod. He's a taster of Ade ahead of the published show!

Sonya talks to the podcast about the challenges women face negotiating the workplace. No one teaches you how to be you, at work, whilst you’re a student. She discussed community building, becoming aware of her own biases, creating the right content that has a positive effect on mental health, and listening!

If you want to join her community follow her here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/like-minded-females/

Our next guest is Sonya Barlow, founder of Like Minded Females. Sonya is building a community to support women, and here is a snippet to help you tune in to the full show!

Shahad is co-founder of OpenBrix, a blockchain platform trying to reduce costs associated to the property sector. He talks about the ability of a disturbed ledger to share influence across the sector and ensure no one party has too much control.

Also on the show we're sharing a story about crypto from Yessi at TNW: https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2019/10/17/nevada-man-charged-for-allegedly-running-11m-bitcoin-ponzi-scheme/

Giving you a sneak peak our next guest Shahad, tech and innovation lead at OpenBrix.

Technology within universities have not followed the same road to digitisation, moving slowly in how it has reorganised. Whilst reliable and stable the transformation piece doesn’t mirror the fast-moving tech sector. So if you’re a CIO in a university, how do you break that trend and drive the evolution of tech services in higher education? Mark Ferrar, CIO at Newcastle University, talks about his journey to bring their services up to date.

If you want to join Mark’s team and support this process why not see the roles that are available? https://microsites.harveynash.com/newcastle-uni/

Whilst you’re here, why not join Dave Savage next Thursday for an evening of tech discussion? We’ll be in London close to Aldgate East: http://bit.ly/2nLFkkX

Giving you a sneak peak of tomorrow's podcast guest, Mark Ferrar, CIO at Newcastle University.