The Brave

Can we trust machines with commercial decision making? What are the advantages and limitations? Can we truly use data to get insights into irrational human preferences?

In this episode I speak to Peter Denby, COO of Hyper Group, about decision intelligence. What is it? How are companies using it and how can machines augment human decision making.

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In an era of accelerating technological change and digital disruption, how do companies robustly respond to and adapt to uncertainty and rapidly shifting foundations?

This is the question that preoccupies Tom Goodwin, Author, Consultant, Speaker, TV Presenter and guest on this episode.

We speak about the meaning of Digital Darwinism (a term coined by Tom), adapting to cultural change, the potential end of our guilded age and how to become a changemaker.

It's admittedly a wide ranging discussion, but well worth a listen. Tom has the uncommon ability to simplify the complex while retaining nuance.

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Welcome back to series three of The Brave! We're kicking things off with a really interesting episode which explores how we can use new technologies for good.

In the first episode of our new series I speak to Katie Gibbs, Founding Partner at Emergence Partners, a tech consultancy on a mission to drive the thoughtful adoption of technologies including AI. Emergence has a bold manifesto which focuses on achieving net zero unemployment through AI. We chat about what this means and how companies can approach adopting new technologies without harming employees or their wider sphere of influence.

Emergence Partners - https://emergencehq.com/

Emergence's manifesto - https://emergencehq.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Net-zero-unemployment-manifesto-designed.pdf

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The recruitment industry has a divisive reputation, especially in the digital sector. Low barriers to entry encourage cowboy operators, misaligned incentives lead to low-quality hires and poor practices lead to poor candidate experiences. However many companies rely on recruiters to identify, access and tempt talent, a challenge that is ever-growing in candidate-scarce sectors.

Companies and candidates are rightly starting to ask - is there a better way to hire and be hired?

In this episode, we speak to recruiter and tech founder Shannon Smith about how we might re-imagine the recruitment industry for the better and build inclusive hiring models that work for both companies and candidates.

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In this episode I speak to Dr Karen Parkhill about the different reactions the unfolding climate crisis has provoked across communities and governments and explore the fundamental role technology can play in both deepening and responding to the crisis. We also dig into the power of individual and community action, and contrast that with larger-scale, national and international approaches, including geoengineering. 

Karen is a lecturer in human geography at The University of York. Her research interests span energy geographies and geographies of risk. She uses qualitative methods to explore how the public engages with/resists notions of low carbon lifestyles and low carbon transitions, including examining how they themselves consume and perceive energy.

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In this episode of The Brave we take a look at the future of inner-city transport through the lens of micromobility, which, if you don't know, refers to the shared electric scooters and bikes popping up in cities around the world.

My guest this week is Georgia Yexley, Head of Cities for the UK and Ireland for TIER Mobility, Europe's largest operator of shared e-vehicles. We explore the explosive expansion of this new industry, unpick the implications this has for how we get around, and find out how these new options fit into existing transport infrastructure.

TIER is also an environmentally neutral company, and we dig into the way increased climate awareness is changing the landscape (if you’ll pardon the pun) within which infrastructure businesses operate, and the innovative ways of working this requires.

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In this episode of The Brave Podcast, we speak to positioning expert April Dunford about building and positioning better businesses and brands.

We discuss how can the explosion of post-COVID start-ups stand out in a saturated market, why is positioning so important when building companies that last and the power of keeping your marketing strategies simple.

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In the UK tech sector, 19% of workers are from a working-class background compared to 33.3% of the nationwide population (2014 Labour Force Survey).

In this episode I speak to Jem Henderson, a technology professional, poet and outspoken advocate for diversity and inclusion.

"Well, I’m not your standard tech worker. I'm non-binary, I grew up in a council house and I didn't go to Oxford or Cambridge. I started out in the creative field with degrees in art, English and creative writing. I was signed off sick with mental health issues for a long time, finally realising that I have ADHD in the last few years." https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/doing-diversity-inclusion-right-jem-henderson-she-they-/

I talk to Jem about their career path and how companies can tackle the barriers which still prevent people from working class backgrounds from entering the tech industry.

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Why do so many professional, middle-class Brits insist they're working class?, The Guardian

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With the increasing visibility of private space companies, the safe arrival of the Perseverance rover on Mars, and renewed interest in space exploration, it seems like space is now solidly back in the public imagination.

We traditionally associate space innovation with the US, China and Russia, but the UK is at the forefront of the new space economy, with 5.1% share of the global space market and plans to capture 10% by 2030.

In this episode I speak to Melissa Thorpe, Interim Head of Spaceport Cornwall, about the next phase of space innovation, how horizontal launch capabilities are being built here in the UK, and the economic and technological opportunities this will provide.

(Spaceport Cornwall is the horizontal space launch site at Cornwall Airport Newquay, in South West England. Spaceport Cornwall is a partnership between Cornwall Council, commercial launch operator Virgin Orbit and Goonhilly Earth Station. The consortium will deliver small satellite launch into lower Earth Orbit, for the first time ever from the UK by 2022.)

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What happens when an employee has more followers and social clout than the organisation they work for? It's becoming increasingly common as people carve out "personal brands" - but does this cause friction or create opportunities for the brand they work for?

In this episode I speak to Stephen Kenwright, COO and Co-Founder, Rise at Seven. Taking the digital agency scene by storm, Rise at Seven have grown from 0 - £1.5 million turnover in one year, winning briefs from brands including Pretty Little Thing, Missguided, ODEON, USwitch, GoCompare, GAME and more.

Some of their impressive growth is down to their team's social presence, especially on platforms Twitter. I ask Stephen how the strategy of leveraging employee influencers has led to business wins and how he feels brands can and should empower their people to be active and vocal across social media (yes, I do ask what happens when someone tweets something "off-brand")!

Also for people looking to build their own professional profiles, Stephen shares his top tips on how to get yourself out there and build a personal brand.

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