Recently, Jeff Parks had a chance to catch with author, Chris Clearfield, winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize. At the heart of their conversation, they delve into the idea that every business today has complex and tightly coupled systems even if they don't realize it. Drawing inspiration from his latest book with co-author András Tilcsik, Chris explains how today, more than ever, we need to prioritize transparency and collaboration in order to avoid catastrophic meltdowns.

On today's show Kip Voytek joins Jeff Parks and Kristina Mausser to discuss a prevalent misconception that often comes up in digital transformation circles - that there is an easy silver bullet solution to many of the problems companies face today. Some of the topics covered included how this myth came about, how companies can avoid silver bullet thinking, and how we can all benefit from broadening our expectations, budgets and timelines in order for real change to take place.

On today's show, Kris and Jeff talk about Jeff's interview with Nina Evans and James Price. Building on the findings from their research paper, Kris and Jeff share their experiences working with companies to improve their information management one small step at a time. In addition to highlighting the business benefits of information management from a risk and governance perspective, Kris also shares how change be instilled by "nudging" and "tethering" these projects within the greater context of an organization's operations.

On today's show, Jeff Parks talks with James Price, Founder and Managing Director of Experience Matters and Nina Evans, Associate Professor and the Associate Head of the School of Information Technology and Mathematical Science at the University of South Australia. Their research paper identifies organizational behaviours and attitudes across the enterprise that need to be addressed in order to successfully achieve digital maturity across the enterprise.

On today's show, Jeff and Kris discuss the highlights of Jeff's interview with author and employee experience advocate, Gethin Nadin. Among other things, they talk about why they decided to launch the Core Podcast with this interview; how their own consulting experiences corroborate with Gethin's research; and why companies should be taking a closer look at their employees from the human perspective if they want to remain competitive over the long term.

On today's show, Jeff Parks and Amazon-UK best-selling author, Gethin Nadin, talk about best practices in employee experience and what it means for the future of work. Using examples from global studies and research featured in his book, Gethin invites listeners to explore the notion that a good employee experience is not just about leveraging technology, but about recognizing the strengths and challenges of the workforce human experience as well.

In this inaugural show we talk about why we started this podcast, we we've decided to keep our show topics broad in order to showcase authors and guests from a wide variety of backgrounds, and how our episodes are designed to inspire critical thinking and innovation.