Managing your mental health can be more challenging when your working environment significantly changes. 60% of adults in the UK are now working from home and 8.4 million workers have been furloughed. The Mental Health Foundation discovered that 24% of office workers' mental health has suffered since COVID-19. In this episode, Zoe Cunningham discusses how companies can help support their employees manage their mental wellbeing. Zoe is joined by Softwire Tech Lead, Sarah Binney, HR Administrator, Esme Chant, and Software Developer, Marcus Gardiner.

Hosted by Zoe Cunningham

with Sarah Binney, Esme Chant and Marcus Gardiner

"It's not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is what are we busy about?" (Henry David Thoreau) In this episode, Zoe Cunningham shares some insight into the importance of prioritization, in both what and how quickly, technical teams should be building products and services. Zoe is joined by Softwire Senior Project Manager, Adam Smith, and Senior Product Manager, Sona Hathi.

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with Adam Smith and Sona Hathi

Building a strong community in the workplace is important for staff morale and collaborative work projects. In this episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Senior Software Developer, Sarah Binney, and Senior Technical Lead, Michael Kearns to talk about the puzzling community at Softwire.

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with Sarah Binney and Michael Kearns

How do project specifications dictate when and how you use agile or waterfall workflows? In this episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Delivery Manager Tom Riley and Technical Consultant Harry Cummings, to discuss project management methodologies and the differences between agile and waterfall workflows.

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with Tom Riley and Harry Cummings

The year 2000 saw the boom of 'dot-com' and the growing need for services in software development. In this episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by the Founders of Softwire; Phil Marsden and Dan Shavick, to discuss how Softwire started and how we've got to where we are now.

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with Phil Marsden and Dan Shavick

"Talent is distributed equally among society, but opportunity is not" (Leila Janah). In this episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Diversity Representative, Sasha Burgoyne; Developer, Lorraine Phillips, and Recruitment Officer, Matt Fairweather to discuss why diversity and inclusion are so important, and how businesses are seeing a clear financial return as a product of this.

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with Sasha Burgoyne, Lorraine Phillips, and Matt Fairweather

"You can have data without information, but you can't have information without data" (Daniel Keys Moran). In this episode, Zoe Cunningham shares some insight into the best ways for businesses to use data to solve internal and sector challenges. Zoe is joined by Softwire Senior Consultant, Vasanthan Vidthyan, and DevOps Lead, Usman Iqbal.

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with Vasanthan Vidthyan and Usman Iqbal

There's a lot more to CSR than choosing a flagship charity to support throughout the year. In this episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Softwire's CSR Officers, Alanna Gow, and Jake Turner to discuss the importance of educational outreach to increase diversity in the workplace amongst other CSR initiatives.

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with Alanna Gow and Jake Turner

People are becoming more invested in making their homes environmentally sustainable and efficient. In this episode, Zoe Cunningham shares some insight into how tech can provide users with an awareness of their energy usage, by enhancing smart technologies. Zoe is joined by Head of Project Delivery, Chris Harris, and Project Manager, Jenny Mulholland.

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with Chris Harris and Jenny Mulholland

Changing careers is often a daunting process, and rarely talked about. In this episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Software Developers, Lorraine Phillips, and Julian Ng to discuss what it's like changing careers to software development, and where to start.

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with Lorraine Phillips and Julian Ng