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On this week’s show Chris & Matt discuss the current state of Cloud technology, spurred by some dodgy IBM marketing. We also touch on the COVID tracing app, and Matt talks role specs.

The DDaT Job Family work that Matt mentioned is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digital-data-and-technology-profession-capability-framework

The article about Maersk is here:
https://gvnshtn.com/maersk-me-notpetya/

And if you’d like to become a member of the Blocky club… click here.

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On this week’s show we are joined by Kursty Groves from Shape and David o’Coimin from Nook as we continue our adventures to try to make sense of the workplace of the future.

On this week’s show Matt & Chris discuss the nature of events in a COVID world, and Chris’s software knowledge is tested in another of our occasional quizzes. 

We also take a few minutes to think about what we might do to start thinking more deeply about the challenges of race in 2020 Britain. A few people you might like to follow to explore that more:

Recent guest Shereen Daniels has been posting some really thought-provoking videos over on LinkedIn.

The psychologist John Amaechi is well worth a Twitter follow, and his interview on LBC about what individuals can do to fight racism is a great, straightforward set of advice https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/matt-frei/blck-lives-matter-how-individuals-can-fight-racism/

The film 13th is available in full on YouTube. It explains a huge amount about what’s led to where the US is currently at:

If you want to understand the story of where the UK is at, Akala’s Natives is a good place to start.

He’s interviewed about the book here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w303dRDpgRM

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You can find out more about Skills Miner here: Skills-Miner.com

And their new digital and engineering platform here: Enginuity.org/engage

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On this week’s show Chris & Matt are joined by the inimitable Dave Coplin to talk about whether views of what the future may bring have changed as a result of the Covid Crisis.

You can find out more about Dave’s work, and his books, over at https://www.theenvisioners.com/

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On this week’s show we are joined by HR-Rewired‘s Shereen Daniels to talk about the people perspective on the slow road out of lockdown.

Don’t forget, you can join the WB-40 Podcast WhatsApp group – just drop us a line on Twitter for the magic link.

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You can find out more about The New Abnormal here.

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You can find out more about Plan B here: plan-bstudio.com

And there is more about his home schooling adventures here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/home-schooling-six-year-old-steve-price/

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On this week’s show, Chris and Matt are joined by John Willshire of Smithery, the inventor of Artefact Cards.

You can find out more about the cards at the Artefact Shop.