We spoke to Lucy Prior from Sheffield-based 3Squared about how to keep up with industry contacts, programmes & to know what initiatives to focus on - ours obviously! 

During the COVID 19 disruption we moved online. This is the first of our Munch & Learn sessions bringing the community together to discuss what opportunities are still available in the rail sector & how the start ups can respond to the new challenges.

Ben Craze talks to us about how a tech company goes about decanting to home working when they still develop physical products. How has his company pivoted to respond to the current situation?

We speak to Emily Kent from One Big Circle about how they are responding to support the railway though a period of staffing restrictions as part of the COVID 19 protection measures.

We hear from Deb Carson about the humorous side of video conferencing during the COVID 19 disruption!

It's March 2020 and we're all working from home due to the Covid-19 emergency. In this time of disruption we want to keep the future mobility & rail innovation community buzzing so we're recording 10 minute podcasts with people from across the innovation landscape. This intro will explain all! Each pod will ask a guest: 

• Who you are & what do you do?

Johannah & Liam take to the rails to discuss their work with The Rail Innovation Group to launch the Start Up Rail programme to discover new start up suppliers from around the country who can support the future of rail. Start ups have the potential to help rail meet its ambitions to bring creativity, diversity & cross sector knowledge into supply chains. All events are listed at railinnovationgroup.com

This week we met were joined by Hayden Sutherland, Founder & Chair of Open Transport Initiative who was in London to attend the Transport Ticketing Global event. We discussed how the team had developed (& made open source!) the first Open Standards for Transport and Mobility account interoperability. Think Open Banking for mobility...

Johannah & Liam were joined by David Watts of CCD Design & Ergonomics for our Christmas Special episode to discuss disruption, information & comparisons to airlines! What a paradox we have between what the railway is trying to do versus what the passenger wants it to do. Does the passenger want to be chaperoned or trusted? How does the mobility industry communicate a sense of control back to the passenger?

In this episode Johannah & Liam are joined by Max De Lucia of sonic branding agency, DLMDD. We discuss how sound & voice are integral to building a connection with consumers. In a transport context, this can assist with a sense of place, wayfinding & putting passengers at ease.