What Moves Us

A short time ago we were joined by Barrie Cottam, Head of Business Development, from Hitachi Rail who discussed with us about how the unprecedented time are impacting rolling stock construction & maintenance. As a larger organisation, we asked what new methods the company was using to keep in touch with colleagues & customers.

We spoke to Mike Lloyd of Jnction about how how the company is making the case to demonstrate the benefits of its newest products during this period of change. We hear about the value of public investment to support innovation in the sector. 

Johannah & Liam spoke to Opinsta’s Dan Kong who had a positive note about the current disruption, noting that there’s going to be a thirst to innovate. Dan talks to us about reallocating resources to embed product benefits and learning about their client’s challenges.

Johannah & Liam speak with Deeper Than Blue's Phil Facey to discuss the importance of having resilient software during a time of peak online interaction. How is Phil responding to the current demands to support clients through the Covid-19 period?

Johannah & Liam were joined by Jo Reid, Managing Director of Calvium, to hear about how the business was responding to the current situation by maintaining relationships with clients whilst also seeking new opportunities to use Calvium's skill set to help meet current needs such as to develop a platform to help manage the distribution of PPE.

During the COVID 19 disruption we moved online. Our Munch & Learn sessions bring the community together to discuss what opportunities are available in the rail sector & how the start ups can respond to the new challenges. We heard from Nik Lusardi who presented the topic if How to Innovate at a Time of Adversity, based on his experience in the airline industry after 9/11.

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.