Barclay and Ian are joined by Alistair Reid-Pearson, Chief Digital Information Officer at Greater Manchester Mental Health and author of Bit Bob: Artificial Earth.
The conversation focuses on storytelling in a business context, and the missing "so what" behind the dashboards, charts and ticket volumes that dominate ITSM reporting. Alistair makes the case that data needs a story alongside it to mean anything, particularly in environments where the work has real human consequences.
They also get into neurodiversity and how Alistair's autism shapes the way he communicates and writes, why the IT industry needs to move on from the superhero complex of dramatic fixes toward quieter preventative work, and what shift left looks like inside the NHS ten year plan and mental health services.
Plus a 46,000 year old worm, a proton beam therapy centre built in Minecraft, and postcards from the future. Because why not.
The Enterprise Digital Podcast