
WB-40
Conversations on how technology is changing how we work with guests most weeks helping us to navigate.
Latest episodes

Nov 7, 2022 • 56min
(243) Ask WB-40
On this week’s show we present another episode of listener questions as Chris & Matt contemplate some of the bigger tech issues of today. Yes, that bloke Musk and his rampant ego.

Oct 31, 2022 • 40min
(242) Adventures in Visualisation
On this week’s show we are joined by data visualisation expert Neil Richards to talk about telling stories through data in pictures.
You can find Neil’s blog here: https://questionsindataviz.com/
His book here: https://www.routledge.com/Questions-in-Dataviz-A-Design-Driven-Process-for-Data-Visualisation/Richards/p/book/9781032139449
And Viz for Social Good here: https://www.vizforsocialgood.com/

Oct 24, 2022 • 44min
(241) Transportation Situation
On this week’s show we celebrate WB-40’s sixth birthday, and are joined by Max Claps from IDC to talk about the technology that is changing the world of trains.

Oct 17, 2022 • 1h 22min
(240) Open Sourcery
On this week’s bumper edition, Matt spends a day at the OpenUK Open Source Software thought leadership event.
In the course of the show he speaks with Amanda Brock, Jim Zemlin, Val Del Vechhio, Sal Kimmich, Richard Dobson, Mahamed Ali and Nikita Koselev.

Sep 26, 2022 • 41min
(239) The People Thing
On this week’s show we are joined by Perry Timms to explore what is on the mind of the HR world at this post-Covid, post-not budget budget world.
You can find out more about Perry’s business at pthr.co.uk

Sep 19, 2022 • 50min
(238) Privacy & Adtech
On this week’s show we talk with Professor David Carroll about the gaps between privacy law and the way in which machine learning techniques are able to target us, and how that’s panning out in courts in Europe.

Sep 12, 2022 • 44min
(237) Leading with emotion
On this week’s show we are joined by Catherine Stagg-Macey to talk about the gaps that seem too common in many technology leaders, and what to do about them.
You can find Catherine’s emotional intelligence quiz here:
https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/6011b3a9b2b16d001691e67d
And her website here:
https://www.conversationsattheedge.co.uk/

Sep 5, 2022 • 53min
(236) Unf*cking Work
On the first show of the Autumn, Chris and Matt are joined by Neil Usher to talk about his forthcoming book Unf*cking Work.WARNING: Given the title of his book, unsurprisingly we use the F word quite a few times this week.

Jul 18, 2022 • 46min
(235) Ask WB-40
In this week’s show, Chris and Matt are once again bombarded by listener questions in another of their occasional homages to Gardener’s Question Time.

Jul 13, 2022 • 52min
(234) Smartish Buildings
On this week’s show Mike Brooman from Vanti joins us to talk about the trials and tribulations of making buildings smarter.