The Irish Tech News Podcast

On this Podcast, Diana Paiva is joined by Entrepreneur, Andrew Thorton. He talks about his book Putting the Heart back into Business, in which he advises how business owners can lead their businesses in the best way.  He values the importance of a healthy environment between employers and employees, and he mentioned that business leaders shouldn't only care about profit. He also explains sustainability in companies. About Andrew Thornton Andrew Thornton is an entrepreneur, speaker, author and advisor and coach to business leaders who see that businesses can be a force for good in society. Along with his partner Eudora, he developed the heart way of doing business in his award-winning London supermarket, Thornton’s Budgens. Together they founded Heart in Business, whose purpose is ‘to uncover the authentic leader in us all, trusting that profit will follow’. He lives, writes, speaks and coaches the principles of Heart in Business on a daily basis. He considers himself to be a ‘visionary heart surgeon’, having demonstrated that helping business leaders to open their hearts is the best way to build a sustainable and profitable business. He was the co-founder of social enterprises The People’s Supermarket and Food from the Sky, and founder of the consultancy SRCG. Prior to that, he worked at Mars and Ogilvy & Mather. He is co-author of “Putting the Heart back into Business”, which comes out in April 2022. Holding a Masters degree in Marketing from University College Dublin, Andrew splits his time between London and the Allgäu region of South Germany. He has two sons and a daughter. He loves to ski, run, swim and cook and eat great food! About Diana Paiva Diana is currently interning with Irish Tech News. She graduated from Birkbeck University, with a degree in modern languages and she is currently doing a master's in Journalism at the University of Roehampton. She has an interest in technology, fashion, and the environment. Starting her master’s in journalism made her realise that she has a passion to report and write people’s stories. After graduation, her main priority is to find a job in communications or public relations. Diana Paiva is active on social media platforms, including Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Jay H. Tepley is an author, entrepreneur, international speaker and passionate mental health advocate.A lifelong geek and a research aficionado, she helps entrepreneurs overcome depression through her proven masculine-focused system of spiritual evolution. Her Unbreakable ONE program has shown many men the road to personal power and renewed hope, and is credited with saving many lives. She has spent the last 20 years teaching and coaching students around the globe.Her charity work supporting mental health has been featured in the Guardian, The Jeremy Vine Show and BBC 1. When she's not teaching or writing, Jay enjoys reading about Japan where she studied and lived for a time (she also speaks fluent Japanese, and her unique novel, the Lightwatch Chronicles, begins in Tokyo).You can connect with Jay through a dedicated Telegram channel 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿 where you can also receive exclusive book excerpts, students-only news and video training. Join here:https://t.me/UnbreakableEntrepreneur Jamil Hasan is a crypto and blockchain focused podcast host at the Irish Tech News and spearheads our weekend content “The Crypto Corner” where he interviews founders, entrepreneurs and global thought leaders. Prior to his endeavors into the crypto-verse in July 2017, Jamil built an impressive career as a data, operations, financial, technology and business analyst and manager in Corporate America, including twelve years at American International Group and its related companies. Since entering the crypto universe, Jamil has been an advisor, entrepreneur, investor and author. His books “Blockchain Ethics: A Bridge to Abundance” (2018) and “Re-Generation X” (2020) not only discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, but also capture Jamil’s experience on how he has transitioned from being a loyal yet downsized former corporate employee to a self sovereign individual. With over one hundred podcasts under his belt since he joined our team in February 2021, and with four years of experience both managing his own crypto portfolio and providing crypto guidance and counsel to select clients, Jamil continues to seek opportunities to help others navigate this still nascent industry. Jamil’s primary focus outside of podcast hosting is helping former corporate employees gain the necessary skills and vision to build their own crypto portfolios and create wealth for the long-term.

Phil Ingram, CEO of Lepricon This is the question I pose to the new CEO of Lepricon Phil Ingram, can blockchain and gaming exist in the same space? Lepricon is celebrating its first birthday and Ingram takes on the CEO mantle with a hill to climb. “We’ve achieved a lot in the first year but now we need to tackle the elephant in the room – if gaming is going to be the first killer to on ramp people for mass adoption, then we have to make blockchain gaming more like video gaming,” says Ingram. “Blockchain is all about owning assets and that they can’t be taken away from you unless you leave your private keys at a bus stop. This is the point that enables a subtle shift from publisher first economies to player first.” Ingram makes a distinction between Play2Earn (P2E) and blockchain gaming. It’s not the same according to him. To find out more, listen to the podcast with your host Jillian Godsil

If you have seven minutes to showcase a fintech idea, what would you say? In a world full of unicorns, or even decacorns, the next best thing might just be at your fingertip, waiting to be discovered.  In this episode of One Vision, Theo and Mary Wisniewski chat with Jim Bruene, the Godfather of FinTech and Founder of Finovate, reminiscing the good old days of what once was, and looking at what has yet to come. There is still a lot of momentum and tons of good that can be done — if we look hard enough.  Speaking of, what is your favorite Finovate moment?

Phil Ingram, CEO of Lepricon This is the question I pose to the new CEO of Lepricon Phil Ingram, can blockchain and gaming exist in the same space? Lepricon is celebrating its first birthday and Ingram takes on the CEO mantle with a hill to climb. “We’ve achieved a lot in the first year but now we need to tackle the elephant in the room – if gaming is going to be the first killer to on ramp people for mass adoption, then we have to make blockchain gaming more like video gaming,” says Ingram. “Blockchain is all about owning assets and that they can’t be taken away from you unless you leave your private keys at a bus stop. This is the point that enables a subtle shift from publisher first economies to player first.” Ingram makes a distinction between Play2Earn (P2E) and blockchain gaming. It’s not the same according to him. “P2E risks focusing on grinding in video gaming – the place where you need to kill multiple monsters or repeat actions to move up to the next level. It’s very different and no one plays video games just to grind.” But the fact that rewards or assets earned or won in the game actually belong to the player is what is moving blockchain gaming in the right direction. “The problem is that blockchain is dictating the gaming and not the other way around. Indeed, many blockchain games seem to be glorified ways to sell NFTs. And what about those limited NFT runs – how does the 10,001st player get to play?” Your host is Jillian Godsil, award winning journalist, broadcaster and author

Working with Influence with Dr Amanda-Nimon Peters On this Podcast, Diana Paiva is joined by the academic president, Professor and Research Fellow at Hult International Business School, Dr Amanda Nimon-Peters. Dr Amanda talks about her new book, Working with Influence, a new book providing ambitious professionals with actionable insights on how to increase their personal influence in real and virtual workplace environments. About Dr Amanda-Nimon Peters Dr. Amanda Nimon-Peters is Academic President, Professor and Research Fellow at Hult International Business School. She is a global expert on how behavioural science can develop measurable leadership capabilities. Amanda graduated with Honours from university at the age of 19, and began working as a Junior Lecturer in Psychology at the Flinders University of South Australia. Many of her undergraduate students were the same age as her – and she felt they would probably be sceptical when they saw her walk into class. That is when Amanda started to work on projecting authority and influence in professional situations. Outside of work, Amanda has completed Ironman and half-Ironman races, and was elected the sixth female member of the British Antarctic Club, following three expeditions spent in a field camp off the Antarctic Peninsula.

Minter Dial catches up with Roger L Martin in this episode BIO Roger L Martin is a renowned professor, expert in strategy and author. In 2017, he was named the world’s #1 management thinker by Thinkers50, a biannual ranking of the most influential global business thinkers. Roger is a trusted strategy advisor to the CEOs of companies worldwide including Procter & Gamble, Lego and Ford. Roger Martin is a Professor Emeritus at the Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto where he served as Dean from 1998-2013, Academic Director of the Michael Lee-Chin Family Institute for Corporate Citizenship from 2004-2019 and Institute Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute from 2013-2019. In 2013, he was named global Dean of the Year by the leading business school website, Poets & Quants. His new book, from HBR Press, is "A New Way to Think." is the culmination of a lifetime's work in education and advising CEOs. In it, he addresses key issues within leadership and strategy, applying his trademark scepticism for received wisdom. DESCRIPTION OF EPISODE In this conversation with Minter Dial, Roger Martin discusses the premise behind his new book, the retooling of existing business models and frameworks, working with and transforming culture, his work with ex-P&G CEO AG Lafley, and many more elements to help make leadership more effective. MY BIO Minter Dial is an international professional speaker, elevator and a multiple award-winning author. Minter's core career stint of 16 years was spent as a top executive at L’Oréal, where he was a member of the worldwide Executive Committee for the Professional Products Division. Previously, he was MD of L'Oréal PPD Canada and MD Worldwide for Redken. He's the author of one WWII biography and three business books, Futureproof  (2017), Heartificial Empathy (2019) and the last one on leadership, You Lead, How Being Yourself Makes You A Better Leader (Kogan Page 2021). He's currently working on a new book that he's publishing in weekly installments: Dialogos, Fostering More Meaningful Conversations which you can find via Substack. https://minter.substack.com.

One of the most interesting and stressful times for an entrepreneur is founding a startup and helping it grow and thrice. Along the way mistakes may be made, mistakes that can make or break a startup. One entrepreneur who knows the startup journey all too well is Adrian Fleming, Director of Environment, Social and Governance at Diligent Corporation. Adrian founded Accuvio, a sustainability enterprise SaaS company in 2009, and scaled it from a scrappy start-up to a thriving company until getting acquired by Diligent Corporation in 2021. Ronan talks to Adrian about the highs and lows of the startup journey, including how Accuvio started, fund raising, selling Accuvio to the Diligent Corporation and startup hints and tips. More about Adrian: Adrian founded Accuvio to provide leading innovative sustainability reporting solutions to multi-national and public sector organisations all over the world. His experience working for companies such as Dell, Accenture, Ingersol Rand, and JP Morgan, has helped him with Accuvio. Adrian built Accuvio to provide a purpose built software platform which gives incredible flexibility and customisation to suit clients big and small in different industry sectors.

On this podcast, Diana Paiva is joined by Josh Jackman a senior writer at EcoExperts. Josh explains how people can create their own eco-home and how much people can save by investing in it. He also talks about government support and the struggles that some people might have when changing to an eco-home. Josh Jackman - Born-and-bred Londoner, Josh Jackman has written about and reported on eco-friendly home improvements and climate change for the past three years. Josh’s data-driven work has been featured on the front page of the Financial Times and sites including the Daily Express, Fox News, and Simply Switch, and earned him a spot as the resident expert in a BT initiative to bring smart home tech to more households. He’s been interviewed on BBC Radio as an expert on renewable ways to heat your home, because he’s absorbed a tremendous amount of knowledge about solar panels, heat pumps, and more boilers than you could throw several sticks at. Josh has also used the journalistic skills he developed at The Jewish Chronicle and PinkNews to investigate and analyse every green government grant in existence, and examine the impact of cryptocurrency – and Henry VIII – on the climate.

On this Podcast Diana Paiva, is joined by the Director of Science for Society at Science Foundation Ireland, Dr Abigail Ruth Freeman. Dr Ruth talked about the SDG challenge, which involves sustainability and the difficulties the society will face to become more sustainable. She also talks about the engagement of the Science Foundation Ireland and partnerships to work on the SDG challenge. About Dr Abigail Ruth Freeman Dr Abigail Ruth Freeman was appointed Director of Strategy and Communications in 2013, and following department restructure in 2018, became Director of Science for Society. Prior to her current appointment Ruth has held a series of positions at Science Foundation Ireland, including Director of Innovation, Communications & Education and Director of Programmes, Enterprise and International Affairs, with responsibility for overseeing all Science Foundation Ireland research funding programmes and management of funded awards, as well as the Foundation’s activities in conjunction with industry and international partners. Ruth joined Science Foundation Ireland as a Scientific Programme Manager in November 2006. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ruth worked as a researcher at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). She holds PhD and Bachelor degrees in Genetics from TCD, where she was awarded a Trinity scholarship, the Eli Lilly Chemistry Prize and the Roberts prize for Biology. Ruth’s PhD research, on population genetics in hybrid zones, was funded by a prestigious studentship from the Wellcome Trust and was carried out at TCD and ILRI, Nairobi.