Exploration Radio
Welcome to Exploration Radio, a podcast focusing on the past, present and future of exploration. Featuring interviews and discussions with explorers about the challenges they have faced, what we stand to learn from them and how we can better prepare for the future. Ultimately these are stories about exploration...and the people, places and issues prevalent within it. Come join us and let's explore.
Latest episodes
Sep 30, 2019 • 1h 2min
#29 - A Major Difference with Steve McIntosh
Everyone in the industry has an opinion on how major companies should run exploration. Maybe it is time we have an honest conversation about why these companies have to be different.
Sep 8, 2019 • 1h 2min
#28 - Is Innovation a Behavioural Problem with Michelle Ash
All innovation programs have a 70/30 rule associated with them. Only 30% of the problem is related to the technology. The other 70% is all about people's behaviours. To be successful, you have to solve both.
Aug 28, 2019 • 41min
#27 - Circular Economy in Mining with Saleem Ali
Did you know that 3M started off as mining venture in 1902? Over the last 100 years, it has become a materials company. Would mining companies be more sustainable as a business if they were more vertically integrated? Should they do more than just mining?
Aug 18, 2019 • 59min
#26 - The Hidden Risk in "No-Risk" Countries with Christian Jervelund
Social license issues have become commonplace in mining. In OECD countries, where there are more avenues of industrial development, navigating these has its own risks. We perceive these countries to be low risk for mining development. But is that changing?
Aug 11, 2019 • 33min
#25 - What, Why and How: Data Science in Mining with Richard Scott
A lot of the debate around data science in mining focuses on the what and the why: what information do geologists and engineers need to learn and why do they need to learn it. But the real question is: how do we learn from each other?
Jul 29, 2019 • 31min
#24 - Real-Time Analytics with Thor Kallestad
Mining has always been considered a laggard in adopting real-time analytics when compared to the oil and gas industry. This was not because of a lack of interest. In reality, there were some good reasons why this did not work in mining. Until now.
Jun 22, 2019 • 19min
MINI - Should Academics Be More Entrepreneurial?
Would academic research be more relevant to industry if academics adopted a more entrepreneurial approach? What could the lean startup model teach researchers?
Jun 12, 2019 • 47min
#23 - Re-defining Resource Development with Mary Poulton
A geologist, an engineer, and a social scientist walk into a bar. They discuss how the value proposition of resource development has changed and how we need to evolve it beyond just the economic benefit it provides.
Jun 6, 2019 • 53min
#22 - The Wisdom of the Crowd with Holly Bridgwater
Bill Joy once said "There are always more smart people outside your company than within it"... So should we be looking at ways to utilise the wisdom of the crowd? Are the many cleverer than the few?
May 16, 2019 • 1h 16min
#21 - The Entrepreneur's Dilemma with Justin Strharsky
The role of any entrepreneur, or any startup, is to learn... learn as quickly as possible before you go out of business.
