
Tech Talks
Tech Talks (The Podcast about Technology Leaders and Leadership) - A podcast that probes the minds of technology leaders.
Join us as we delve deep into the startup stories, financing, growth, innovation, and cultural transformations that drive the tech industry with host, David Savage.
Tech Talks is powered by Nash Squared, the leading global provider of technology and talent solutions. Find out more about our solutions at www.nashsquared.com
Latest episodes

Nov 28, 2023 • 32min
Fiverr give a platform to showcase the best in female led startups.
Bukki Adedapo is the UK Country Manager of Fiverr. Last week he hosted (alongside Virgin Startups) a competition for female founders, where four finalists competed for £15,000 worth of credits to develop their platforms through Fiverr's network.
Those finalists were: Anna Moynihan, (TaskHer) Thelma Onyeka (Akama Fund), Lydia Carrick (Apputee), and Sarah Welsh (HANX)
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Nov 23, 2023 • 27min
Why might companies want to switch AI off?
Todd Olson is the founder and CEO of Pendo, a company on a mission to elevate the world's experience of software. Today we're asking, are companies ready for AI, or worse... are they scared?
Also on the show we talk about heat pump in New York City: https://www.theverge.com/23951214/heat-pump-nycha-public-housing-electric-sustainable
We also share Harry McCracken's piece on OpenAI in Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/90986455/openais-meltdown-wont-be-the-last-corporate-drama-spurred-by-ai

Nov 21, 2023 • 30min
Are you bringing the sunshine? Kathryn Rose shares the power of positivity.
Kathryn is the founding CEO of award-winning global expert marketplaces (getWise, channelWise) providing business owners and professionals in targeted markets, access to thousands of vetted executives, coaches/mentors, education and resources that accelerate business or career growth. She is a former Wall Street executive sales leader and an author of 9 books. She has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, CBS Marketwatch, Fox News and more. She was recently named Worth Magazine Top 100 Entrepreneurs, Forbes Top 1000 innovators and a member of the prestigious Nasdaq Milestone Makers program. Today she's adding Tech Talks to the list of career highlights!

Nov 16, 2023 • 30min
AI, authenticity and the future of Web Summit: what have we learnt at tech's biggest festival.
We're mixing it up with a podcast recorded on the floor of Web Summit. Join David are two leading commentators, Alisa Cohn, "the #1 startup coach in the world" and Sonya Barlow, host of the BBC's The Everyday Hustle.
They discuss the crisis/non-crisis facing organisations, inclusion at conferences, the real meaning of authenticity, and what Katherine Maher (Web Summit's new CEO) needs to do secure the future of the conference as a leading destination.

Nov 14, 2023 • 22min
What's driving growth in the global fintech marketplace?
Transformation in the fintech sector? Today’s guest is GFT’s UK Client Solutions Director for Retail Banking, Richard Kalas. As digital services are embraced ever more widely we’re looking at ensuring organisations aren’t left behind, stay productive, and ahead of regulation.
Also, we’re in Lisbon this week, and we’re going for a run with Codex and their founder Sabin Lakhani.

Nov 9, 2023 • 33min
We all face death, but technology can help it feel a little less lonely.
On today's show we are joined by Dan Garrett, CEO of Farewill.
Technology for most of us is never not in the palm of our hand in the way of social media, contacting friends and working, but these uses seem menial when it can be applied to such bigger uses. The way we have been dealing with death for decades has been formal, complicated and expensive. Instead of feeling supported, people often feel lost.
Farewill is changing the way the world deals with death: to make the experience warmer, brighter and friendlier, with the help of technology.
To hear how technology is evolving, and what tech leaders are prioritising, check out Nash Squared's newly released 25th Annual Digital leadership Report. www.nashsquared.com/dlr

Nov 7, 2023 • 33min
How to stop the 'ego-fest' and say what you want and be heard.
Today we are joined by Former BBC Presenter and Founder of 'The Brilliant Communicator' Nima Abu-Wardeh, to find out how to say what you want and be heard!
Nima teaches how to communicate efficiently, raise your profile, and be seen, and is helping those searching for work but also founders create a presence and go from chase to chosen!
Find out more about how Nima can help you by signing up to her weekly newsletter, https://www.finding-nima.com/newsletter.

Nov 2, 2023 • 32min
Struggling to get your brand to 'blow-up' online? Here are some insider tips for creatives.
On today's show we're talking to Marko, Executive Producer at Bucketsquad and a senior member of the team behind Jesser, the YouTube creator with almost 16 million subscribers. We ask how you create for that audience, how you keep them engaged, and what enterprise business can learn from that experience.

Oct 31, 2023 • 31min
Trick or treat? We have a 'tech for good' treat for you in the form of Fairphone
It's Halloween, but we have a treat for you! A company trying to tackle sustainability via a premium, long-lasting, module smartphone, Fairphone.
Based in the Netherlands, Fairphone's mission is to create change through their own devices. Miquel Ballester Salvà, Head of Product Management, shares how they're aiming to do that.

Oct 26, 2023 • 31min
Is this the team building the new 'home' of the internet?
SigmaOS is a whole new browser experience, making it easier for you to be fast and better at what you do on the Internet. Or that's the claim by founder and CEO Mahyad Ghassemibouyaghchi. Picked byY Combinator as 'Product of the Month' are you convinced?
Also, 'Amazon for Kids' launches a conversation Gen-AI aimed at children. Excited, concerned? It's fair to say David and Amber need convincing.