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Aug 20, 2021 • 34min

It's time to bin the CV and reject your gut: hiring, done right.

Applied believe we need to ‘re-architect a hiring process that perpetuates bias’; they exist to fix the intertwined issue that the way we hire today is inefficient, and it’s unethical. Khyati Sundaram, CEO, is here to tell us what that new process could, and should, look like.
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Aug 17, 2021 • 42min

The 'Colgate-strategy' is about more than just volume of users.

Gil Laser, CEO of GoTo Global, is joining the podcast to talk about mobility and confidence. With many European cities rejecting cars, and many customers more environmentally conscious, GoTo are offering a multi-modal transport platform that will work for a community, rejecting broader appeal to meet the demands of people for every day usage.
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Aug 13, 2021 • 47min

Panquake hit reset on the social media button...

Sean O'Brien is a cyber expert and visiting fellow at Yale Law School, but he's joining Tech Talks to talk about Panquake, a short messaging service that doesn't sell user data. It's built, and supported, by a community who are trying to rekindle the initial promise of the internet; what's not to love about that?
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Aug 10, 2021 • 42min

Paul Berney tells us how tech is giving older people independence.

Paul Berney, CMO of Anthropos, is here to chat about connected care. By collecting data from a kettle, and other household goods, they're able to build up a picture of an older persons day - and alert you to changes in routine. Given children are often a long way from parents the reassurance this can give everyone concerned is priceless. Also on the show we've got Anna Flockett, editor of Startups Magazine - go check out the latest issue: https://startupsmagazine.co.uk/
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Aug 6, 2021 • 35min

How do you optimize a workforce, but don't lose the stuff that makes work fun!

Lee is General Manager of Europe at Playvox, a company helping to optimize the performance of staff in call centres. We're discussing cloud, omnichannel etc... but how do you use the tech in a way that actually motivates people? That's the big question to ask today.
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Aug 3, 2021 • 38min

Jamie True is here to help you hack your learning with Uptime

Jamie True is an entrepreneur who is constantly looking to apply tech and new ways of working to improve existing products and services. Uptime is his latest idea, an app offering educational hacks! Increasingly fitting learning into life is getting easier.. provided someone you trust can curate the content you want for you!
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Jul 30, 2021 • 40min

If AI is teaching itself, how can you be sure it's selecting clean, unbiased data?

Joe Baguley is VMWare's go to person to answer the question, "what's next?". Given the acceleration of adoption of AI to manage processes, and the ever increasing deluge of data, Joe is occupied with questions such as explainability, intellectual property and sustainability. Fundamentally are we thinking about the impact of what we're building?
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Jul 27, 2021 • 38min

How do you succeed in the graveyard of British startups?

Daniel Glazer, founding partner of Wilson Sonisi's London office, explains why British startups fail in the USA, and how they might achieve growth. We challenge our relationship with the technology sector, and gain great insight along the way from a virtual Silicon Valley.
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Jul 23, 2021 • 32min

What is Pegasus, and should you care?

Project Pegasus has blown apart the notion that our phones are secure, so we decided to find out as much as we could about the subject and ask how worried we should be! Rebecca Rumbul has returned to the show to offer expert insight: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-rumbul-96a5441a/ David is on leave this week, so our usual mics weren't available - but we hope this interview is informative and offers a valuable perspective!
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Jul 20, 2021 • 37min

What does music say about (and for) you?

Andy Blacker is CEO of Songclip, the plumbing making it possible for apps to use music to help uses express themselves! Only 4 apps currently licence music, yet it is fundamental to the way we express ourselves, and musical choices tell others about us. So Songclip is bringing this uniquely human experience to more products.

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