Telstra - Behind the Mic

Grab a cup of tea and settle in for a great conversation on how IoT is making a real difference today. From smarter water management to boosting operational efficiency, asset tracking, wearables, and other cool innovations, we’re finally seeing the promise of IoT come to life!

How does Telstra turn new and emerging technologies into products? Hear from Ben Green & Todd Essery from our muru-D (our product incubation hub, formerly Telstra Labs) team about how Telstra works with emerging technologies, partners, and customers ranging from enterprise to government to unlock innovation.  

What is Intelligent Manufacturing? And what is the sweet spot for automation, AI, and machine learning in your business? In this episode of Behind the Mic, Adam Spencer chats to Australia’s favourite futurist, Mark Pesce to discuss how to take the next step on your digitisation journey.   

What does sustainability mean in corporate Australia today?   In this episode of Behind the Mic, Adam Spencer chats with Tom Penny - Head of Environment at Telstra, about what we’re doing and how we’re using our technology to help companies achieve their sustainability goals. 

Five years after the launch of 5G, how is this technology helping Australian businesses thrive in a fast-evolving digital landscape? Telstra Head of 5G Innovation, Paul Milford joins Adam Spencer to talk about where Telstra is at when it comes to 5G, dispel some popular 5G myths, and share the impressive results achieved by some customers in the agri-business sector in leveraging 5G to create a co...

On this episode of Behind the Mic, Adam Spencer chats with Matt Griffiths about all things automation and how it brings technology, people and processes together to empower businesses.

Do you know the difference between LOM and GPT? In this episode of Behind the Mic Adam chats to one of Australia’s leading futurists, Steve Sammartino, about all things AI and what’s next in this age of rapid digital transformation.

Organisations that have successfully driven an awareness of mental well-being at work give permission to be “ok” and be “not ok.” They invest in and create space for connection. Adam Spencer chats to Kamal Sarma about how organisations can improve wellness at work, and how leaders can be more present and connected. 

In the latest episode of Behind the Mic, Adam Spencer talks to Gretchen Cooke from Telstra and Vanessa Sorenson from Microsoft about the launch of a dedicated end-to-end Microsoft practice to support the digital growth of Australian businesses. 

Only around one quarter of large businesses are on track to meet their sustainability targets. Technology can help reduce emissions, and quickly. Telstra recently partnered with Deloitte Access Economics for an Australia-first research paper on how we can bring about positive climate action. The numbers are staggering, have a listen to find out more. 

How do you build resilient and cyber fit supply chains as industries become increasingly digitised? Hear from Telstra experts about how we continue to help our customers meet their changing demands.

Nadine Allen is Ericsson’s Head of Enterprise Business for South East Asia, Oceania and India. She discusses the role of 5G as it increasingly becomes a gateway to digital transformation and explains the key drivers for enterprise digitisation. 5G has reached a point where it can play a key role as a reliable, single communications platform enabling organisations to both innovate and transform.

Hear how Cisco and Telstra are working together to enable businesses to manage the application growth and reliance we have seen post covid, as they highlight the important steps businesses can take to deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Geraldine Kor, Managing Director, South Asia - Telstra International, chats to Adam Spencer about how Telstra has been operating internationally for 75 years and has employees across 20 countries, delivering services to thousands of business, government, carrier, and OTT customers. With the word-class network at the heart, Telstra International owns and operates the largest intra-Asia subsea netwo...

Dr Catriona Wallace, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethicist and Futurist, has been working with Telstra and the Australian Government on the Responsible AI Index Report – a framework that develops Telstra’s capability for the ethical use of AI. They talk about how to implement AI in a huge organisation like Telstra and what’s involved in using AI responsibly.

Adam Spencer chats to Fraser Shields, IT Client Services Manager at Downer Group about how Telstra Purple helped the organisation equip its frontline workforce with AR.

Adam Spencer chats to Stuart Campbell, Head of Platforms and DevOps at VicRoads about how Telstra Purple is helping them automate critical processes in the cloud.

Adam Spencer chats to William Payne, Chief Digital Officer at Mirvac about how Telstra Purple helped them transform their communication network across the entire business.

Collaboration between ANZICS, Ambulance Victoria, and Telstra Purple resulted in an efficient, easy-to-use platform on Azure, empowering health workers in saving lives

Samaritans CEO Brad Webb joins Adam Spencer for a conversation on change - why Samaritans needed to embrace it, and how their journey to digitise helped them prepare for the biggest one to hit our generation. In the face of continued uncertainty and long term remote working models, learn how the changes the not-for-profit organisation made to the way they deliver services to vulnerable Australians...

Christian Neyle, IT Manager at Taylor, shows us how the construction company gets creative with technology to work more efficiently than ever before. From 5G to Microsoft HoloLens, hear how advanced wireless solutions are helping to rethink not only construction but the buildings themselves, to give us spaces that really connect with people.

Founder and CEO of Indigital, Mikaela Jade, is actively bridging the gap between cultural competency and digital skills development within Indigenous communities. Hear how Indigital is exposing young Indigenous Australians to the digital world.

Executive Director of The Australian Ballet, Libby Christie, has faced enormous challenges for this beloved institution as a result of COVID-19. There has also been a number of unexpected and surprising upsides.

From monk to venture capitalist and author, Kamal Sarma knows a thing or two about resilience. Hear his insights into managing stress, strengthening resilience and ways to help your community thrive.

What will Australian society and business look like post COVID-19? What will we have learnt? Hear Australia’s leading demographer Bernard Salt discuss the effect on the community and how we can apply the learning into the future.