Tech Can't Save Us

In this week's episode, we're joined by Cynthia Fortlage, Founder of CAF Services, who lets us in on her insight into creating safe spaces where all marginalised people experience a sense of belonging. We start off by diving into a piece on emphasising and empowering the T in LGBTQ for transgender people in tech. Cynthia points out, "when we talk about trans, it's imperative to understand for orga...

This week, we welcome Robin Eriksson, CEO, and Co-founder of Cogo, who shares his passion for using technology and innovation to create sustainable change. With his strong belief that creating sustainable cities is one of the most important issues we need to address, Robin co-founded Cogo, a platform that gathers shared rides for frictionless mobility and a better tomorrow. We start the episode wi...

This week, we’re joined by Piotr Pisarz, Founder and CEO at Uncapped, who lets us in on his mission to empower founders who are changing the world. As the economic downturn looms over us, we dive into one of Sifted pieces on what the recession means for European VC and how the trouble they might be facing is "mainly driven by a significant reduction in runway". "If you're a founder,” Piotr says, “...

In Today’s episode, we welcome Alan Grau, VP of Sales & Business Development at PQShield who shares his expertise on post quantum cryptography.  We start the episode with a deep dive into ‘ What Is the Future of Quantum-Proof Encryption? ’. “Somewhere around the end of this decade,” Alan predicts, “quantum computers will be able to break RSA and ECC encryption.” We then introduce a piece on th...

This week, Kat Hamilton, Director of Partnerships and Programmes at Force of Nature, talks about their powerful mission of empowering young people to create real change and its vital part in the future of our climate. We start by delving into an insightful piece on ' young people and eco-anxiety ’. Kat points out that "eco-anxiety is an amassing of feelings across people of all generations, and we...

In this week's episode, we're joined by Alexandre Crépault, Sales & Operations Lead at Climate X, who lets us in on how he's helping to build a better future for our planet. We start the episode off with a piece on ' How Clean and Climate Tech Became a Good Investment ,' where he describes how the current global challenges are impacting the markets, changing the priorities of investors and ban...

This week, we welcome Mandana Ahmadi, Co-Founder and CEO at Alena, to discuss her forward-thinking approach with mental health, using Tech to help people be their best selves.  "Personalisation is key. At the end of the day, what matters is what's happening to me, my body, my brain, my life; therefore, it has to be specific to me," Mandana explains as we discuss a piece on Tech in mental health an...

In this week's episode, we welcome Danielle Clarke, Brand Designer & Marketing Consultant at Danielle Clarke Creative, where she shares her love of using design for good as well as helping businesses build stellar brands. In this episode, we switch it up and welcome our Creative Director Anabelle Pang and Senior Designer Oliva Messer to get a well-rounded perspective on the future of design. W...

In this week's episode, we welcome Imriel Morgan, CEO and founder of Content is Queen, who shares her passionate perspective on the up-and-coming podcast scene. We start the episode by delving into a piece by Wired on how tech industry layoffs will potentially undo workforce diversity gains, where Imriel describes how "the diversity element of the workforce tends to come much later for a lot of bi...

In this week's episode, we're joined by Trenton Moss, founder and lead coach of Team Sterka and the author of the bestselling book Human Powered , where he shares his focus on supercharging digital product teams with emotional intelligence. Trenton describes how embedding emotional intelligence into your teams will "increase everyone's well-being, it will improve individual performance, it will im...

In this week's episode, we welcome Arjay Ruggles, CEO of HomeRoom, who lets us in on their strong belief in community as a driver for growth and its crucial role in the future of business.  We start off with a deep dive into one of HubSpot's pieces on community-led growth, where Arjay mentions how companies are quick to make the mistake of dismissing community in B2B SaaS. In reality, "people want...

On this week's episode, Richard Packman, Managing Director at GoodPAYE, shares his perspective on adapting and changing the way technology is used so that it's an enabler and a force for good. "I think to really create significant change, you've got to change behaviour," he explains, as we discuss how to bring about change using tech for good, "and to change behaviour, you've got to adjust the way...

In this week's episode, we welcome Daniel Bakh, Co-Founder & CEO at Fullview, and learn about his passion to help humanizse SaaS companies so they can deliver amazing customer experiences. Daniel understands how frustrating it is to wrap one’s head around customer issues. So he built Fullview, a platform that supercharges the process of recognizing customers' problems, boosting productivity an...

In this week's episode, Yasmin Georgiou, Strategy Lead at William Joseph, discusses her passionate outlook on a people-centred approach to strategy development, bringing different perspectives together on a journey to create effective, long-term change. "I'm really driven by social purpose," she emphasizes, "that's, I suppose, the continuous thread through my career today. That's what I really bel...

In this week's episode, we welcome Ellie Hale, Producer at Catalyst, and discuss the potential of tech in re-inventing lives, systems, and perspectives.  Catalyst is a collective of digital agencies, funders, and charities who believe in the  strength of good design and data to transform civil society, driving a systemic and societal change. "Historically, tech platforms haven't been driven by soc...

In this week's episode, we talk to Jack Mardack, Co-Founder of Oyster, about the most exciting new chapter in the world of work and the crucial role he plays in building bridges between companies and the world's top talent. There has been "a legacy of imbalance of power as a basic construct of employment for a very long time," Jack explains. "That tone needs to be ripped out and replaced by someth...

In this week's episode, we're joined by Co-Founder and President of MapLight , Daniel Newman, who lets us in on his innovative use of tech to foster a just society, economy, and environment for everyone. "Believing in your importance doesn't mean you have to be special in some way or different from other people," Daniel expresses. "If you care about the world and want to improve it, then you will...

In this week's episode, we talk to Ana Heloísa Moreno, Founder of Altruistic Capital, about her empathetic and human-centred approach to venture capital. "Social justice is something that we're all born with the capacity to understand," she explains, supporting the presence of social justice in human nature. We all have the ability "to recognize a situation that isn't fair or just.” Ana Heloísa's...

In this week's episode, we speak with  Zoe Philpott—Co-Founder of 2zero3zero and creator of Ada. Ada. Ada—who speaks on storytelling, creative innovation, and gender equality in tech. Zoe is an award-winning experiential storyteller who breathes never-been-done-before ideas into existence. Her penchant for turning complex thoughts into moving experiences has made robots dance for Ford Motor Cars,...

In this week's episode, Olivia DeRamus, award-winning founder and CEO of Communia , shares her mission of re-imagining tech in its best possible form to connect, inform, and uplift women and marginalised genders. Olivia describes her goal as an attempt to "revolutionise and rethink how women connect with others and themselves" and talks about how tech can "improve women's lives in a way that has n...

In this week's episode, we speak to Jonny Burch, Founder of Progression , about his goal to help teams around the world define the skills needed for their staff to grow.  "If you're passionate about something, you'll be better at it," Jonny explains. "If you're not fundamentally excited by your day-to-day work, then it's going to be a miserable 8 hours." He describes the relationship between passi...

In this week's episode, Paul Finnis, CEO of the Learning Foundation and Digital Poverty Alliance, lets us in on his inspiring work, helping children achieve their full potential through the effective use of technology, with an ultimate goal to end digital poverty by 2030. "We kept finding enormous numbers of young people who were not connected at home at all or have limited connectivity," he expla...

In this week's episode, we talk to Aerica Shimizu Banks, Founder of Shisho, about her journey in building an intersectional equity approach in tech and policy. Aerica employs a holistic and data-driven approach to her work with Shisho, shaped by her own experiences with environmental justice, policy, and tech. Her triple bottom line is "people, planet, profit." "Racism, civil rights and the enviro...

"Founders are facing problems that are not just hurdles — but ‘stop all work in progress,’" explains Charlotte Clark, co-founder at Base Ventures. “What is a deal breaker in your startup journey, versus something you just have to figure out how to manoeuvre around?" That question is at the heart of what Base Ventures offers the startup world. Having experienced what it’s like to be lost in the sta...

In this week's episode, Catherine Lethbridge, Head of Strategy and Marketing at Workfacta, lets us in on her innovative work at Workfacta and the product's ability to create "management zen." "Anyone running a business or a team is constantly fire-fighting," she mentions, "and anyone who says otherwise is lying." As someone who has managed across industries, Catherine has created the prized "star...