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Thom Dennis is well known for his expertise in creating transformational change and is a sought-after advisor on a spectrum of leadership, diversity, inclusion and justice issues. Over the last 30 years he has been a coach and confidant to executives of many organisations, facilitated pivotal meetings setting strategy, purpose and vision, and devised and led culture change programs bringing lastin...

Pete Sena is a creative entrepreneur and forward-obsessed business builder. He partners with founders and business leaders to 10x their growth through marketing innovation, branding, and digital-experience design and create what’s next. Specialties: Branding, Marketing Innovation, Strategy, Web3, Digital Transformation, Creative Leadership. As founder of Digital Surgeons, a forward-obsessed brand...

Mark talks to Zach Rattner,  the author of is his first book. Zach shows us the lessons he learned in his journey from an employee to a founder mindset. The lessons he learned are universal amongst entrepreneurs, but Zach gives us a unique spin, as his start-up is in one of the fastest growing areas in the business world - AI. https://growupfastbook.com

In this episode of the "Boss It" podcast, join host Mark Edwards as he engages in a compelling conversation with Philip Hall, a distinguished UK inventor deeply committed to advancing technology that could play a pivotal role in addressing the global climate change challenge. Rarely in one's lifetime does the opportunity arise to encounter a game-changer with even half the transform...

Minter Dial is an international professional speaker, elevator and a multiple award-winning author. An agent of change who has exercised twelve different métiers and moved country fifteen times, he’s author of the WWII story, The Last Ring Home as well as 3 business books: Futureproof , Heartificial Empathy (2nd edition) and You Lead . 

In the 16th episode of the third season of the BOSS-it podcast, Mark Edwards delves into a discussion with Alan Schulman about the importance of creativity in digital software communication Alan Schulman's background: Alan is widely recognised as an expert in digital creativity and content within the industry. He has held executive roles in both big four consulting firms and creative departme...

In episode 15 of season 3 of the BOSS-it podcast, Professor Alexiei Dingle discusses with Mark Edwards the impact of AI on the software industry. They explore the key benefits that AI will provide, as well as the considerations that the industry needs to make in order to benefit from this emerging technology.  Professor Alexiei Dingli Background: Alexiei is a Professor of Artificial Intelligence (...

Dr. Ulrich Kampffmeyer was an early pioneer in enterprise content management who pivoted to machine learning and AI. Dr. Kampffmeyer firmly believes that AI will redefine work. In this 54-minute podcast, Mark and Ulrich discuss many topics related to AI and the software industry.

Join Mark Edwards as he has an entertaining and informative chat with Bob Hoffman a very outspoken speaker on the subject of advertising. He has been CEO of three advertising agencies and since leaving that role has been unfetttered or hindered about his learnings from several decades. An Amazon #1 best-selling author Bob is happy to take on advertising delusions and layout some startling facts. ...

Hear what Danel learned about scaling businesses from analysing the cut-throat US election cycle, his AI prediction for the next 20 years, and finally what his favourite business book ever is (after reading hundreds of them). Contact Daniel Priestley here: www.linkedin.com/in/danielpriestley Buy Daniel’s latest book for £0.99 here:  Scorecard Marketing: The four-step playbook for getting better le...

Ethical Hacker on the security flaws of software companies - with Ted Harrington Hear about the rapidly evolving techniques criminal hackers want to use to bring down your software company, and also, how to protect yourself against them. Listen to this BOSS-it episode now hosted by top M&A deal maker, Mark Edwards.   Contact Ted here: www.tedharrington.com

How to do business process automation the right way - with Nick Gradwell Part 2 Hear from one of the industry’s top experts about how he reduces his clients’ runnings costs and maximises their efficiency which drives revenue and cost savings. Plus, discover the number one pitfall software companies make when trying to automate their processes.

How to do business process automation the right way - with Nick Gradwell Part 1 Hear from one of the industry’s top experts about how he reduces his clients’ runnings costs and maximises their efficiency which drives revenue and cost savings. Plus, discover the number one pitfall software companies make when trying to automate their processes.

"Blockchain tech insights for software execs - with Dr Christian de Vartavan  Hear from an advisor to the UK government about the surprising ways software companies can use Blockchain technology to their benefit, also how companies who don’t use it are being left behind, and finally, hear Christian’s expert prediction for Blockchain going forwards (and how it’ll affect your software business)...

Ransomware attacks, innovation mistakes, & cyber security - with Leon Kuperman Hear Leon’s personal story about the ransomware attack that struck when they were making between $750k-1m sales a day, the unorthodox ways he keeps his engineers happy, and the one innovation mistake that’s so common in the software industry. Listen to this BOSS-it episode now hosted by top M&A deal maker Mark E...

Hear about the one thing about AI that our industry needs to urgently address, future areas he believes are worth investing resources into, and about the big machine learning study he did while working as a senior scientist at Xerox. Listen to this BOSS-it episode now hosted by top M&A deal maker Mark Edwards. Contact Luca here: www.sparkd.ai

In this episode of BOSS-it, Mark Edwards talks with Uli Erxleben, Co-founder and Managing Director of Hypatos. The conversation ranges widely over topics including IDP (Intelligent Document Processing), Neural Networks, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) but ultimately, it's all about the humans who use the tech. Hypatos - Unusual Origins Mark shares a joke with Uli about...

In this last episode of Season 2 BOSS-it podcast, Mark Edwards has a warm and engaging conversation with Sean Si, CEO & Founder of SEO Hacker. Early Beginnings Sean Si introduces himself as a born-again Christian from the Philippines. He runs a 50 people digital marketing agency, one of the most-trusted and leading SEO companies in the Philippines. He founded SEO Hacker at just 21 years old wi...

For the last episode of Season 2, Mark was delighted to host Steve Hoffman, CEO of Founders Space and author of three startup-related books (links below). The conversation between the two CEOs is far-ranging, lively and entertaining - Steve's energy and enthusiasm for what he does are infectious. From early ambitions to be an architect, filmmaker or games designer, Steve admits he never expec...

Mark Edwards talks with Martha Amram of Glynt.ai. Revisiting their previous conversation,Mark and Martha have an in-depth conversation, spanning exciting innovations in AI and Machine Learning, no-code platforms, the increasing demand for carbon emissions data and how companies can now make money from their data. Background With a PhD from MIT, Martha's background is in economics & financ...

In this podcast, Mark has an illuminating conversation with John Taylor of Action.ai, a company that offers the world's most advanced natural language technology, conceived by the best computational linguistics. Never one to shy away from a controversial question, Mark’s opening question, “Does AI really exist?”, doesn’t disappoint.  Taking this in his stride, John says it does exist but the...

BOSS-it host, Mark Edwards has a wide-ranging chat with CTO and author, Mark Herschberg, who, it turns out, has been a guest on 180 podcasts. No pressure there then for our host to ask some decent questions :-) Brief Bio for Mark Herschberg Back in the 90s, during the .com era, Mark was a software developer. At the same time, he recognised the skills required to be successful were leadership, comm...

Mark Edwards talks to Salt Lake City-based Joseph Wilkins of FunnySalesVideos.com, about how his company uses humorous videos to connect with audiences and drive massive sales.  Background.. In 2000, Joseph Wilkins founded ProCreative Studios, which produced infomercials for television & marketing videos for clients, including Google, Linkedin, McDonalds, Goldman Sachs, Chevrolet & Home De...

Mark Edwards talks with Alex Gesell of Imagine Growth, a training institute, focused on the tech sector. A true digital nomad, Alex lives globally, spending 3-6 months in the most beautiful places from Europe to Latin America, US, Africa to Asia - He has employees on all 5 continents and clients mainly in Europe and the US. It’s a fully virtual company, which he founded 2 years ago and built from...

Mark Edwards has a stimulating conversation with Matt Rosenthal, CEO at Mind Core.  What Matt Finds Inspirational.. Matt says he likes change and uncertainty, coupled with having to figure things out and not being quite sure what’s coming next. He also loves failure as it forces him to push himself and to learn and to see how far he can go and what he’s capable of - He’s often surprised by what he...