Digital Culture Ideas with Hils Walton

In this episode, James Stewart Director at Gemelli Consulting and Hilary Walton discuss James' work leading social enterprises and the impact technology is having to tackle social and environmental problems.

In this episode, I speak to Tim Loftus GM Marketing, Brand and Communication at ChristchurchNZ, and in February he'll be joining the New Zealand Merino Company as GM of Sales and Marketing. Listen in to hear us discuss Tim's - Origin story into branding and marketing, including trial and tribulations - influences in branding and marketing - advice for people, as well as businesses, about building...

In this episode, I'm on the 'Let's Talk Hacking' video series, with iT360's Head of Marketing Jess Mason and CEO Dave Wilson. We discuss everything from cybersecurity tips to the privacy law, this was truly an insightful and exciting discussion.

In this episode, I speak to Chris Phillips the Managing Director of International Prepare and Protect Security Office (IPPSO) .  I worked with Chris in the United Kingdom when he was the Head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office responsible for the UK Crowded Places Strategy based within the Centre for the Protection of the Critical National Infrastructure (CPNI). Chris has provi...

This weeks episode is a keynote I gave at the New Zealand Internet Task Force (NZITF). In this keynote, I discuss the basics of cyber security culture along the following themes: Security communication is more than just awareness, we have to change culture and behaviour to reduce people risk To build a human firewall we need to learn what it is like to be human. Ways to assess and measure security...

On today's episode, I'm interviewed by Anthony McMahon from the IT Psychiatrist on his Biz Btyes Podcast about organisational culture in a digital age and why it's important that we change the way we talk about tech. We're communicating more than we ever have. The world is getting smaller by the day. All because of Technology. Technology is changing the way we think, lead, and make decisions. And...

Bruce Hallas has been studying what makes people in an organisation follow security policy and really make it (security) part of their mindset and culture, similar to myself. He is author of ‘Re-thinking the Human Factor’ book & Podcast.  And he takes lessons from behavioural science, neuroscience and psychology – ‘what it takes to be human’ and coaches organisations in this through his S...

Listen in to this conversation with Luke Johnstone, Principal Consultant at Double-O, to find out how you and your team can "Stop starting and start finishing". Beacuse, the more you start doesn't mean the more you finish. Luke is an outcome-focused, values-driven, commercially astute consultant with significant experience in leading and developing teams, delivering change programmes, business dev...

Anthony (Ants) has seen the impact a faulty mindset around technology can have on businesses. They don’t operate efficiently, are more vulnerable to risks, staff experience more stress, too much energy is spent on trying to put out fires, their customer service suffers, and they stop focusing on their overall strategy. Ants is able to cut through the hype and jargon to remove complexities, and dem...

Ed Sims is one of my favourite CEO's that I have worked with. He's an aviation and tourism professional, he has an amazing track record in many countries including Europe, Australia, New Zealand and North America.  He's known as a change agent and for the right reasons, because he cares about people as well as business success, he knows the two things are linked.  Ed is extremely open an...

In this tell-all interview, Jemma Goodman, who is a Journalism student, gets the goods by asking me great questions to get to the nub of my strengths, development areas, drivers and influencers. I talk about me, not the job and work experience, instead, it's a raw look under the cover of who I am, what has influenced me and what has driven me.      We cover the important topic...

Amy gets a kick out of helping people connect, communicate and get things done. An alternate title I had for this episode was 'Tenacity, passion and purpose' to describe what drives this inspiring woman and her approach to work and life. She’s an experienced governor with over 25 years being on both commercial and not for profit boards. What's more, she has successfully launched and grown a number...

Christine Dormaar is the Global CIO of Tait Communications in Christchurch. Christine does what she says she will do, with integrity and passion. She enjoys challenging the norm, working across business areas and delivering business outcomes. Her experience spans many industry types, with a broad and balanced skillset covering most aspects of information technology, management and leadership. This...

Chris Hails is a New Zealand based cybersecurity practitioner with the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and cyber-psychology researcher seeking to reduce the emotional and financial harms caused by cyber-enabled crime and social engineering.  He is a qualified journalist, project manager and information security professional and is researching an individual’s ‘Security Quotient’ score and...

The presence of technology continues to increase in many aspects of our lives and health is no different. Canterbury DHB, in New Zealand, is currently in a period of digital transformation, bringing to life technology and system solutions that support opportunities to improve the patient journey and enhance our clinical and operational effectiveness Listen in to hear Stella Ward the Chief Digital...

I first heard Cam Calkoen speak about 'Dream big, achieve more ' not even a year ago and I still remember the effect he had on his audience and me.  Many motivational speakers have become so because of a life-changing event - lost limbs in accidents, reformed drug addicts, been in a gang and/or prison, beaten, raped as a child. This inspires them to become change agents through motivational s...

Hilary Walton and Ryan Ashton (best known as Ryan 'the lion' Ashton) from 'A Few Quiet Yarns' discuss people, technology and culture -  but not just business culture change. With a mission to co-create a better world for everyone to co-exist the conversation reaches into broader diversity and inclusion as well as the digital divide, the #MeToo movement, and other injustices like child abuse....

Hilary Walton and Sarah Bowden from Microsoft discuss how to create a digital culture in teams. Sarah's take on it is through personalising experiences through technology to generate fun and belonging. We discuss the importance of prioritizing our health and wellbeing and making it ok for others to do the same. We also discuss supporting people, teams and businesses through enabling technology. Sa...

Hilary Walton and Matt Jones discuss pivoting in the areas of digital and Health & Safety. Listen in to hear about developing digital behaviours, digital marketing, takeaways for moving to levels 2 and 1 for COVID, and health and wellness implications it's hoped the world will hold onto as we transition yet again into a new normal.

Everything has an origin, a beginning, and here is Digital Culture Ideas' one. I discuss how I came to start a Digital Culture Ideas podcast and why I think it's such an important topic at this time. You have to start somewhere, so here it is.