Humans Aren't Robots

This week on Digial Noir Presents, we're joined by Aarron Walter - VP of Design Education at InVision. Aarron draws upon 15 years of experience running product teams and teaching design to help companies enact design best practices. He emphasises that design isn't something to be applied to an end product in hopes of making it pretty, but a problem solving process.

We were really excited to chat with Charlie at Pausefest this year, we have been longtime fans of Bellroy and was really interested to hear more about the behind the scenes at the company. At the time of this conversation, Charlie was the head of flourishing at Bellroy. Helping their team and customer to 'flourish' in life is one of the guiding principles of the business and Charlie had some reall...

String built a loyal following on Meerkat and after its death moved across to Snapchat to build an audience to big up the powers of video for personal and business branding. She is great at it. She knows that consistency is key and 'showing up' at the same time every day / week to deliver scheduled, high impact content 'Live' is a brilliant way to build a tribe. That makes sense right? Since those...

We first met Julia as a part of the 2018 Telstra Business Awards. She was heading up the PR team and we were blown away with the quality of communications around the whole awards and events. We were lucky enough to sit down with her whilst we were podcasting LIVE from Pausefest 2019. We chatted about what it means to be a marketer in 2019, how small business can benefit from PR and the importance...

This week, Christo and I sat down with Phillip Dautell - Tonsley Precinct Director, to trade ideas on the need for expanding co-working spaces, Adelaide as a leading city, Office morale and creating self-sustaining communities in larger cities. The Tonsley Innovation District is driving change and realising the future. It's a tight, focused, vibrant and dynamic development environment, drawing on...

Last week, Sam went down to Plant 4 to hang out with Jessie Spiby, Founder and Taylor Peplow Ball from My Grandma Ben. My Grandma Ben is not your average store/eatery. They have a real passion for sustainability and striving to be more eco-friendly in everything they do, especially their business practices. We had a chat about the importance of community, gardening, preserving food and a whole lot...

This week on Digital Noir Presents, Sam & Nick chat with Elaine Stead, Managing Director of Venture Capital at Blue Sky Alternative Investments to discuss the finance industry and the critical humans factor in business. We touch on Australia's budget spending, ideas and problem solving, and the mental health of business leaders over a bottle of red.

Sadly we did not manage to sit down with Rachael O'Meara at Pause Fest this year but lucky for us she gave up some of her time to jump on Skype and have a chat with Sam. Rachael is the author of Pause. A book which outlines how to create intentional shifts in behaviour to help you lead a more meaningful and satisfying life. It teaches you how to harness the power of giving yourself a break! This i...

Sam sat down with Leah from Intimate (crypto for grown ups) at Pausefest 2019 to discuss all things Crypto, Adult and privacy. Leah is the Chief Impact Officer for intimate, a cryptocurrency that is challenging institutional bias against the adult and sex tech industries. With over a decade's experience spearheading the business development and growth strategies for a range of emerging tech startu...

What is the most memorable tv advertisement you've ever seen? On this week's episode of Digital Noir Presents, Nick and Nate are joined by Dominic Legg, Managing Director of Motion by Design, where they discuss all forms of digital advertising. Dominic also provides some extremely valuable insight into the production of video commercials and effective ways of reaching your audience. This is one fo...

Sam and Nick are joined by Mathew D'Onofrio, founder of Nightlife, a business he founded when he was 17! Nightlife is an event first aid service dedicated to creating safe partying environments amongst youth, alcohol consumption and drugs. Mathew's story of why he began this business is eye-opening and definitely worth listening to. The guys also chat about Mathew's time in St Johns and where his...

Katrina Donaghy is the Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Civic Ledger - a civic-focused blockchain Australian company, working with governments globally on the use of blockchain technologies. Angela DiFabio, Business Engagement at Flinders New Venture Institute, has culminated her understanding of banking with innovative technologies and processes to provide strategic vision for disrupt...

On the last episode of our Podcasts from SouthStart series, Sam is joined by Mark Mendel, founder of 99starts. 99starts is a global on-demand conference content platform bringing you the very best keynote talks. The two discuss how to get the most out of a conference, from making connections, VIP tickets and why the word "conference" is overrated. 99starts: https://www.99starts.com/

Matthew Michalewicz is CEO of Complexica, a leading provider of Artificial Intelligence software applications that can optimise sales, marketing, & supply chain decisions. He joins Sam on the podcast at SouthStart to chat about why he moved to Australia, the business-related differences between the USA and Australia as well as the fear of failure.

Heather J. MacKenzie is an internationally acclaimed speaker who presents compelling keynotes and workshops on a variety of topics, including how healing childhood trauma improves professional and personal relationships, why funding females is good for everyone, and the importance of tending to founder mental health. She joins Sam as they discuss South Australia becoming more transparent and bring...

Penny Locaso, founder and CEO of BKindred is the world's first Happiness Hacker, on a mission to teach 10 million humans, by 2025, how to future-proof happiness. Julie Trell, head of muru-D has a vast and varied background spanning both startup and corporate environments, working most recently as the Founder & Chief Life Officer of Playful Purpose. Suffice to say Sam is in good company for this ep...

John Henderson is a Partner at Airtree Ventures where he focuses on vertical applications of data analytics. He also co-founded London.ai, which has become Europe's premier AI meetup. On this episode of Podcasts from SouthStart, John joins Sam to chat about what the future could look like for humans in the world of AI and why the need for critical thinking is more vital than ever. Airtree Ventures...

Need to energize revenue growth, break into the next level, enter new markets or merge businesses to grow your market presence? Then Gus Quiroga is your guy. As the Acting Business Unit Leader - Watson Customer Engagement at IBM, Gus knows all about talent development, revenue focus and go to market transformation. He also knows a thing or two about iRobot, and if you want to know what we mean by...

With over 20 years of software development and specialising in Augmented Reality, John Sietsma is your go-to-guy if you want to implement AR into your start-up or large business. John currently works as an Evangelist for Unity, implementing AR to overcome technical, business and skill hurdles. Enjoy this episode of the podcast as Sam talks with John about getting entrepreneurs together and startin...

Allow us to introduce you to Greg Cross. He creates digital humans (his words not ours). Greg is the co-founder of Soul Machines, a company with a mission focus on humanizing Artificial Intelligence and exploring the future of human-machine cooperation. He joins Sam on the podcast to discuss the implications and ethics of Augmented Reality and more!

You heard it here first! The robots have infiltrated our society! As suitcases...? This week on the podcast, Nick shares the most exciting new tech to come out of CES 2019 like rollable TVs, capsule beer and automatic toothbrushes, while Christo and Sam try to derail him as quickly as possible. It doesn't take long...

You've probably heard of Cameron Adams, and if you haven't, you've definitely heard of Canva, the online design platform. Cameron is a co-founder and Chief Product Officer at the online design giant, with over 10 million users in 190 different countries. Sam delves into Cameron's history working in the web-space, from his time at Google to building Canva.

Ever thought about becoming a millionaire? We have the podcast for you! Jay Samit: entrepreneur, best-selling author and serial disruptor. A man that wears many hats, Jay has made many accomplishments throughout his life; appointed by President Bill Clinton to assist in bringing Internet access for US schools, former Independent Vice Chairman of Deloitte, and raising hundreds of millions of dollar...

Actor, Singer, Filmmaker. You might be surprised to find we're talking about Co-Founder of Vinomofo, Andre Eikmeier! After recently stepping down as CEO of the company, Andre began transformation agency, Good Empire (FKA Cult Tribal), to help companies build culture-led brands and unite their own tribes by doing things right. A wealth of knowledge just waiting to be tapped, Sam sat down with Andre...

In 2015, Flavia Tata Nardini co-founded Fleet Space Technologies, a connectivity company with a mission to create a digital nervous system by launching system microsatellites into space to control IoT devices. Flavia and Sam chat about her love of space, the correlation between passion & entrepreneurship, and the future of space in Adelaide. All that and more on this episode of Digital Noir Presen...