Literal Humans
Tech Can't Save Us
A podcast for tech founders and operators building the next generation of mission-driven tech companies. Each episode, host Paul David (Founder/CEO of Literal Humans) sits down with a CEO, founder, or innovator and digs into the key questions that separate companies that scale from those that stall: What's going on in your sector? What's your path to category leadership? How's your product? Do your customers truly love it? How sharp is your go-to-market (GTM) strategy + execution? Who are your senior leaders? How are their personal and professional experiences shaping your growth trajectory?...
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Jul 9, 2026
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Episodes
S2 Ep39: Discussing Cybersecurity Around AI with Tiffany Ricks from HacWare 02.03.2023 1:01:59
The conversation kicks off with an article about ChatGPT and whether it poses a cybersecurity risk. “It is exciting to see how fast this has taken off and how people are adopting an AI tool,” Tiffany says. “But it’s also being adopted by bad actors and cybercriminals. They’re using it to make their emails look real and personalize them at scale,” she tells us. “Others have learned to exploit ChatG...
S2 Ep38: Building More Accessible and Transparent Financial Services with Swastik Nigam from Winvesta 23.02.2023 38:12
Winvesta is a cross-border neobank that provides a wide variety of products to developing markets, including global banking accounts, investment portfolios, and payment collections. The company was born out of Swastik’s desire to develop a product suite that would give investors in developing markets access to financial services in developed markets. India is the largest user base for some of the...
S2 Ep37: AI and Poetry with Kieron Rennie from Building Bridges With Words 16.02.2023 53:10
Kieron is a jack of all trades with his interests in marketing and love of poetry so he built a creative consultancy on the power of words. His obsession with language and etymology drives him to inspire clients to build bridges with words. As a Performance Poet, Kieron shares his perspective on a piece questioning AIs ability to write Authentic Poetry and how “what it lacks is human experience t...
S2 Ep36: Powering Startups with Amy Carter-James and Ben Keene from Raaise 09.02.2023 53:23
This week, we welcome Amy Carter-James and Ben Keene, Co-founders of Raaise, who share their mission to empower climate startups to create a better future for our planet. Raaise is a SaaS platform powering bold, game-changing climate startups to prepare for and execute a funding round with as little friction as possible so they can create climate solutions for a better, greener future. We start...
S2 Ep35: Fighting Airborne Diseases with Christian Hendriksen from Rensair 02.02.2023 44:16
This week, we welcome Christian Hendriksen, Co-Founder and CEO at Rensair, who walks us through his pursuit to protect and enhance lives through proven clean air technology. Christian is passionate about clean air as a human right. He creates new technologies with Rensair that help people around the world reduce their exposure to air pollution and tackle airborne diseases. "There is a direct corre...
S2 Ep34: Transforming Health Education with Reva McPollom from Lessonbee 26.01.2023 49:57
In this week's episode, we welcome Reva McPollom, Founder & CEO of Lessonbee who shares her mission to transform K-12 health education and social emotional learning. Reva’s innovation at Lessonbee provides culturally relevant health education that promotes mental and emotional well-being that serves as a catalyst to a healthier world for everyone. "One of the issues historically with the SEL c...
S2 Ep33: Future-Proofing Society with Rohit Talwar from Fast Future 19.01.2023 38:39
What better month to talk about the future? This week, we welcome Rohit Talwar, Founder and CEO of Fast Future, to discuss his passion: harnessing new ideas and driving innovation to future-proof society. Rohit's work at Fast Future specialises in the fields of future and foresight, delivering critical insights to help clients navigate disruption and understand the emerging landscape, so they can...
S2 Ep32: Exploring Gender Identity in Tech with Cynthia Fortlage from CAF Services 12.01.2023 1:02:39
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...
S2 Ep31: Creating Sustainable Change with Robin Eriksson from Cogo 05.01.2023 39:21
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...
S2 Ep30: Empowering Founders with Piotr Pisarz from Uncapped 15.12.2022 51:01
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, “...
S2 Ep29: Defining the Post Quantum World with Alan Grau from PQShield 08.12.2022 36:21
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...
S2 Ep28: Re-Shaping Eco-Anxiety with Kat Hamilton from Force of Nature 01.12.2022 49:07
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...
S2 Ep27: Unlocking the Power of Climate Data with Alexandre Crépault from Climate X 24.11.2022 34:49
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...
S2 Ep26: Personalizing Mental Health with Mandana Ahmadi from Alena 17.11.2022 54:04
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...
S2 Ep25: The Future of Branding & Design with Danielle Clarke from Danielle Clarke Creative 10.11.2022 1:00:15
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...
S2 Ep24: Creating Inclusive Podcasting with Imriel Morgan from Content is Queen 03.11.2022 57:32
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...
S2 Ep23: Supercharging Digital Product Teams Using Emotional Intelligence with Trenton Moss from Team Sterka 27.10.2022 44:50
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...
S2 Ep22: Delving into Community-Led SaaS Growth with Arjay Ruggles from HomeRoom 20.10.2022 44:11
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...
S2 Ep21: Reinventing Payroll Giving with Richard Packman from GoodPAYE 13.10.2022 44:35
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...
S2 Ep20: Exploring a Customer-Led Approach to SaaS with Daniel Bakh from Fullview 06.10.2022 37:01
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...
S2 Ep19: Navigating Marketing in the Charity Sector with Yasmin Georgiou from William Joseph 29.09.2022 41:49
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...
S2 Ep18: Catalysing Change with Ellie Hale from Catalyst 22.09.2022 53:15
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...
S2 Ep17: Redefining HR Using Tech with Jack Mardack from Oyster 15.09.2022 44:14
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...
S2 Ep16: Improving Democracy Through Tech With Daniel Newman From MapLight 08.09.2022 43:08
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...
S2 Ep15: Venture Capital: Investing in Social Change with Ana Heloísa Moreno from Altruistic Capital 01.09.2022 53:33
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...
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