Tech Talks

Ingrid Pope is tomorrow's guest. The show is focused on coaching and dealing with the clutter in our lives. Given the amount we all deal with, especially in technology, coping strategies to be successful and productive are pretty useful. However, before that we have a chat about cake...

Prashanth joins the podcast to talk about his new post at Stack Overflow where he has been CEO for just a few months. How does he see development and the types of people in development evolving? In the show he mentions a blog post reflecting on his first 90 days. Here it is: https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/01/21/scripting-the-future-of-stack-2020-plans-vision/

The new CEO of Stack Overflow, Prashanth Chandrasekar, is our guest on the podcast tomorrow! He reveals he's a Star Trek fan, has a group chat called cousins and he recommends a restaurant that we hope is still there... if anyone else has been more recently... let us know!

Joe Griston joins the show to tell us how he grew a company to 850 staff in stealth mode, how Arrival became one of the most successful company on LinkedIn whilst doing the opposite of what they were told, and why they've ripped up job specs! If you're in recruitment, or the talent industry, today's show will challenge your views on how you bring talent into your business and retain people.

Arrival's Chief of Talent Joe is our guest tomorrow, but before that we ask him a few questions to give you a taste of what to expect from our next guest!

This week we talk to Gaurav Dhillon, CEO of SnapLogic and former-CEO and founder of Informatica. We're talking growth, "safe" innovation, why tech leaders are averse to talking risks, and the key ingredients needed to be a successful CEO/tech leader today!

Tomorrow's guest is Gaurav, the CEO and Chairman of San Francisco based data insight business SnapLogic. WIth over 2000 customers he's joining the podcast thanks to the time we spent with him during WebSummit. Before the serious stuff we chat about his plans to hijack his niece's wedding!

Alla joins the podcast to talk about the way that Headstart is tackling bias in the hiring process. They are working with clients to use data to add explainability to decision making. Talent is a key part of business strategy, and gut-feeling is not an adequate approach! Also in today's podcast we discuss Doteveryone's report into the gig economy, this link to the report is: https://www.doteveryon...

Headstart Head of Engineering Alla Babkina joins the show on Friday. We asked her three questions to give you a taste of our next guest! Tune in tomorrow for some tech insight!

Today we're exploring the future of driving and insurance, discussing how data is altering both our approach to driving and the physical environment around us. Paul has worked as the founder of his own business, and with LexisNexis Risk Solutions (which is part of RELX), in this space and shares great insight. Also, if you don't listen in time, here is a link to the event mentioned at the end of t...

Tomorrow's podcast features a dive into the future of driving and insurance. Paul Stacy talks about black box insurance, it's effect on driving and how data is affecting safety. Find out a little bit more about tomorrow's guest ahead of the podcast!

Mine are a new business, launching in the UK just this week! We caught up with CEO and co-founder Gal to find out how they're helping consumers reclaim their data, and why (despite Brexit) the UK is still the place to be for their business. Want to take control of your personal data? https://saymine.com/

Tomorrow's guest is Gal, CEO and co-founder of personal data platform Mine. We're chatting about the offering Mine have to the market, which launched in the UK this week! Also on the agenda we chat about GDPR and the Mine startup story. But before tomorrow...

Gary is MD at Xero, a software business providing an accountancy solution for small businesses. We chat about the trends in the industry and why an entrepreneur no long needs permission to run their business. He also shares his very personal perspective on his career, once again undermining the importance of getting more value from our work. Also in the show, a little tech news concerning Netflix...

Gary is the Managing Director of Xero, a high-growth accountancy solution built to help small and medium sized enterprises. Here we get to know Gary better. Elon Musk, watch out...

Kresimir joins the podcast to talk to us about the tech-driven electric bicycle company Greyp. The bicycle is tech first, with telematics build into the bike allow for gamification and a new, innovative way to drive the motor! This show was recorded at Web Summit in November. If you're in London on Thursday 23rd January, why don't you join Dave for a chat about building tech responsibly? https://e...

Tomorrow's pod was recorded during Web Summit in Lisbon, and features a Croatian company designing high-end electronic bikes with a bunch more tech onboard. Kresimir is the COO. Here is a taste of what's to come...

Legl are bringing a modern tech-driven approach to the legal sector, an area where a huge amount of friction exists between the customer and industry. Jonathan describes Legl's approach, the challenges face, which sectors they're learning from, and where the 'product mindset' might be nurtured!

Jonathan is the Head of Product at Legl, the people who brought the award winning Crowd Justice to market. Tomorrow we're chatting all about product, and some of the usual routes into tech. Today it's the relative merits of Christmas and being in charge of a Christmas shop...

Anisa is the Senior HR Business Partner at 11:FS, and spends her days building and nurturing purposeful teams by engaging, supporting, retaining and developing the best talent. Which sounds great... but how do you do that successfully when a business of 80 people needs to hire 300?

Anisa is building the HR function at 11FS. Tomorrow we're diving into the culture and methods behind that operation. Right now she's claiming her husband is a dad dancer...

CoStartup & Go helps get startups off the ground; helping edit ideas, streamline operations and work with a founding team. Sian opens up about this learning and the patterns she sees in early-stage businesses. How many people really understand all aspects involved in running a company, or how to divide your time, anyway?? From the whole team behind Tech Talks, Happy New Year!

On tomorrow's show (the first of 2020) we're chatting to CoStartup & Go founder/director Sian. We're talking about leadership within the tech sector. But before that we chat about the ability to hold your breath. I mean, why wouldn't we?

Alex is our New Year's Eve guest as we talk about education. Tony Blair was emphasising education in the mid-90s, and now on the brink of the 20s it feels like we're on the edge of real change. It's only taken 25 years for tech to unlock new opportunities! Have a listen and find out how they're helping 8-12 year olds with Atom, an AI-powered platform.

Caroline is the president and founder of Women in Governance, a Canadian based not-for-profit aiming to help improve the numbers of women in the boardroom? Why; because pale and stale boards are bad of competition, the economy and wider society. Caroline's is a fantastic story, and one I'm happy we can share on Christmas Eve!