LDN London Digital Nattering

Many moons ago, I caught one of Bill Hicks' last performances in London before his untimely death at the age of 32. Bill's stage persona was that of a tough-talking misanthrope, and he often talked about the impact of human beings on the environment. Indeed, he referred to our species as a virus with shoes. So here I am, years later, with children and wondering about the kind of world I'll leave them in when I'm gone. I know our consumption is killing the environment, but I feel powerless...

Digital Transformation is an all-pervasive term that means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For many, it’s about apps: the user experience of them. The convenience. But what many forget is that the digital they experience is the tip of the iceberg. How the interfaces we use connect to other parts of the systems that serve us, and the business processes we rely on, is where the real magic is. I’m joined on this episode of LDN by Jack Hanison. Jack is the Founder and...

There was a more innocent time in computer technology, before viruses, before hacking, but those days are in the past. We’re now a networked society, hooking our bank accounts, social profiles and by extension our brains together. What brings us together also makes us vulnerable. And with the revelations of foreign interference in the 2016 US Presidential elections, and the Brexit referendum, what does all this mean for the security of our democracy? Joining me today to explore these...

We’re now more than six months since the first COVID-19 lockdown, and even now government advice remains to work from home where possible. With our city economies built around commuter and business activity that may never return, this episode explores what impact COVID is going to have on the economy, environment and social cohesion of our cities. On this episode, we're joined by Ciara Walker (Twitter: @cwalkerinsight), who is a construction economist with a proven track record forecasting...

Organisations seek to transform themselves for various reasons – often to increase their value, sometimes for other reasons, often for reasons that are unclear even to themselves. Now organisations are having to adapt to the “New Normal of COVID-19, and whilst this is encouraging many to move out of their comfort zones and try something new, often, with cashflow squeezed and the market changing around them, there’s a huge price to pay for getting transformation wrong. Worse still, A...

A lot has changed over the last few months. We’re in the beginnings of a recession, we’re heading into a new normal and we can’t work together as we used to. The future used to belong to in person interactions - but how is this changing? Processes and Tools are important but individuals and interactions are still important - so how do we square the circle of working together without being together? How do we stay apart yet combine our creativity and energy? I’m joined in this episode by...

COVID-19 has been a global economic, social and human disaster, the likes of which we haven’t seen in over 100 years. Like previous pandemics, it looks likely to fundamentally change how we live, socialise and work. In season 3 of LDN, I’m joined by experts in their fields who are leading the change. We’ll be covering topics including how to coordinate huge delivery teams across multiple timezones. How technical and data integration is a key pillar to helping brands adapt to the new normal....

In this episode I'm joined by Duncan Drury and we go slightly beyond our mission to talk digital in the UK and Europe to look outwards towards the rest of the world. Duncan and I met in our first week at University in London. He was studying Anthropology, being inspired to do so by a life-changing school exchange where he spent a month in Tanzania. Both Duncan and I wound up getting caught up in the dot com boom and both our careers took us into Technology. Duncan's journey took him back...

Season 2 kicks off with some great conversation with an old friend, Steve Limmer. Steve joins Ciarán in the studio to reflect on the 18 years since the Manifesto for Agile Software Development was drafted. We talk about where it has made an impact, where it is still encountering resistance, and where it might lead us into its twenties. About the Show: LDN is a regular podcast about digital, and also where the digital meets the human. We’ll be based out of London, with a European...

Welcome to the fourth episode of LDN: London Digital Nattering! LDN is a regular podcast about digital, and also where the digital meets the human. We’ll be based out of London, with a European outlook. We’ll be featuring good conversation with practitioners in and around London, who aren’t professional talking heads, but people who “do the do”. In this episode, Ciarán (@cironni) talks to Roy Mohamed. Roy left London for the bright lights of Berlin following the Brexit Referendum of June...

Welcome to the third episode of LDN: London Digital Nattering! LDN is a regular podcast about digital, and also where the digital meets the human. We’ll be based out of London, with a European outlook. We’ll be featuring good conversation with practitioners in and around London, who aren’t professional talking heads, but people who “do the do”. In this episode, Ciarán (@cironni) talks to Matteo Plachesi, Head of Marketing and Communications at the Design Museum, about the Arts Culture and...

Welcome to the second episode of LDN: London Digital Nattering! LDN is a regular podcast about digital, and also where the digital meets the human. We’ll be based out of London, with a European outlook. We’ll be featuring good conversation with practitioners in and around London, who aren’t professional talking heads, but people who “do the do”. In our second episode, Ciarán (@cironni) talks to Sunny Dilgeer (@sunnydilgeer) about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, by way of uncovering the quite...

Welcome to the pilot episode of LDN: London Digital Nattering! LDN is a regular podcast about digital, and also where the digital meets the human. We’ll be based out of London, with a European outlook. We’ll be featuring good conversation with practitioners in and around London, who aren’t professional talking heads, but people who “do the do”. In this pilot episode, Ciarán (@cironni) talks to Steve Limmer (@_slimmer_) about agile and digital detox. Steve is an independent agile consultant...