A podcast to help you get your head around big trends in the ever-changing landscape of work. TechTarget Editor Ana Salom welcomes industry leaders and tech experts to shed light on the transformative trends shaping the global economy— ESG, AI, Web 3.0, Blockchain, Machine Learning—and explore their impact on the future of business and work.
Episodes
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Democratising Health: Redesigning Care with Artificial Intelligence
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Wednesday Aug 02, 2023
Could AI really transform an entire industry at the global level? On a mission to end cardiovascular disease across the world, visionary digital transformation and strategy leader, Richard Dasselaar has dedicated his life to unpicking the complexities of global public health and designing innovative ecosystem models that optimize healthcare outcomes and democratize access to care across the globe.
In this episode, I sat down with him to find out about the potential of Artificial Intelligence to revolutionize healthcare around the world, why we need to improve cardiovascular-related outcomes and how ecosystem transformation could make digital care accessible at a global level. We also discussed the challenges of leadership in the digital age and the importance of finding a middle ground between stakeholders of every generation to drive changes that are impactful and inclusive.
- Global heart health and the need for new solutions
- Digital transformation in health: what does that mean?
- The transformative potential of AI in cardiology
- Purpose-driven leadership and the importance of empathy
- The challenges of leading change in a multi-generational workforce
- The importance of short-term pragmatism in designing long-term solutions
Connect with Richard
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richarddasselaar/
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Can we Avoid Burnout?
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Sending emails before you’ve got yourself ready for work, a blocked-out calendar filled with back-to-back meetings and that looming deadline that’s made sleep more difficult than ever this week – sound familiar? As we adjust to the remote/hybrid world of work, maintaining boundaries between our personal and professional lives is difficult to say the least.
For leaders, the challenge of maintaining a motivated, positive working culture in this context is intensifying as layoffs persist, corporate restructures push ahead and a generalised state of uncertainty prevails.
In this episode, I sit down with Andrew Deutscher (Leadership Coach & Principal, Regenerate) to find out why so many of us are struggling with chronic stress and hear about strategies business leaders and managers can implement to work more sustainably and avoid burnout for themselves and their teams.
- Identifying toxic working behaviours that lead to overwork, chronic stress and burnout
- Leadership strategies to reinvigorate motivation
- Adapting leadership strategies around the hybrid/remote working world
- The value of rest and recovery to drive energy-inspired work
- Personal strategies for managing workload and mental health
- Sustainable leadership strategies
- Why most wellbeing programs and inclusion initiatives fail
- Why we need to acknowledge and value individual needs
- How to create a purposeful work environment
- Why organisations need to invest in employees' energy needs
- Best practices for fostering continuous learning and cross-departmental collaboration and support
Follow Andrew:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdeutscher/
Regenerate - https://regenerate.works/
Blinkist 'Sustainable High Performance Habits'https://www.blinkist.com/en/nc/partners/andrew-deutscher
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Optimizing for Impact with Blockchain & Analytics
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
As the world shifts towards a more sustainable future, businesses must prioritize impact alongside profitability. Mere lip service won't suffice as consumers, investors, and governments demand greater transparency around ESG and impact performance. In this episode, I chat to Fleur Heyns - founder of impact intelligence platform, Proof about the future of impact and ESG.
Listen in as we discuss how advanced technologies such as AI and machine learning are transforming the ESG space, and the opportunities for businesses to leverage impact data to drive long-term positive change. We also tackle the key challenges and opportunities of transitioning to a green economy, the distinction between ESG in public markets and private markets, and the brass tacks of ESG as a CEO, entrepreneur, and business.
Fleur and I dive into the importance of optimizing environmental and social data, discussing how reducing liabilities, disasters, and social responsibility issues are all crucial factors when it comes to ESG. We examine how ESG can become a value-add to a company when approached correctly, and how the focus of ESG has moved beyond a 'tick box exercise' to being a measurement of contribution. Additionally, we touch on the role of the SFDR Sustainable Finance Disclosure Requirements in creating a baseline for ESG data and a global checklist of 10 KPIs.
We further discuss how companies can gather data to optimize their environmental and social impact, and how investors can use this data to make informed decisions. Fleur shares her insights on how digital data in emerging markets can be greater than that of more developed markets, the importance of understanding data gaps, and how to use proxy data as an interim step to fill these gaps. Don't miss this insightful conversation on sustainability, impact in business, and the potential of digital financial market transparency.
Tune in to discover how cutting-edge technologies like big data, blockchain, and AI are enabling organizations to get clarity on their ESG performance and implement practical changes to drive positive, long-term change.
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Introducing Tech Beyond the Hype
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Introducing Tech Beyond the Hype, TechTarget's latest original podcast series.
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Tackling Business Problems with Data Science
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
In the digital economy, data is the new gold. As automations, Machine Learning and AI-powered tools become more ubiquitous, the amount of value we can extract from data is only ever going to increase. Despite this, most people outside of IT are data illiterate, with little to no understanding of how it all works in practice. On top of this, data-related scandals have left a sour taste for a lot of people, making it harder to get them onboard with new data and analytics initiatives at work.
In this episode, I sit down with Sandi Ganguly (Data Science Manager at Microsoft) to find out about what data science teams do, how the role has evolved since he began over 20 years ago and why data illiteracy is becoming a problem for business leaders everywhere.
Cited Sources
Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century (Thomas H. Davenport and DJ Patil, 2012) https://hbr.org/2012/10/data-scientist-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century
Is Data Scientist Still the Sexiest Job of the 21st Century? (Thomas H. Davenport and DJ Patil, 2022) https://hbr.org/2022/07/is-data-scientist-still-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century