Exploring the intersection between technology, humanity and leadership. This podcast features interviews with Jude Jennison and technology leaders on how technology impacts our lives and who we need to be leaders in the future to take advantage of technology and use it for our highest good.
How do you use technology to enhance emotional connection and make a difference in the world? How do you ensure it does not create greater disconnection?
24: Josh Winfield on technology, talent and innovation
Josh Winfield is Head of Talent Visa for Tech Nation. Josh works closely with the government and tech businesses to support the immigration of tech talent to drive growth in UK tech businesses.
I know Josh from a few years ago when he coached me on the Natwest Entrepreneur Accelerator programme. Josh is smart, forward-thinking and innovative and he understands startups having run his own business in his early twenties and coached hundreds of entrepreneurs and startups too. Josh is a challenger so it’s good for me to be challenging him with the questions for a change!
The growth of tech businesses continues to astonish me and it’s exciting to consider where it might go next. Tech is at the heart of every business and if we want to grow businesses, we need to consider how we use tech to create innovative solutions to human problems. Tech can be used as a force for good or we can allow it to control our lives.
What problem are you currently experiencing and what innovative solution might tech provide?
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20 Apr 2022
23: Jane Fallon on human centred design
Jane Fallon is Head of Digital for the Midlands for a consultancy firm called Methods that creates human-centred design for the public and private sectors. She talks about the need to start with understanding the needs of the user in order to create digital services that work for humans. Our use of digital is growing exponentially so it’s great to hear how leaders like Jane influence the future of our humanity and ensure it is not overlooked in digital design.
The role of technology is changing. As digital is a fundamental part of everything we do in life and work, I love Jane’s idea that bringing together technology, anthropology and sociology enables us to understand what it is to be a human being in a digital world and what the tech needs to do to enhance our humanity. Jane also recognises the critical need to treat employees with the same importance as the customers and use emotions to engage and inspire those employees to do their best work.
Who in your team needs re-engaging and re-inspiring?
Topics covered:
Birmingham Tech
Human-centred design
Digital and technology
Humility, creativity, collaboration, teamwork
Combining research, design, technology and humanity
Other free resources:
Take the Team Performance Scorecard (https://team-performance.scoreapp.com/) and discover the 12 hidden dynamics of your team’s performance
Join our monthly Team Performance webinars (https://www.leadershipacademy.online/team-webinar-registration)
Download White papers (https://www.leadershipacademy.online/offers/FyzwtRVZ/checkout)
Sign up (http://judejennison.com/#newsletter) to our Weekly Leadership Hints and Tips
www.judejennison.com (http://www.judejennison.com/) in partnership with Birmingham Tech (https://leadersbynature-my.sharepoint.com/personal/jude_leadersbynature_com/Documents/Marketing/Podcast/Innovating%20Humanity/21%20Chris%20Blackwell/birminghamtech)
5 Apr 2022
22: Roland Emmans on the uncertainty of disruptive change
Roland Emmans is the UK Tech Sector Head for HSBC. Roland talks about the uncertainty of disruptive change. He explains that humans are evolving and developing new skills to lead in a digital age, without being technologists themselves. Roland shares his three key skills for the future of leadership and explains the importance of being able to collaborate in a more distributed way of working where people are no longer in the office or at home but can work from anywhere.
I’m sometimes guilty of believing we need to slow down because the pace of change is not sustainable. I love Roland’s idea that we can adapt to a fast pace of change as the norm, and that it will require us to operate at the higher level of our capabilities. For me, that sounds exciting. I’d be happy to do away with the distractions that I don’t want to get caught up in.
What excites you about the future and how do you and your team need to evolve to lead the change?
Topics covered:
Birmingham Tech
Skills for the future
Leading disruptive change in a world of technology
Pace of change
The evolution of leadership
Other free resources:
Take the Team Performance Scorecard (https://team-performance.scoreapp.com/) and discover the 12 hidden dynamics of your team’s performance
Join our monthly Team Performance webinars (https://www.leadershipacademy.online/team-webinar-registration)
Download White papers (https://www.leadershipacademy.online/offers/FyzwtRVZ/checkout)
Sign up (http://judejennison.com/#newsletter) to our Weekly Leadership Hints and Tips
www.judejennison.com (http://www.judejennison.com/) in partnership with Birmingham Tech (https://leadersbynature-my.sharepoint.com/personal/jude_leadersbynature_com/Documents/Marketing/Podcast/Innovating%20Humanity/21%20Chris%20Blackwell/birminghamtech)
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