Open Comments, hosted by The Open Group

About Open Comments, hosted by The Open Group

Welcome to Open Comments hosted by The Open Group (https://www.opengroup.org/) Themes and Topics: Lifelong Learning | Career Journeys | Career Advice | Inspiring Conversations | AI | Cybersecurity | Virtual Data Lakes | HR | Enterprise Architecture | Information Technology | Business Careers | Creative Sectors | Education + Beyond The podcasts feature subject matter experts and panels including industry leaders, and The Open Group staff. Disclaimer: The Open Comments Podcast (hosted by The Open Group) is presented purely for informational and educational purposes only. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts and the guests are their own and are not intended to harm or offend any group, organization, company, individual, anyone, or anything.

Publisher

The Open Group

Category

business · business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jan 2023

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

37 of 67 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Open Comments: S4 - Mini Episode: The Power of Creativity with Ash

   Host Ash explores how to cultivate creativity by shaping conditions for better thinking, offering practical strategies for problem-solving and leadership.

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   6 Oct 2026

   Open Comments: S4 - Mini Episode: Communication: The Foundation of High-Performing Organizations with Ash

   Host Ash explores how effective communication, not just more messages, forms the bedrock of high-performing organizations in this interview.

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   1 Oct 2026

   Open Comments: S4 Ep.2 - Controls vs Speed: AI in the Enterprise with Ben Lingwood

   Host of The Open Group's "Open Comments," Ben Lingwood, CTO at PwC UK, discusses balancing enterprise AI speed with essential controls.

Inside a recent episode

Open Comments: S4 - Mini Episode: The Power of Creativity with Ash

Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Imagine you're working on an important presentation, you have the deadline, you know the subject, you understand the audience, but you simply can't find the right way to communicate the idea, so you keep staring at the screen, you rewrite the same sentence, you move a slide around, you change your heading, and eventually you decide that you're just not being creative today. But perhaps the problem isn't your creativity, perhaps the environment isn't helping. Sometimes creativity needs space. It needs time away from the immediate problem. It might arrive while you're walking, during a conversation, while you're making a cup of coffee, or even when you're doing something completely unrelated. […]

Who has been a guest on Open Comments, hosted by The Open Group

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Ash
• Ben Lingwood
• Jon Johnson
• Curley Thomas
• Stuart Macgregor

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,528,871

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

62

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

0