#120: "Just because AI can do something, doesn’t mean it should" - Lara Lewington, Writer and Broadcaster
This week on The Tech Leaders Podcast, Gareth sits down with Author, BBC / ITV Presenter, and AI Agony Aunt Lara Lewington. They discuss how AI will revolutionise personalised medicine, its impact on wearable health trackers, and what “Health-span” really means. Join us to hear Lara talk about fist bumping card machines, wireless urine monitoring, and being invited to the Moon by a Japanese billionaire… Timestamps: Intro and Good Leadership (2:26)Breaking into TV – Celebrity interviews and Gadget reviews (5:00)Presenting Click, and being invited to the Moon (10:28)Intro to Health-span: Brian Johnson and 103-year-old Mildred (15:22)AI and Personalised Medicine (21:12)Wearables, Trackables and AI (27:09)The AI Agony Aunt (40:48)Editing “Hacking Humanity” (44:17)Health-span in depth (46:58)Hopes and fears for Gen AI, and advice to 19-year-old Lara (54:58)You can find details of Lara's book here: BOOK | Lara Lewingtonhttps://www.bedigitaluk.com/
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#119: “There will be a shockwave of innovation in the next 5 years” - Chris Moore, European President at Veeva Systems
Join us this week for The Tech Leaders Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Chris Moore, European President at Veeva Systems. Chris talks about the impact AI will have on software development and data security, how technology has transformed the life sciences industry, and the long-term implications of Covid on drug development.On this episode, Chris and Gareth discuss how Chris helped make Veeva Europe more European, the importance of understanding the opportunities and threats associated with new technologies, and why the Y2K bug was a beautiful anti-climax.Timestamps:ICI, Kinesis and PWC (3:40)IBM, EY and living abroad (10:28)Making Veeva Europe more European (17:30)The impact of Covid on drug development (29:05)The evolution of the CIO (33:00)AI: Hopes, fears and the impact on software development and pharma (36:33)Advice for 21-year-old Chris (51:46)https://www.bedigitaluk.com/
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#118: "AI tools help stimulate creativity, humans think beyond" - Stuart Whayman, President of Corporate Markets at Elsevier
Join us this week for The Tech Leaders Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Stuart Whayman, President of Corporate Markets at Elsevier, a part of RELX Group. They discuss how AI is revolutionising Research and Development, Elsevier-Reed’s shift from hardware to digital, and what the Red Arrows can teach us about leadership. Stuart also talks about how AI can augment rather than replace humans, why an LLM is not a truth model, and delves into some of the fascinating projects for the Elsevier Foundation Challenge – https://elsevierfoundation.org/chemistry-for-climate-action-challenge/. Timestamps: Good Leadership, the Red Arrows, and studying at Oxford (2:12) The Hardware to Digital Shift (10:15) The Evolution of Data (17:10) AI in Research and Development (21:30) Will AI Augment or Replace (32:38) AI Safety and Regulation (36:45) The Future, Advice for 21-year-old Stuart, and the Elsevier Foundation Challenge (40:17) https://www.bedigitaluk.com/
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#117: "ITAM is the first thing I do in a new company" - Renata Vincoletto, CISO at Civica
Join us this week for The Tech Leaders Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Renata Vincoletto, CISO at Civica. After facing a deeply shocking setback, Renata chose resilience over resentment. Inspired by her mentor, she pushed forward, rising through the ranks to ultimately lead cybersecurity strategy for Civica, working on high-stakes government and public sector IT programmes. On this episode, Gareth and Renata discuss why good ITAM is crucial for Cybersecurity, the recent breaches at The Co-op and Marks & Spencer’s, and why geeks are more accepted in the UK than in Brazil. Timestamps:Good Leadership, why a Career in IT, and moving from Brazil to the UK (2:02)Lesson learned at Microsoft (7:50)The Marks and Spencer’s and Co-op Cyber Security breaches (12:50)The importance of ITAM to Cyber Security (16:10)Is there a Cyber Security skills shortage? (24:30)Women in Cyber Security (30:24)The AI risks to Cyber Security (41.05)Advice to 21-year-old Renata (51:08)https://www.bedigitaluk.com/
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#116: “CEOs and organisations are going all-in on Agentic AI.” Dr. Nicola Hodson, Chair, IBM UKI
Join us this week for The Tech Leaders Podcast, where Gareth sits down with Dr. Nicola Hodson, Chair at IBM UK and Ireland. Dr. Hodson talks about how to manage transformations in complex organisations, how UK Enterprises are adopting AI, and why Quantum computing might be coming sooner than you think. On this episode, Gareth and Dr. Hodson discuss why authenticity is underrated, the evolution of AI regulations, the importance of Polymaths, and how Concorde and a copy of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica inspired her to begin the journey which would lead to IBM. Timestamps: Good leadership, Concorde and the Encyclopaedia Brittanica (2:40) How to drive change in large organisations (9:36) Polymaths (13:50) IBM and Quantum computing (20:00) ITAM Evolution and Hybrid Cloud Management (26:50) Enterprise adoption of Agentic AI (31:10) AI and Graduate jobs (36:40) AI Regulation (41:08) Advice for young IT professionals, and 21-year-old Nicola (43:30) https://www.bedigitaluk.com/
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