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Decision Making in Tech

Florian is a JavaScript and DevOps consultant, he has extensive experience in large companies and startups alike. Together we discuss the impact of tech decision making in companies, how it can lead to unexpected costs, culture changes. We talk about how by-products of technical decisions can shape the future of a business years down the road.

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Decision Making in Tech
In-house capabilities for digital product teams
In-house capabilities for digital product teams
23rd July

Stelios is principal software engineer at Shell, he has experience working with large scale complex enterprise level software. He tells us about the experience of migrating vendor-provided solution to an in-house product, and what that entailed for the development team. We discuss the pros and cons as well as things to watch out for when running this transformation.

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Starting an online community: Weekend Club
Starting an online community: Weekend Club
16th July

Charlie Ward is the founder of Weekend Club, a London-based accountability community for Indie Hackers and solo entrepreneurs. As he moved from face-to-face to online community during the pandemic, Charlie tells us about the learnings of going through the experience. Together we talk about what it means to start an online community and how to make sure that the right decisions are taken from early on.

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Soft drink startup: Nix & Kix
Soft drink startup: Nix & Kix
9th July

Julia Kessler and Kerstin Robinson are co-founders of Nix & Kix, a UK-based soft drink startup. They started in 2014, and grew to shipping over 2,500,000 back in 2019. The company also raised investment in April 2020, despite the coronavirus uncertainty. Together we talk about her experience and difficulties building a soft drink company from scratch. We also talk about her journey entering the food and drink industry while having a tech background.

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The Future of Design
The Future of Design
2nd July

Tim Bouckley is a Design and Strategy consultant. Together we talk about the future of design, what he thinks are the pitfalls and issues with adopting a design culture within large companies, and what he thinks should be done in order to successfully use Design as a strategic capability within a company.

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Quality, Depth, and Curiosity

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Value driven development
Value driven development
25th June

Diogo Coutinho is Head of Product at Shell Digital Hub. Together we talk about value within products, how can people ensure they are delivering value for the business, and how can product team align themselves to the organisation's objectives.

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Data science in the past 10 years
Data science in the past 10 years
18th June

Antonio Rebordao is a senior Data Scientist. Together we talk about his experience with data science and how it has evolved in the past 10 years. We discuss the new tooling available which has led to changes in the way people work, we go over the new skills required and the capabilities created. Looking at the profile of a 'data scientist' nowadays compared to 10 years ago.

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People, culture and recruitment
People, culture and recruitment
11th June

Sarah King is a People and Talent lead. Together we talk about what makes good culture within a contractor workforce, and how to bring in the best talent in high-growth companies. We also discuss on the impact of Covid-19, as well as some of the ways to get the best out of people.

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Messaging Strategist
Messaging Strategist
3rd June

Corissa Nunn is a messaging strategist. Together we talk about the way companies communicate their solutions to customers and what is the importance of clearly understanding what resonates with your clients.

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Data, Innovation and people
Data, Innovation and people
28th May

Federico Tondi is a technology consultant with extensive experience working with Shell. Together we discuss Data, Innovation and People in the corporate setups. We talk about how can companies leverage new technologies for driving future growth.

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Savings in cloud computing
Savings in cloud computing
21st May

Steven Lee is a Technology Consultant. He has extensive experience in the field of cloud computing and software engineering. Together we talk about savings in tech, looking at people, cloud computing and investments.

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Big Data consultancy: Univalence
Big Data consultancy: Univalence
14th May

Jonathan Winandy is CEO of Univalence, a Big Data consultancy based in Paris. Together we talk about big data, digital transformation, and organisational difficulties in time of crisis.

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Computer Vision startup: Ravin.AI
Computer Vision startup: Ravin.AI
7th May

Neil Alliston is VP of Product at Ravin.AI. Together we chat about the company, its distributed workforce and how it uses computer vision in order to detect defects on vehicles.

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