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The Full Time Function Musician PodcastS2E14 - Should You Niche Down as a Function Musician?In this episode of The Full-Time Function Musician Podcast, I chat with premier wedding and event pianist Josh Nesbitt and international Jewish singer Serge Fagelman about how they found their way into the Jewish events scene — and how that niche transformed their careers. From high-energy weddings that blend tradition with chaos to the power of carving out a specialist role, they share how musicians can turn one gig into ten, and why mindset, structure, and adaptability are everything. Whether you're in the function world or just curious about what makes these events so unique, this episode is packed with in...2025-04-071h 12
Off ScriptEpisode 47: Behind the scenes of running a tech conferenceHow do you structure and run the perfect tech conference? What things are involved behind the scenes that attendees don’t see? What advice would you give to someone looking to start their own event?
We’re glad you asked! This episode is an All Day Hey! Special where hosts, Josh and James spill the beans on what goes on behind the All Day Hey! conference curtain, how we can collectively safeguard the future of events and what makes running a tech conference like this so special.
Join us in Leeds on Thursday, 1st May for...2025-04-0121 min
Off ScriptEpisode 46: How to plan and run a discovery workshopWhat is a discovery workshop and how can they be used to work through problems in your business? In this episode, James and Josh discuss how they've run them in the past and offer some tips and tricks to getting the most out of these sessions.
Listen now for a brand new instalment of Off Script!
00:00 Introduction
01:00 What is a discovery workshop
02:00 Using Miro
02:30 Slideument - slide deck with a documents worth of content
03:00 Use the right medium to foster discussion
04:00 Break workshop sessions into two
05:00 Use other physical spaces to inspire
06:00 Framing the problem but not...2025-03-2428 min
No More Hiding153. How accountability is the best way to build male allies in the workplace with Josh NesbittHow accountability is the best way to build male allies in the workplace Today's guest as part of this allyship series is the incredible Josh Nesbitt. Josh is a software engineer and technical leader based in the UK. He’s been working on the web for the last 19 years, and during that time, he’s worked with a wide range of clients, from indie start-ups to some of the largest organisations in the world. His work spans from hands-on projects building large platforms to leading some of the best-performing teams in the industry. Alongside his work...2025-03-1332 min
Just For GirlsJFG Girls Guide: All Things Boxing with Josh Nesbitt (OneTwo Boxing)Hey girls! It's Sam's turn for our girls guide this week and she's chatting all things boxing and overcoming gym-anxiety with the co-founder of OneTwo Boxing Josh Nesbitt! Sam started boxing late last year and has learnt so much and really found her love for it, so we hope this answers your questions around boxing & getting into it. Enjoy xSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2025-02-2632 min
Bullied NostalgiaBullied Nostalgia: Transformers Beast WarsThis week we delve deep into Josh's red suitcase as Bullied Nostalgia tackles the cartoon that reinvigorated Transformers for 90s kids.Joined by our resident Beast Wars expert, we take a deep dive into why Transformers needed a refresh in the first place and tackle the important questions like: Do robots fart? (The answer, unfortunatly appears to be "yes.")2025-02-2351 min
Off ScriptEpisode 45: 2024 developer round-upIt’s time to reflect and plan ahead! James and Josh look back at a tumultuous 2024 in tech and ask the big questions about where things are heading.
What were the highlights?
What lessons can we learn?
How do we prepare for 2025?
Listen now as we kick-off the year with a brand new instalment of Off Script!
In praise of indie conferences
The struggles of smaller events
AWS re:Invent conference
Multi Cloud
Distributed SQL - DSQL
Tough time for tech in 2024
All Day Hey!
Publishing platforms
Tech Influencers
Complete CSS - An...2025-01-0942 min
Gratitude Geek253: Josh Flower talks Mindset Mastery Secrets for SuccessIn episode 253, host Kandas Rodarte is joined by mindset coach Josh Flower, who shares his journey from a 25-year career in B2B sales to becoming a mindset coach. Josh reveals how embracing a growth mindset and building authentic relationships can transform both your professional and personal life. Josh discusses the struggles of starting new habits, such as fitness or diet routines, and why perseverance is key, even when immediate results aren’t visible. He also dives into the importance of self-awareness and authenticity in sales, offering insights on how these elements contribute to long-term success. ...2025-01-0755 min
Off ScriptEpisode 44: Future of software engineering leadership - Part 2Part 2 has landed! For this outing of Off Script, Josh and James explore the ‘Future of engineering leadership’.
This is an episode born from Q&A discussions and ideas at the recent Off Script Live event in Leeds. Dive into the modern challenges and the future direction of leadership in software engineering.
AI Sustainability
Company energy offset
Energy demands of AI vs speed of innovation
AI on device
Apple Siri LLM on device?
Loneliness in leadership positions
Talk with peers in other companies
Lattice HR for feedback
Finding your role
Event culture
Consistency creates community
Organiser sets...2024-12-1122 min
Off ScriptEpisode 43: Future of software engineering leadership - Part 1"It's not enough just being right. You've got to actually convince people of your way of thinking and take other people on the journey".
Off Script is back with Josh and James hosting the first episode in a massive two-parter!
They take lessons and hot topics from the recent Off Script Live event in Leeds. Dive into the modern challenges and the future direction of leadership in software engineering in this episode.
Part 2 out soon! Subscribe so you don’t miss it.
Recorded: 27th November 2024
Recap
re:invent festival
AI an...2024-12-0327 min
Church ChatConflict and The Marathon of Ministry with John NesbittWelcome to Church Chat, the show where we have the conversations about ministry you wish we were having. In this episode, Josh and Emily are joined by John Nesbitt, Operations Specialist here at EFCA East. They talk about the value of a confidant and how to find a good one, the marathon of ministry, creating healthy work-life balance, cultivating the heart of a peace maker, finding conflict and resolving it, finding the balance between business and ministry and more!
John yielded his life to Christ in 1969 while a freshman at the University of North Carolina. After graduation...2024-10-1757 min
The Grassroots Army PodcastGrassroots Army Podcast EP 397 Interview With Aric NesbittGrassroots Army Podcast EP 397 Interview With Aric NesbittTheGrassrootsArmy.com merch store is open to support our organization.For $20.00 I’ll mail you an autographed copy of my book, “God’s True Law, A Parent’s Guide to Raising Successful Children”.All net proceeds go to these folks who are standing up for not only your kids, but also for this little idea called America. You can Venmo: @Garrett-SoldanoPaypal: @GarrettSoldano or if you would like to mail me a check, just message me and I’ll send you my a...2024-08-2955 min
Off ScriptEpisode 42: Imperfect innovationThe historically popular development process of “move fast and break things” has got the biggest companies in the world far. In the age of AI, can we still take these risks in the name of progress or are the potential repercussions too great? Josh and James are joined by guest Jack Sails to discuss.
Recorded: 17th July 2024
02 Open AI fearless implementation
03 Is developing in a vacuum worse?
04 Google move fast and break things becomes more dangerous
05 OpenAI haven't lost trust yet
06 How did OpenAI get its data - Mira Murati
09 Scraping the internet for data
10 A open...2024-08-2848 min
Off ScriptEpisode 41: WWDC 2024 round-upJack Sails (IMA) is back with James & Josh to discuss the recent WWDC24 Apple Developer conference. Was AI the word of the conference? Find out as they work through everything revealed this year and how it will affect their products going forward.
In this episode:
00 Intro
01 Apple Intelligence
02 AI & Apple’s Privacy first approach
04 SIRI & Natural language AI integration
06 Natural language vs pre scripted
09 Image Playground AI image creator
10 SIRI x Open AI
12 Genmoji
12 IOS 18
16 Transcribed calls
17 New apps
18 New password app
21 Sequoia macOS
23 Does the UK follow the EU restrictions
24 Supporting old hardware
29 Vision OS 2
...2024-07-2632 min
The Windup: A show about BaseballWho are the top 5 teams? | Josh Hader's arbitration falloutWelcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, we’re ranking the top 5 teams after 50 games, discussing Josh Hader’s usage restrictions, and breaking down the injuries affecting the standings.-Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt-Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2024-05-241h 01The Windup: A show about BaseballWho are the top 5 teams? | Josh Hader's arbitration falloutWelcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, we’re ranking the top 5 teams after 50 games, discussing Josh Hader’s usage restrictions, and breaking down the injuries affecting the standings.-Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt-Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-05-2457 min
Off ScriptEpisode 40: Shifting security leftInspired by reading ‘Investments Unlimited’ and other books built around the principles of storytelling, James and Josh dive into DevSecOps and the bigger picture of shifting security left in this new episode of Off Script!
In this episode:
00:00 Fictional Bugs - Investments Unlimited
01:00 DevSecOps
02:00 Moving security testing to the beginning
03:00 Reducing the friction of releases
04:00 Go through pain points early
05:00 Strict linting, function length, no unused variables
06:00 Early automated tests to prevent Git leaks
08:00 Making it easy for the developer
10:00 Bearer
11:00 Concise reporting
12:00 Dependabot
13:00 Secret Management
14:00 Making it easy to do the right thing
16:00 Having pride in y...2024-03-2724 min
Off ScriptEpisode 39: The beauty of side projectsWhat do fish donuts, a passion for cooking and elaborate recipes have to do with productivity? Are you getting enough of a creative outlet around your busy schedule? Josh and James discuss the importance of side projects and how the variety they add to your week benefits your work-life balance and output!
In this episode:
00:00 Welcome
01:00 What are our side projects?
02:00 Coding
03:00 Cooking
04:00 Josh’s chef stage experience
11:00 Service state - Flow state when coding
12:00 Find your creative outlet
13:00 Find the time
16:00 Adding variety to life
17:00 Book - One Thing
18:00 Having side projects when being a le...2024-02-2822 min
Culture Corner by Exalto ConsultingCulture Corner by Exalto Consulting - 05 - Josh Nesbitt – GleanIn this episode Adrian talks to Josh Nesbitt, Chief Technology Officer at Glean (an Education Technology company based in Leeds).The conversation covers topics such as:- What makes a great leader?- Intricacies of inclusive hiring- The importance of empathy in leadership- The culture at Glean- Cooking in a Michelin star kitchen2024-02-261h 09
Off ScriptEpisode 38: AI risksWhat are AI risks? What do we need to consider when looking at our projects? Josh and James are are back for another episode of Off Script to dig deeper into this important topic!
00 - ISO 42001 Regulation
03 - What are the risks
04 - Hallucinations
05 - How do we critically assess the output
06 - Human in the loop
08 - Authorised API integrations
13 - Prompt Injection
14 - Sleeper agent LLM
18 - Denial OF Service models
22 - Exact phrasing on outputs
25 - Rabbit.tech
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2024-02-0928 min
Off ScriptEpisode 37: 2023 developer round-upIt’s time for our annual review of the year! In this episode, James and Josh discuss the many twists and turns that the last 12 months brought in this 2023 developer round-up.
Thank you for listening this year. We’ll be back with more episodes in the New Year!
01 A look back at the year
03 The year AI went mainstream
05 Tech layoffs
07 Open AI x Microsoft partnership
08 M2 Apple Mac chips
09 Google Bard
12 Stephen Wolfram wrote "What is ChatGPT doing.. And why does it work?"
13 Web IOS & Ipad
15 ChatGPT Plus & Whisper API's
15 Parallax hosted "stories on the road...2023-12-2258 min
EFCA EastConflict and The Marathon of Ministry with John NesbittWelcome to Church Chat, the show where we have the conversations about ministry you wish we were having. In this episode, Josh and Emily are joined by John Nesbitt, Operations Specialist here at EFCA East. They talk about the value of a confidant and how to find a good one, the marathon of ministry, creating healthy work-life balance, cultivating the heart of a peace maker, finding conflict and resolving it, finding the balance between business and ministry and more!
John yielded his life to Christ in 1969 while a freshman at the University of North Carolina. After graduation...2023-12-1357 min
Off ScriptEpisode 36: Tech leadership misconceptionsAre all leaders extroverts? Does agile development mean there is no plan or documentation? Do leaders have to be the best developer? Following on from a recent in-person talk, James and Josh discuss more common tech misconceptions in the area of leadership.
01 Misconception in leadership
01 Leadership is the only way for progression
02 Tech path vs management path
03 Dual track progression
04 Good code is all that matters
05 How teams interact
06 We'll cross the bridge when its comes to it
09 Have to be the best engineer to be a leader
10 It’s not about you
11 Tech skills trump company culture
12 Di...2023-12-1130 min
Off ScriptEpisode 35: Understanding emotional statesAny team will have a variety of emotional states when responding to problems. How do you analyse, understand and make meaningful decisions based on these differences? In this episode, James and Josh discuss different methods of understanding a team’s characteristics and how taking these into account can lead you to getting the best out of everyone.
01 SDIs
01 Strength, Deployment, Inventory
02 Stress states
05 Trickle down management
06 Myers briggs
07 Performance, Process, People
08 Dissecting Josh’s results
12 Using the results within a team
13 Strengths and weaknesses
14 What brings out the best in you
15 Being accountable
16 Applying the findings
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2023-12-0117 min
Off ScriptEpisode 34: Building communitiesWhat are the steps to building a thriving community? What challenges might you face along the way? In this episode, James and Josh draw on their experience of creating and building communities online and offline, sharing their insights on how to make it a success.
04 Starting a community
06 Building trust
08 Give value, not a sales pitch
10 Josh on building a conference
12 Creating a welcoming environment
15 Letting people know your weaknesses
16 Trust
17 Empathy
18 Dealing with conflict
20 Don’t fear conflict
22 Lack of commitment or direction
23 Inclusion
24 Avoidance of accountability
26 The enemy of accountability is ambiguity
27 Shared ownership
30 Rethinking views
31 Di...2023-11-1636 min
Compromising Positions - A Cyber Security PodcastCode Red - Empowering Engineers to Secure our CI/CD Pipelines with Josh NesbittIn this episode, our guest Josh Nesbitt, CTO of Glean a Leeds EdTech startup, shares his insights on securing the data of vulnerable people, the importance of accessibility and compliance in production-ready products, and the challenges of achieving usability, functionality, and security in concert. Join us as we debunk common misconceptions around agile and explore how security teams can be more creative in their approach. We’ll talk about how to use tooling and engagement to get engineers and security teams on the same page. Links to everything Josh discussed in this episode can b...2023-10-1936 min
Off ScriptEpisode 33: AI ethicsAI ethics - a hot, divisive topic and rightly so. James and Josh are back with a brand new episode of Off Script to dig in and explore a space that is impacting our lives more and more.
01 Intro
02 Applied AI event
03 Bethan Vincent's talk
03 Jack Sails’ talk
06 Outcomes are not determined by intentions
07 EU Cookie law
09 Tech can’t be decided by those who know the least about the tech
10 Regulation
11 AI marking of papers
12 Only as good as the dataset it is trained on
13 Why as a company would we use this?
14 Disclaimers
15 AI Consultancy
18 Risk
19 Oxfo...2023-09-1133 min
Off ScriptEpisode 32: Static site generatorsJames and Josh explore the world of SSGs (static site generators)! The differences between SSGs and full stack frameworks, the associated technologies out there and what to consider with your project when deciding what is best for it.
[Recorded 13th July, 2023]
01 Intro
02 The Personal Website
02 Static Site Generators
02 ASTRO
03 Content driven site vs Logic and functional site
04 Jekyll
04 Webapps
07 Full stack frameworks
08 MPA vs SPA
10 Islands
15 It’s a cms without the cms
16 Flexible data structures enforced via TypeScript
20 Deployment - compilation step, already do this on most frameworks anyway
22 Still require a rich runtime environment of J...2023-08-2129 min
Off ScriptEpisode 31: BlockchainWhat is the blockchain? How has it changed over time? Is it still killing the planet? James and Josh discuss various types of blockchain systems and how they might have some real world applications for social good.
[Recorded 13th July, 2023]
1 Blockchain
02 How did it start
03 Bitcoin
03 Ethereum
03 Proof of work vs Proof of stake
05 Hardforking
06 Web3 bros
06 Masterdon & De-centralisation
07 Microservices
10 Real word aplications
11 Music Industry
12 Coinbase
14 Wallet management
17 User identity
18 Social good smart contracts
19 Blockchain kickstarter
20 Bored Ape
21 Digital art
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2023-07-2124 min
Fueled By Joy - Working Dog PodcastEpisode 59: Rivah Time Beagles (Part 2)On this Episode of the Fueled By Joy Working Dog Podcast Co-Host Mike Greene sits down with Adam Nesbitt of Rivah Time Beagles. They talk Adams unique start into the Beagle World, Joy Dog Food, and much much more! So Sit back, relax, and enjoy another fantastic episode of the FUELED BY JOY, Working Dog Podcast2023-06-2830 min
Fueled By Joy - Working Dog PodcastEpisode 58: Rivah Time BeaglesOn this Episode of the Fueled By Joy Working Dog Podcast Co-Host Mike Greene sits down with Adam Nesbitt of Rivah Time Beagles. They talk Adams unique start into the Beagle World, Joy Dog Food, and much much more! So Sit back, relax, and enjoy another fantastic episode of the FUELED BY JOY, Working Dog Podcast2023-06-2134 min