Shows
WB-40(340) Time
What if most organisational problems aren’t unique at all—and treating them as if they are is exactly what’s holding you back? Mark Earls joins Matt and Lisa to challenge how we think about innovation, time, and human behaviour in organisations. From why you should prototype multiple solutions before perfecting one, to the critical difference between product thinking (needing 1% of a market) and internal systems (requiring 100% adoption), this conversation offers practical alternatives to the endless search for “best practice” examples. Mark argues that recognising problems as belonging to familiar categories—and understanding humans as fundamentally social rathe...
2025-12-0955 min
WB-40(338) Sports Data
What happens when you bring together data geeks and sports enthusiasts? In this fascinating episode, Matt and Nick are joined by John Carney to explore the hidden world of sports analytics and the surprising role of randomness in athletic competition. John dives deep into the intersection of probability, statistics, and sports performance, revealing how data is transforming everything from penalty shootouts to player recruitment. The conversation ranges from the theatrical nature of sports as entertainment to the mathematical frameworks that help us understand (and predict) athletic outcomes.
You can find out more about Field of Play here...
2025-10-2848 min
WB-40(337) Writing tools
On this week’s show, Matt and Lisa meet Tris Oaten to discuss whether writing tools actually matter—and the answer might surprise you. While musicians have interfaces like Ableton and sequencers that fundamentally reshape their creative output, Tris argues that writers’ real tools are invisible: patterns of thought, environmental context, and the mental associations we build with certain albums or spaces. It’s a fascinating reframe that challenges how we think about creative tools entirely.
The conversation tackles why we’re still trapped by document formats designed in the 1980s, with passionate disagreements about whether Microsoft Word is an...
2025-10-1455 min
Books on the BedToni JensenThis week we visit with Toni Jensen in Springdale, Arkansas.
Toni Jensen’s Carry is a memoir-in-essays about gun violence, land and Indigenous women’s lives (Ballantine 2020). An NEA Creative Writing Fellowship recipient in 2020, Jensen's essays have appeared in Orion, Catapultand Ecotone. She is also the author of the short story collection From the Hilltop. She teaches at the University of Arkansas and the Institute of American Indian Arts. She is Métis.
For more on Toni: tonijensen.com
Toni's Books on the Bed:
Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Winter i...
2025-10-011h 43
WB-40(335) Accessible Content
This week Matt welcomes back Lisa alongside guest Matisse Hamel Nelis to chat about their upcoming book “Accessible Communications: Create Impact, Avoid Missteps and Build Trust.”
The duo spent 18 months crafting what sounds like a much-needed guide to creating digital content that actually works for everyone – not just the mythical “average user” that so much design seems targeted at. They dive into why accessibility isn’t just about compliance checkboxes or helping people with disabilities, but about recognizing that we’re all temporarily disabled at various points (try reading a restaurant menu in candlelight without your reading glasses, or na...
2025-09-2352 min
WB-40(329) AI Leadership
On this week’s show Julia and Matt interview Matt Cockbill, an executive search consultant specializing in hiring tech leaders for over 20 years,
A fundamental challenge for organisations is finding experienced leaders to navigate the new wave of AI and generative technologies. While the possibilities are vast, Matt emphasises the crucial need for leaders to focus on the value case – defining what will actually be useful and deliver tangible business outcomes.
Finding leaders with proven experience specifically in generative AI is challenging due to its relative novelty, sometimes requiring organisations to be bold and partner with...
2025-05-2048 min
WB-40(327) Community
On this week’s show Lisa and Matt talk with community builder and poet Janice Whyne about her work, the need to understand culture to work with communities, and the power of peer mentorship amongst many other things.
You can find out more about Janice on her website here: https://janicewhyne.com/, and more about Luminary Bakery here: https://luminarybakery.com/
(The stunt bread in the photo is Matt’s own)
2025-04-1554 min
WB-40(323) Words
On this week’s show Matt and Julia are joined by writer and poet Rishi Dastidar. Find out more about Rishi and his work at rishidastidar.com
2025-02-2549 min
WB-40(319) Ask 2024
On this week’s show the full crew are together to answer listener questions.
Our shows of the year are as follows:
Julia – Paul Clarke
Lisa – Tim Plester, Timandra Harkness and James Eves
Chris – Mark Bjornsgaard and Martin Sadler
Michelle – Cat Barnard, Paula Brockwell, Tammy Watchorn and Katrina Collier
Matt – Alice Sherwood
We are back in January 2025 – Happy New Year!
2024-12-1752 min
WB-40(318) Critical Futures
On this week’s show Matt and Julia talk with critical futurist Johannes Kleske about how the future is as much of a way to deal with the present as anything else.You can find out more about Johannes and his work at https://johanneskleske.com/en/Matt’s small collection of historical visions of the future is here: https://mmitii.mattballantine.com/2015/02/27/envisaging-the-future/And the Walter Kronkite video is here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7TUZ_x57d8
2024-12-0352 min
WB-40(317) Folknography
On this week’s show Matt and Lisa are joined by actor, film director and self-proclaimed folknographer Tim Plester to talk about folk traditions, saving archives, and Doctor Who.
You can find out more about the Doc Rowe film, and contribute to the crowdfunder at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/docrowe
You can watch Way of the Morris athttps://vimeo.com/ondemand/wayofthemorris
Find out more about Tim’s production company at https://fifthcolumn.org.uk/
More about Tim at http://www.timplester.com/
and https://www...
2024-11-2643 min
WB-40(316) Personal Purpose
On this week’s show, Michelle and Matt are joined by Victoria Dioh to talk about personal purpose and how we are trained to not follow it. Find out more at https://www.victoriadioh.com/victoria
Michelle’s book is available for a few more days on Kindle for 99p – get it now here.
2024-11-2043 min
The Human Risk PodcastMatt Ballantine on Solving Problems with RandomnessWhat if embracing randomness could unlock better decision-making in your work?In this episode, I welcome back Matt Ballantine, a returning guest known for his insightful and playful take on work and life. This time, Matt dives into the concept of randomness and how it can be a strategic tool in navigating complex problems that defy traditional solutions.From engaging discussions on how randomness applies to decision-making to his creative uses of tarot-like card decks for ideation, Matt demonstrates that randomness is not just chaos—it’s a pathway to innovation.He also...
2024-11-041h 04
WB-40(314) Dependencies
On this week’s show, Matt and Michelle meet Henry Oakes, co-founder of Pathfinder to learn how AI might be used to help project and programme managers to make connections they’d otherwise miss.
2024-10-2242 min
WB-40(312) Confident Contractor
On this week’s show Matt and Lisa are joined by seasoned IT contractor Neil Millard who had written a book about how to work freelance.You can find out more about Neil’s book here:https://www.confident-contractor.co.uk/confident-contractor-the-book/
2024-10-0838 min
WB-40(310) Working Futures
On this week’s show Cat Barnard joins Matt and Michelle to talk about the ongoing debates about the future of work, the UK productivity challenge and whether it’s all just a problem of BIG.
2024-09-2339 min
WB-40(309) Just Desserts
On this week’s show Julia and Matt are joined by Mon Dessert’s founder Samina Courtin to talk about her journey from kitchen to supermarket, and the challenges of scaling physical product businesses.
You can find out more about Mon Dessert at https://www.mondessert.co.uk/
2024-09-0941 min
WB-40(308) Reboot Hiring
On the first show of the Autumn, Matt and Michelle are joined by recruitment expert Katrina Collier to talk about her new book Reboot Hiring.
You can find out more about her book at https://katrinacollier.com/reboot-hiring/
Katrina mentioned Benchmarcx – https://www.benchmarcx.io/refrkco (this is Katrina’s affiliate link), and also Sue Ingrams Disrupt HR talk https://vimeo.com/254246171
Matt talked about a Venn diagram he posted recently – that’s here:
2024-09-0341 min
WB-40(307) Ask WB-40
For the first time all five regular WB-40 hosts are in the same show! This week Chris, Julia, Lisa, Matt and Michelle answer questions about the IT job market, AI regulation, first jobs and more besides!Here’s the chart Tony Harper shared with us…
That’s it for the Summer – we are back in September!
2024-07-1747 min
WB-40(305) News Media
It’s Election Week in the UK, and so Matt and Michelle speak with digital news veteran Kevin Anderson about how the interaction between journalism, technology and news media has changed over recent decades.
2024-07-0140 min
WB-40(302) Multidiscipline
On this week’s show Matt and Lisa are joined by Ara Higueras to talk about her multidisciplinary background, her coaching and her book And how?
2024-06-1046 min
WB-40(300) Not WB-40
Continuing in our 8-year tradition of our Centennial editions of WB-40 not being an episode of WB-40, to celebrate 300 episodes of the show, here’s a totally different podcast for you.
Career on the Cards is a pilot of a new podcast that Matt dreamed up a few months ago. On this first episode he has the joy of interviewing Geraldine Sharpe-Newton about her long and fascinating career in the world of communication.
He does so through the magic of his Business Meerkat cards. Here are the cards that were drawn to help Geraldine tell he...
2024-05-2248 min
WB-40(299) It’s Not the Technology
On this week’s show Matt and Lisa are joined by the multi-faceted Timandra Harkness to talk about her new book Technology is not the Problem.
2024-05-2043 min
WB-40(298) Mental Health Spaces
On this week’s show, Julia and Matt are joined by Your Haven CEO and Founder Claire Barnett to talk about mental health fitness, technology and virtual reality.Claire mentioned the book Pixel Flesh by Ellen Atlanta. You can find out more about Your Haven here: https://www.yourhavenapp.com/
2024-05-1350 min
WB-40(297) Glass Front Door
In episode 297 of the weekly podcast WB40, hosts Matt and Michelle, and guest Dr. Tammy Watchorn delve into themes of change, uncertainty, and personal development.
2024-05-0644 min
Unsaid @ WorkLessons from 100 coffees with Matt BallantineSend me a message!Ever thought about the impact that 100 coffee conversations could have on your career and networking opportunities?In this episode, we dive deep into Matt Ballantine's 100 coffees project, exploring the ins and outs of making meaningful connections in a post-COVID world.Matt Ballantine, has almost 3 decades of experience in transformation initiatives -- as he puts it -- getting people and tech to work together better. He's worked for a wide range of organisations like Reuters and BBC. And today, he's an engagement manager at Equal Experts, a London b...
2024-04-2948 min
WB-40(294) Prevent plastic
On this week’s show, Matt and Julia are joined by enough.store founder Paul Keaveny to talk about his design-led mission to reduce plastic waste in retail.
You’ll be able to find out more soon at enough.store
Matt mentioned two books – Wasteland and Material World.
2024-04-1540 min
WB-40(293) Burnout
On this week’s show, Matt and Julia are joined by Georgina Shute to talk about her business KindTwo and how she is helping leaders with ADHD to avoid burnout.
2024-03-2546 min
WB-40(291) IRL
On this week’s show, Lisa and Matt are joined by author Alice Sherwood to talk about what “In Real Life” means in 2024.
Alice’s book Authenticity was published in 2022.
You can read more about the Vice closures here.
2024-03-1251 minWB-40(289) Ask WB-40
It’s another episode of Ask WB-40, this week with Julia Bellis answering listener questions alongside Matt for the first time. Views on the year ahead, AI, leadership mentoring, mental models and what really happened when Julia got left adrift in the Pacific.
2024-02-2649 min
WB-40(288.1) Playful bonus episode
A special bonus episode for you as Lisa and Nick Drage host a conversation with Matt who has a new set of playing cards to flog. We talk about his Business Meerkat deck, and more broadly about the power of playfulness in work.
Order your own set of the Business Meerkat cards at https://theplaycards.myshopify.com/collections/business-meerkat
You can also get the Deckible version at https://www.deckible.com/card-decks/3Ny-business-meerkat-tarot-inspired-cards-to-spark-conversations-in-organisations-matt-ballantine
Normal service will be resumed on Monday.
2024-02-2439 min
WB-40(288) Crowdfunding
On this week’s show we are joined by Matt Webb to talk about taking his Poem/1 clock from idea to the bring of manufacture through a Kickstarter exercise.
You can read more about Galactic Compass:
On Ars Technica:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/new-app-always-points-to-the-supermassive-black-hole-at-the-center-of-our-galaxy
On Matt’s blog:
https://interconnected.org/home/2024/02/15/galactic-compass
And download from the App Store
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/galactic-compass/id6451314440
You can find the Poem/1 Kickstarter:
https://poem.town/ks
And read abou...
2024-02-1950 min
WB-40(287) Strategic Storytelling
On this week’s show Matt and Michelle are joined by Natalia Talkowska to talk about the importance of “the hook”, telling stories, creativity and other tales.
You can find Natalia’s business at natalkadesign.com
Matt mentioned his Business Meerkat cards (pre-order them here) and also the TBD Conference he is speaking at at the end of February (tickets available here).
He also talked about Marcus Brown’s Presentation Canvas which you can download and explore here.
2024-02-0541 min
The Overlook with Matt PeikenPART 1: Restoring Better Healthcare in WNC | An Asheville Watchdog ForumThe exodus of doctors and nurses, the mountains of complaints from patients, the lawsuit from North Carolina’s Attorney General. Those are just the broad areas of fallout in the five years since HCA Healthcare purchased Asheville’s formerly not-for-profit Mission Hospital.The Asheville Watchdog is a nonprofit investigative news outlet that has been out front on the local reporting on this. A few hundred people came out Jan. 23 for a Watchdog forum at A-B Tech designed to answer a single question: What can we do to restore better healthcare in WNC?This episode features the...
2024-01-3054 minThe Overlook with Matt PeikenPART 2: Restoring Better Healthcare in WNC | An Asheville Watchdog ForumWhat Can We Do to Restore Better Healthcare in WNC? The nonprofit investigative news outlet the Asheville Watchdog posed that question in a Jan. 23 public forum at A-B Tech. In this episode, Watchdog editor Peter Lewis moderates a panel with Drs. R. Bruce Kelly and Clay Ballantine, Brevard Mayor Maureen Copelof, nurse and patient advocate Karen Sanders and Democratic State Senator Julie Mayfield of Asheville.The opening comments at the forum from the same panelists are featured in a separate episode of this podcast. Help "The Overlook with Matt Peiken" p...
2024-01-3029 min
WB-40(285) A new era
From next week, there is a new sound to WB-40. We are delighted to share that Julia Bellis, Lisa Riemers and Michelle Minnikin will join the team to share hosting duties with Chris and Matt.
On this bonus show we share the thinking behind the changes, and the wonderful Nick Drage asks all of the hosts some probing questions about who they are and what they think. Particularly about crisps.
2024-01-2729 min
WB-40(281) Intelligent Agents
On this week’s show we are joined by Equal Expert’s Lewis Crawford to talk about his experiments in building autonomous teams of AI agents.
AI Generated transcript follows…
Matt: [00:00:00] Hello and welcome to episode 281 of WB40, the weekly podcast with Matt Ballantine, Chris Weston and Lewis Crawford.
Chris: Well hello everybody, welcome back. We’re here for another episode as we helter skelter towards Christmas. We’re nearly there, aren’t we Matt? But here we are, we’re going to finish off the year, I think, tonight with a With this episode a...
2023-12-1239 min
WB-40Ask 2024
On this, the penultimate show of 2023, Chris and Matt answer audience questions about the year ahead…
Automatically created transcript…
Matt: at the beginning of 2023 on show 248 no less if you want to go back and listen to it. We did an episode where we thought about what might be the things that a CIO or a CTO might be being asked about in the year ahead.
So we’re going to start with a question from Mr. Chris King, who in his inimitable style asks, Review your predictions for 2023 and own your poor judgme...
2023-12-0552 min
WB-40(279) Transitions
On this week’s show we speak with Railsware CEO Yaroslav Lazor about moving from being a business building software for others to being a product company.You can find out more about their BRIDGeS framework here: https://railsware.com/bridges-framework/
Yaroslav mentioned Railsware’s products:
Coupler.io: https://www.coupler.io/
Titan Apps: https://titanapps.io/
And they’ve listed some trusted resources to support Ukraine here:
Railsware Supports Ukraine
Show Transcript (produced by Descript, so potentially with a few errors)…
Matt: Hello and welcome to...
2023-11-2846 min
WB-40(278) Collaborating
This week we chat with Gavin Jones to talk through some of the challenges and opportunities when looking at collaborating and technology.
You can find out more about Gavin and his work at:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MeeTime
Website: https://www.meetimeservices.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-jones-meetime
Episode Transcript… (any errors are the fault of the AIs)
Matt: Hello and welcome to episode 278 of WB40, the weekly podcast with me, Matt Ballantine, Chris Weston and Gavin Jones.
Welcome back. Uh...
2023-11-2146 min
WB-40(276) AI Rights
This week’s guest, joining Matt and supply host Martin Sadler, is Milla Spence with whom we explore the idea of AI having rights.
You can explore some of these themes further at:
The AIRAI Website: https://ai-ari.org/
Ex Google Engineer Lemoine gets fired for claiming LaMDA is sentient: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-62275326https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/
A report about Jefrey Hinton, the Godfather of AI, claiming AI has reasoning and common sense, and is an existential threat: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/wh...
2023-10-3142 min
WB-40Compromising Positions preview
There’s no WB-40 this week, but Matt is appearing on a new show called Compromising Positions, presented by Leanne Potter and Jeff Watkins. So here’s a preview of that show for you.You can find out more at https://www.compromisingpositions.co.uk/podcast
2023-10-2630 min
WB-40(275) Building hospitals
On this week’s show we are joined by Mark Taylor to explore the technology challenges behind building a brand new hospital.
Show Transcript (automatically generated so treat with a little caution)
Matt: Hello and welcome to episode 275 of WB40, the weekly podcast with me, Matt Ballantine, Chris Weston and Mark Taylor.
Chris: Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of WB40. We’re here again after maybe a week off. Yes, it was a week off. , I seem to remember I was away last week and couldn’t make it but now we...
2023-10-1643 min
WB-40(274) The Apprentice
On this week’s show we are joined by Lifecycle Software’s Kelvin Chaffer to talk about his own career from developer apprentice to CEO, and how they have built a business around developing new talent.
Transcript (Auto generated so treat with a little caution…)
Matt: Hello and welcome to episode 274 of WB40, the weekly podcast with me Matt Ballantine, Chris Weston and Kelvin Chaffer.
Chris: Welcome back everybody, another episode of WB40 and we’re here again with you bringing you the news and… Opinions that are so, well, no, Matt’s, Matt’s turning...
2023-10-0239 min
WB-40(273) Invention
On this week’s show we are joined by Matt Webb to talk about his approach to invention with emerging technologies.
You can subscribe to the AI Clock mailing list for updates and to find out about the upcoming Kickstarter here: https://aiclock.substack.com
You can find out more about Acts Not Facts, Matt’s new product invention studio here: https://www.actsnotfacts.com
And you can find Interconnected, his blog since Feb 2000 and place for thinking in public about technology and design, here: https://interconnected.org/home/
If you’d like...
2023-09-2542 minWB-40(271) Ask WB-40
Another episode of Matt & Chris answers listener questions. Topics this week include dealing with toxic workplaces, the advantages of Cloud, blanket calls back to the office, and obscure programming languages…
2023-09-1152 min
WB-40(269) Tactical Automation
On this week’s show Chris and Matt talk about the applicability of automation software produced by the likes of Microsoft (and how it’s becoming more useful).
Chris’s original article can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-2023-year-tactical-automation-business-chris-weston-/
2023-07-3140 min
WB-40(268) Nudged
On this week’s show, you can hear Matt reflecting on the things that made an impact on him from last week’s Nudgestock festival in London.
You can see all the talks he mentions linked from his blog article here:
Eight messy ideas from Nudgestock 2023
2023-07-1145 minWB-40(267) Ask WB-40
It’s another round of Ask WB-40, where this week Matt & Chris take on listener questions about careers in technology, tech hype cycles, and (inevitably) AI amongst others.
2023-07-0457 min
The Rough CutThe FlashEditors - Jason Ballantine ACE and Paul Machliss ACE While THE FLASH editors Jason Ballantine ACE and Paul Machliss ACE* both hail from Australia, this latest entry in the DCEU would be their first time meeting one another. Both editors have been advancing their careers away from their homeland for quite some time. Jason has worked in LA for the past ten years, while Paul has been in London for the last twenty. The director who would be responsible for bringing these two together is Andy Muschietti, Jason's director for IT (2017) and IT CHAPTER TWO (2019). The two editors split...
2023-06-1944 min
The Human Risk PodcastMatt Ballantine on The Human Side of TechnologyWhat happens when people meet technology? As Artificial Intelligence makes machines appear to be more human, what does that mean for the interactions we have with tech?On this episode, I’m speaking to Matt Ballantine. He has spent spent the past two decades helping organisations make sense of where people, communications and technology collide.In the past, Matt has worked in global technology, media and marketing organisations, including Microsoft, Imagination, Reuters and the BBC, focussed on a wide range of technology and organisational challenges.All of this means he’s got some fantastic insi...
2023-05-171h 06
WB-40(262) Decision Making
On this week’s show we are joined by Matt Mower. You can find him on LinkedIn here, and the AgendaScope website can be found here.
2023-05-1551 min
Unf*cking WorkMatt Ballantine - Unf*cking Work#16 - Matt Ballantine - Unf*cking Work This month James and Michelle speak to Matt Ballantine about unf*cking work. Matt is a sociologist and technologist who has worked managing and leading technology teams in organisations across the public and private sectors for the last 30 years, including the BBC, Microsoft and Reuters. Since June 2022 he has been an Engagement Manager at Equal Experts. He usually also has at least a couple of side projects on the go at any given time. In this episode, we talk about: T...
2023-05-0339 min
WB-40(261) Data Maturity
On this week’s show we are joined by Caroline Carruthers to talk about her new Data Maturity research.
You can get your own copy of the Carruthers & Jackson report here: https://carruthersandjackson.com/data-maturity-index/
The video Matt mentioned is here.
2023-04-2448 min
WB-40(257) on the cards
In this week’s marginally self-indulgent episode, Chris interview’s Matt about his new product, The PlayCards.
If that’s piqued your interest, why not register for one of Matt’s free intro workshops here, or buy a pack of the cards to treasure forever here.
WB-40 listeners can get a £5 discount with the code WB40 at the checkout!
2023-03-2044 min
WB-40(254) Dealing with Hype
On this week’s show we are joined by Templfy’s Christian Lund to talk about the ways in which software companies account for the latest and greatest tech hypes.
In Matt’s introduction he mentioned the work of extreme grumpiness from Chris King. It’s here: https://noscootersrequired.substack.com/p/the-frog-who-asked-for-nothing
2023-02-2737 min
WB-40(253) Tech History
On this week’s show we’re joined by 3Forge founder and CTO Robert Cooke to talk about why we possibly should think more about the history of Computer Science.
If you want to find out more about the PlayCards that Matt keeps wanging on about, you can do so here.
2023-02-2248 min
Adventures in PodcastingFollowing your curiosity and experimenting with Matt Ballantine Matt co-hosts the WB40 podcast with Chris Weston. Matt has always loved radio, as a kid and at university (back in the day when we spliced tape!). Matt set up the podcast to “see what happened”, to try it out. Six and a half years later, they’re still at it!WB40 is led by a guiding principle, the show is about what you need to know in order to manage technology in 2022 and beyond. They’ve had people talk about the changing nature of works, autonomous vehicles, defence analysis.The format has evolved and now consi...
2022-07-1738 min
WB-40(225) Ask WB-40
It’s another episode of Ask WB-40 as Chris and Matt answer questions from the listenership.
If you too would like to learn Smalltalk, here’s the digital archive version of the edition of Byte that Matt mentioned… https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-08
2022-04-0452 minThe Rough CutLast Night in SohoEditor - Paul Machliss ACE THE LAST NIGHT IN SOHO editor, Paul Machliss ACE is reunited once more with director Edgar Wright. The two first met on Wright's BBC TV series, SPACED (1999-2001) where Machliss served primarily as on-line editor until he moved into the offline role for four episodes from the final season. LAST NIGHT IN SOHO is a 2021 British psychological horror film directed as well as co-written by Wright. The film stars Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg and Terence Stamp. It marks the final film appearances of Rigg an...
2021-11-1554 minThe Rough CutThe GuiltyEditor - Jason Ballantine ASE ACE The Guilty editor, Jason Ballantine ASE ACE had always wanted to work with director Antoine Fuqua; he just figured it would be on an action film in the vein of the features Fuqua is known for (Training Day, The Replacement Killers, Olympus Has Fallen). But with Fuqua's remake of the critically acclaimed Danish film, Den Skyldige "The Guilty" (2018), Ballantine instead finds himself at the editorial helm of a psychological thriller. The Guilty takes place over the course of a single morning in a 911 dispatch call center. Call operator Joe Bay...
2021-10-0436 min
WB-40(202) Ask WB-40
On this week’s show listeners pose a series of questions that matter to Matt and Chris (and there’s also one about cheese).
During the conversation Matt mentioned the charity Beyond Equality who can be found here: https://www.beyondequality.org/
2021-09-1400 min
WB-40(192) Open Again
On this week’s show we have a return visitor in Amanda Brock from Open UK. We talk to Amanda about open business models, a research project on the UK Open Technology market, and COP26.You can find our more about Open UK’s work at https://openuk.uk/
This week’s automated transcription:
Intro
Chris: Welcome back everybody. After a two week break to wake breach. I think I nearly said that two week break that we had for a bank holiday and well, well, the two weeks it’s b...
2021-05-1100 min
WB-40(189) The High Street
On this week’s show we are joined by Claire Selby who talks about her project with Kingston University students Not My Beautiful House, and combining work and experience into higher education.
You can find out more – Links : https://www.spacehive.com/spaceforkingston
Twitter : https://twitter.com/NMBH_KUSInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/notmybeautifulhousekingston/
Studio KT1 : https://www.studiokt1.com/KUS : https://www.kingstonstudents.net/creative-meanwhile
This week’s automated transcript…
Intro
Matt: We are back. This week’s show is brought to you in grays...
2021-04-1300 min
WB-40(188) If Printers Spoke MIDI
On this week’s show we are joined by music artist, designer and story-teller Timo Peach to explore the history of music technology, and ask what we might learn from it to apply to other realms of tech?You can find out more about Timo’s work at https://www.momotempo.co.uk/
This week’s automatically generated transcript…
Intro
Chris: Welcome to another episode of WB 40 everybody. It is fantastic to be back and we have another guest it’s going to be fantastic. Matt, what have you been up to this we...
2021-03-3100 min
WB-40(187) Hyperlocal
On this week’s show we are joined by Linda Chandler to talk about the rise of hyperlocal working.
You can find her Digital High Street eBook series – first 2 books on Retail Experience and Mobility
The Digital High Street eBook Series | TLA Education Working Group
And last week’s – 4 Digital High Street sessions on Mobility, Smart Public Space, Community and Retail Experience
The Digital High Street | RE:Connect March (unissu.com)
This week’s automatically generated transcript:
Matt: Hello and welcome to episode 187 of WB 40, the weekly podcast wi...
2021-03-2200 min
WB-40(186) Hanging in there
On this week’s show we talk to Marcus John Henry Brown about his latest work Hanging in There. You can also find his previous work on his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcusJohnHenryBrown/videos
This week’s automatically generated transcript…
Intro
Matt: Well welcome once again to WB 40 and you join us in the bubble, that is the show. And another week in this strange old time has passed us by Chris. Well, it’s
Chris: been another week, isn’t it it’s been a lot going on in...
2021-03-1643 min
WB-40(185) 3i
On this week’s show we are joined by Matt D’Ancona to talk about his forthcoming book Identity, Ignorance, Innovation.
You can find out more about it here:https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/matthew-dancona-5/identity-ignorance-innovation/9781529303995/?v2=true
And you can pre-order it through your favourite local independent bookshop here.
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Chris: Hello, and welcome to the latest episode. You join us with Matt D’Ancona of Tortoise and various other publications. And of course, me and Mattwere here after a Oh another week o...
2021-03-0900 min
WB-40(184) HR
On this week’s show we are joined by David D’Souza to talk about the Human Resources profession, multi-skilled business enabling teams, and how he might have rumbled the whole world of the CIO.
The week’s automatically generated transcript…
Intro
Matt: Once again we find ourselves recording at least I think that’s what we’re doing. Hopefully it’s it has been known for some weeks for me to not manage, to press the record button. So that was embarrassing. And we are into the month of March. That is spring has spr...
2021-03-0200 min
WB-40(183) Proptech
On this week’s WB-40 we talk with Antony Slumbers about the commercial property market and the way that the pandemic might change who provides office space in the future.
The Automatically Generated Transcript…
Intro
Chris: So, hello and welcome to another episode of WB 40. We are here today with as Matt said in the intro, Anthony Slumbers. And we’re going to be talking about property trends in how people are going to work. It’s been, it’s been a bit of a theme for us recently and about prop tech as we...
2021-02-2300 min
WB-40(181) The Lockdown Catalyst
On this week’s show we are joined by Julia Hobsbawm to talk about how the pandemic and lockdown may prove to be a catalyst to change more about work than just the physical workplace.
You can find more about Julia’s work with the Demos Workshift Commission here:https://demos.co.uk/project/the-workshift-commission/
Show Transcript (Automatically generated)
Intro
Matt: Once again, we find ourselves on the precipice of a show. Christopher, is there been anything in your week just gone, that’s been different from the week that came be...
2021-02-0900 min
WB-40(180) Inbetween Places
On this week’s show we speak to Roland Harwood about liminal things and places.
You can find out more about Roland’s business Liminal here: https://www.weareliminal.co/
And his podcast On The Edge is here: https://www.weareliminal.co/ontheedge
Transcript
This is an automated transcript, so there may be errors, some of which might be hilarious. That’s just the machines taking the rise…
Intro
Chris: Hello and welcome to the latest episode of WB 40. And here we are, again another recording and as the n...
2021-02-0200 min
WB-40(179) How to IT Strategy
On this week’s show we are joined by Richard Sage to explore the murky world of IT strategy.
You can subscribe to Richard’s newsletter at https://resage.substack.com/
And there is more about his IT Strategy course here: https://howtoitstrategy.com/
This week’s show transcript:
Intro
Matt: [00:00:00] So once again, we find ourselves on the precipice of another show. It’s been a week. How was it?
[00:00:09] Chris: [00:00:09] Hi, it’s been a, an interesting week. Lots of going on. Again, I, me pretty muc...
2021-01-2600 min
WB-40(178) The Socials
On this week’s show Chris and Matt talk about why big tech social networks have been in the news again. Chris is also quizzed on his tech company history knowledge.
This week’s transcript:
Introduction
Matt: [00:00:00] So just the two of us this week very sadly Charlotte G who was supposed to be joining us. Isn’t able to we’ll be getting on to getting her onto the show as soon as possible. But it’s just you and me this week. How are you Christopher?
[00:00:14] Chris: [00:00:14] Well, very well, real...
2021-01-1900 min
WB-40(159) Student Radio
On this week’s show Chris and Matt reflect on the non-linear journey that coming out of COVID Lockdown might prove to be, and Matt also spends time talking with Naomi Oiku, Hannah-Mae Graham and Jordan Scudder from the Student Radio Association about student media in the 2020s.
2020-07-2700 min
WB-40(154) Still Cloudy?
On this week’s show Chris & Matt discuss the current state of Cloud technology, spurred by some dodgy IBM marketing. We also touch on the COVID tracing app, and Matt talks role specs.The DDaT Job Family work that Matt mentioned is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digital-data-and-technology-profession-capability-framework
The article about Maersk is here:https://gvnshtn.com/maersk-me-notpetya/And if you’d like to become a member of the Blocky club… click here.
2020-06-2200 min
WB-40(152) Eventuallyhttps://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/wb40podcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/episode-152-eventually.mp3On this week’s show Matt & Chris discuss the nature of events in a COVID world, and Chris’s software knowledge is tested in another of our occasional quizzes. We also take a few minutes to think about what we might do to start thinking more deeply about the challenges of race in 2020 Britain. A few people you might like to follow to explore that more:Recent guest Shereen Daniels has been posting some really thought-provoking videos over on LinkedIn.The...
2020-06-0900 min
Talk RoleshareStop Thinking of Flexible Working as a Perk - Forbes Contributor, Matt BallantineWe talk to Matt Ballantine, a "no non-sense" writer, technology consultant, and sociology aficionado. Matt is an author and contributing writer to Forbes where he often writes about the future of work with insights on sustainable and fulfilling ways of working. Matt is passionate about how we can bring "play" back into work to surface ideas, experiments, and innovation. For the last 6 years, he has been advising CIO, CTOs, Heads of HR on how to work better together.
2020-04-0827 min
Sound of SilenceEpisode 87: Matt BallantineThis episode's guest is Matt Ballantine. Matt is a sociologist, blogger, podcaster, musician and technology aficionado. He is co-host of the popular WB-40 podcast which features conversations on how technology is changing how we work and his blog mmitII is an eclectic mix of pieces about technology, music, politics and his diary. He is a guest columnist for Forbes and CIO magazines, has an intriguing music project called 8-bars and was the one time creator of a virally successful comedy flow chart. Recorded in Launch Pod, Teddington, London.Support the show
2020-03-2402 min
WB-40(143) Remote Working, 1980s Stylehttps://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/wb40podcast.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/episode-143-remote-working-1980s-style.mp3
On this week’s show Matt speaks with someone who was pioneering remote working techniques and technology back in the 1980s – his Dad, Malcolm.
There’s a video about Live-Net here:
And the network learning course he set up in 1989 is still running here:
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/2020/postgraduate/programmes/TMSORPSY_C
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2020-03-2300 min
The James Bond ComplexJames Bond Find Your Fate books - with Phil P.Hello, dear listeners!
Close your eyes and imagine yourself as James Bond 007, lying in bed, watching as the impressive specimen that is May Day walks slowly towards you, completely nude. She leaps into bed. Just before you attempt a 00-Move on her to get the party under the bed sheets started, she wrestlers herself on top of you, firmly pinning you underneath, animalistic sexual desire and perhaps something else glinting in her eyes. And then…
Oh, sorry, we got carried away there. Where were we?
Ah yes, Mathieu and Edgar are back this we...
2020-01-1542 min
Navigating the Workplace with The Travelling ErgonomistA conversation with Matt Ballantine, A Digital Workplace Strategist, Stamp LondonA conversation with Matt Ballantine, A Digital Workplace Strategist, Stamp London
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2019-09-0944 min
Recruiting Future with Matt Alder - What's Next For Talent Acquisition, HR & Hiring?The Potential Of Virtual RealityMatt Alder talks to Bruce Ballantine from Articise about the current state of virtual reality and its potential in talent acquisition
2019-06-1324 min
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DrawpodSeason 2 Episode 2 - AmbidextrousOn this week's show we challenge you to draw with your weaker hand
2019-02-1708 min
DrawpodSeason 2 Episode 1 - ObservationWe're back! Drawpod helps you to explore drawing in the comfort of your own headphones. This week Natalia and Matt explore how we observe.
2019-02-1110 min
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The CoolshipEpisode 7: India Pale Beers (IPx)In Episode 7, Warren and Matt evaluate the India Pale Ales and India Pale Lagers (IPx's) from the top 5 mass-market brewers in the US. Follow along at home with:
Goose Island's IPA
Leinenkugel's IPL
Ballantine's IPA
Yuengling's IPL
Sam Adams' Rebel IPA
2016-05-1300 min