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Virtue & VirtuosityWhat leadership skills are needed in Tech - with Vince Gratrick and Eleri MorganIn today's episode, Stuart talks with a respected recruiter in the NFP Tech space - Eleri Morgan from Global Resourcing, and with Vince Gratrick who led Technology in Mencap, Age UK and United Response.They discuss trends in Tech recruitment over the past 15 years, and identify the skills most in demand for Tech leaders in 2025.2025-07-3141 min
Virtue & VirtuosityAdapting to Change with Gerard McGovern Stuart is joined by cohost Janani Sridharan where discuss the importance of really understanding your end-users, and not making assumptions.The main interview is with Gerard McGovern who has led Technology for many charities and NFP's including the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Guide Dogs and the Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. Gerard shares his experiences including what he has learned around facing - and overcoming -difficult challenges.2025-07-1752 min
Virtue & VirtuosityAdrian Ruddock from National Citizen Service, with cohost Janani SridharanIn the first episode of Season 3, we have an interview with Adrian Ruddock, Exec Director of Digital and Data at the National Citizen Service. We hear his experience over the past few months of shutting down an organisation - and hear some learning points.I'm also joined by new co-host Janani Sridharan who has insights on tech and international development, alongside stories of village life in India!2025-07-0349 min
Virtue & VirtuositySeries 3 TrailerA new season of Virtue & Virtuosity starts on 3rd July - listen out for more great interviews on Tech in the world of charities and NFP's2025-06-2601 min
The Mike Hosking BreakfastFull Show Podcast: 13 May 2025On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Tuesday 13th of May, Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has resigned after being on suspension for months amid “very serious” allegations. Former Police Minister Stuart Nash details his dealings with him. Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox joins for a quick chat whilst en route to the PGA Championship that he just qualified for by winning his first PGA tour event. Jetstar CEO Stephanie Tully discusses the aviation industry and what it’s like for a player truing to become the low-cost operator. Get the Mike Hosking B...2025-05-121h 29
The Mike Hosking BreakfastStuart Nash: Former Police Minister on Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming watching porn on his work devicesA former Police Minister says watching porn on a work computer is a pretty dumb thing to do. Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming had been suspended on full-pay since December. He was under a criminal investigation by police on unrelated different allegations, the nature of which can't be reported. Our newsroom understands while investigating the original complaint, detectives allegedly discovered porn on one of his electronic work devices. Stuart Nash told Mike Hosking he struggles to understand McSkimming doing this. He says every bloke knows there are ways to watch...2025-05-1203 min
Leading Through Uncertainty113: Stuart McSkimming on IT leadership in charities including AI implementationSend us a textStuart McSkimming is an IT consultant in the charity sector. He talks about IT implementation in a sector that needs to spend funds wisely, balancing investment with effective implementation so that the ROI is gained quickly. Stuart stresses the importance of understanding what you are trying to achieve with IT to avoid spending money on things that don’t make a difference or add value.I love his approach to the implementation of AI by exploring what's the problem we're trying to solve? What's the innovation we're trying to cre...2025-04-2939 min
Virtue & VirtuosityAre you getting value from what you do?Stuart talks with Adam Scoot, an expert in Value Stream Mapping about how organisations can identify what adds value and what doesn't. We think about examples in the charity sector - and discuss what impact Generative AI might have in this area.2025-01-3130 min
Virtue & VirtuosityMaking an Impact - Simon Vaux, The King's TrustStuart talks to Simon Vaux, Head of Data and Analytics at the King's Trust and hears how they have developed their approach to data to help the company understand the improve how they make an impact2025-01-0936 min
Virtue & VirtuosityBuildathon - Building an AI workforce for the Charity Sector Stuart interviews a variety of participants at an AI focused Buildathon with charities. At the event hosted by 42London, Stuart hears from students, charities, AI mentors and 42London all about their plans to build a virtuous mix where students are paired with expert mentors, and charities to help those organisations develop AI products. [note - on a couple of interviews, there is poor sound quality - apologies, I was trying out a new microphone designed for noisy environments that didn't work so well!] 2024-12-1240 min
Virtue & VirtuosityFocus, Focus, Focus, Focus, Focus - Bringing an Entrepreneurial mindset to larger organisationsStuart is joined by Avril Chester - founder of Cancer Central, patron of SimPal and CTO at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and also regular co-host Mary O'Callaghan.In a wide-ranging chat we talk about how to bring an entrepreneurial mindset to larger organisations, and also delve into the future of AI and what our name would be if we were an AI assistant. 2024-11-1440 min
Virtue & VirtuosityHackathons - how can charities benefit from them, and how companies can helpStuart talks with Craig Hogan about his experiences of running hackathons with charities - and discusses how corporate partnerships can work better for both sides.2024-10-3120 min
Virtue & VirtuosityThe Chief 'How' Officer - Panel Debate live at CITL Conference 2024Live Panel Debate recorded at 2024 Charity IT Leaders Conference, hosted by Stuart McSkimming. Featuring Kevin Adams, Anna Hoskins and Giri Gopalan. The panel discuss the role of the CTO/CIO in organisational transformation - and how increasingly the CTO/CIO is the senior leader responsible for leading on 'how' an organisation delivers on its goals.2024-10-1726 minVirtue & VirtuosityAttracting great talent into the sector with Paul Smith and Jane HuntingtonStuart is joined by Jane Huntington from Guide Dogs who co-hosts this episode. There is an interview with Paul Smith, CIO at Amnesty International who talks about running great teams, recruiting talent into the sector, and how Amnesty have taken advantage of technology and AI to deliver on their aims.2024-09-2746 min
Alive and Kicking Podcast with Stuart IronsEp30 - Conquering Scotland: Robert McSkimming's Journey to All 282 MunrosIn this episode, we chat with Robert McSkimming about growing up together playing football, his time in the army, and what inspired him to climb all 282 Munros in Scotland. It’s a story of grit, challenges, and the drive to push beyond limits.
Link to Roberts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robert_mcskimming/2024-09-221h 01Virtue & VirtuosityBonus Episode 1 - Season 1 Post Project Review!In this episode Stuart reviews the best bits of the series with some of our regular listeners, including Sian Prime from the NSPCC, Arti Sharma from Nurture UK, and of course Tree Hall from Charity IT Leaders2024-08-1554 minVirtue & VirtuosityDigital, Data and Technology as a Catalyst for Change with Trevor GordonStuart talks with Chief Digital Technology Officer, Trevor Gordon, from Save the Children about what he's seen in how technology can effectively deliver for organisations. He reflects on what he has seen in the commercial sector - and looks to what the charity sector can learn from it.2024-07-1227 minVirtue & VirtuosityThe Secrets of Successful Technology Delivery with Laura DawsonStuart is in conversation with industry veteran, Laura Dawson. They take a long hard look at what makes technology work for organisations, and what execs and trustees can be doing to improve how technology works. Here some great insights, along with analogies ranging from Persian rugs to Christmas Cakes to Donkeys of the Apocalypse.2024-06-2842 minVirtue & VirtuosityHow Tech Innovation is improving Childcare in East AfricaStuart co-hosts with Liz Gupta from BRAC Enterprises Tanzania. They discuss how technology is enabling innovation in Tanzania. Stuart interviews Jannik Henrick, Managing Director of Tiny Toto's - a social enterprise based in Kenya that uses mobile app-based technology combined with processes and training to enable the growth of childcare micro-businesses. 2024-06-2136 minVirtue & VirtuosityThink like a Start-UpStuart is joined by Mary O'Callaghan from BHF, who discusses some news on AI advances in predicting heart attacks. He then talks with Sanjoy Lobo MBE who is the CEO and founder of OnHand. He describes the model he has created, where volunteers are matched with those requiring help - but using technology for the matching, rather than the infrastructure of a traditional charity. He discusses how big charities might benefit from taking different approaches to innovation using technology.2024-06-1337 minVirtue & VirtuosityThe Bigger Picture - Karin Woodley talks with Stuart about the role charity should be playing in the development of AIStuart discusses the bigger picture on AI, and where it is going. Stuart talks with Karin Woodley, Chair of the Race Equality foundation about her concerns with bias and AI - and also what the charity sector, governments and the tech industry can be doing about this. 2024-06-0635 minVirtue & VirtuosityEpisode 4 - Small Charities - Stuart talks with a trustee and an adoption specialistIn this episode we're focusing on small charities. We talk with Ivan Delany, a digital trustee with Cambridge House, and with Pratish Kotecha, an adoption consultant.Ivan describes his five priorities for leaders, trustees and digital specialists to focus on in smaller organisations, and we also get down to practicalities with Pratish, hearing about how you can implement AI tech in your organisation.2024-05-2334 minVirtue & VirtuosityStuart chats with Mary O'Callaghan and Rob Way from the British Heart Foundation Mary O'Callaghan joins Stuart as this week's co-host, where they discuss benchmarking across the sector and how charities effectively share knowledge. Stuart interviews Rob Way from the British Heart Foundation and hears how they have embedded AI into their strategic approach.2024-05-1640 minVirtue & VirtuosityStuart talks with Ivan Wainewright and interviews Jon Fox from the Alzheimer's SocietyEpisode two is co-hosted with Ivan Wainewright, a virtuoso of the charity CRM world. We discuss the parallels between AI and CRM implementations. Stuart interviews Jon Fox from the Alzheimer's organisation and hears about their uses of AI, including how they are using transcription to improve how their helplines operate.2024-05-0929 minVirtue & VirtuosityTree Hall chats to Stuart McSkimming and introduces Caty Mueller at the National TrustStuart McSkimming chats with Tree Hall, CEO of Charity IT Leaders about the podcast, and interviews Caty Mueller, Technology Director at the National Trust to hear about their strategic plans with AI.2024-05-0234 minVirtue & VirtuosityVirtue & Virtuosity - TrailerA short trailer for the upcoming series of the podcast Virtue and Virtuosity where Stuart McSkimming interviews 3rd Sector Technology Leaders, Business Leaders and Industry Leaders about their experiences of AI Adoption. Episode 1 features Caty Mueller from the National Trust, and Tree Hall from Charity IT Leaders and is released on May 3rd on all major podcast platforms.2024-04-2301 min
Kerre Woodham Mornings PodcastKerre Woodham: I don't want to hear anyone putting the boot into police over their target timesNewsroom reported on its website yesterday that targets or output measures for issues such as the time taken for police to respond to traffic emergencies and burglaries have been dramatically adjusted. Police have twice as long to get to emergency events in urban areas, 45 minutes in town, 60 minutes in rural areas, and they are required to respond to fewer burglaries within 48 hours. In a briefing from police provided to then Police Minister Stuart Nash, the Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming said demands on the force had grown, therefore the targets needed to be readjusted. ...2023-07-0607 min
The 3 Digital AmigosThe 3 Digital Amigos Plus The Royal British LegionWelcome to the 3 Digital Amigos Podcast, where myself Craig Ambler, Avril Chester and Chris Lord will talk in a non techie engaging and fun way about all things digital....
In this episode we talk to The Royal British Legions CIO, Stuart McSkimming about this momentous day...At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – we will remember them.
Stuart talks about how The Royal British Legion is adapting to these changing times throughout the pandemic.2020-11-1117 min