13 episodios
Nick Lansley's Innovation Lab Nick Lansley
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"Nick Lansley's Innovation Lab" is your audio journey through the world of innovation, exploring ways of making innovation work in your role, your company, even your life!
In each episode, Nick reveals techniques and insight to help you deliver great innovation projects from idea to implementation. He will also teach how to get that essential 'innovation attitude'!
Nick will also get insight from his friends in innovation and tune into the best minds in the business so you can receive great inspiration.
Nick intends the show to be professional but light-hearted and enjoyable listen-in whether you are at home or on the move.
Together, let's make innovation work!
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What Google teaches us about being 'extraordinary and helpful'
This week, Google posted a profit of over US $20 billion on earnings of US $70 billion largely from advertising revenue.
However the reality is that most of its services are loss making.
Nonetheless, Google keeps them going because they are deemed to be 'extraordinary and helpful'. Is this something we should think about in our own work, for our own customers? -
Innovation Lab - Fake News, Fake Music, Real AI !
In this episode, Nick explores how computers with artificial intelligence (AI) can machine-learn news and music without rules, and create fake news and fake music!
You'll get to hear never-heard-before music generated by Open AI Jukebox and a news article completely re-written by GPT-2. -
Machine Learning Algorithms - Where is the democratic accountability?
The new generation of machine-learning decision-making computer algorithms are proliferating - but where is public accountability? And what is 'machine-learning' anyway? Nick explores this brave new world starting with a fiasco in UK education when such an algorithm wrecked student chances of making it to University. Nick will also reveal how he is coding machine-learning algorithms himself.
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Forget college degrees? Employers are recruiting students direct from online tech courses
Why go to college or university if you want the sort of career in programming and software development when numerous posted jobs are not looking for a degree? Why did Google set up some online courses and then declare “In our own hiring, we will now treat these new career certificates as the equivalent of a four-year degree for related roles.” Find out more as education in the fast moving world of tech is changing dramatically.
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Keep your mind in a good place (with guest Assunta Cucca)
In this episode, I’m continuing my journey into understanding the mental challenges and innovative solutions for dealing with our strange new world of staying at home and for some, self-isolation.
Joining me this week is resilience and engagement coach Assunta Cucca who will reveal mental tools to keep our mental health in a good place during lockdown.
Find out more about Assunta and her work at https://kokoroconsultancy.co.uk -
How to Work From Home (with guest Dr. Richard MacKinnon)
Working from home has now become the 'New Normal' thanks to Coronavirus and self-isolation.
In this episode, Nick is joined by top workplace psychologist, Dr Richard MacKinnon, who will reveal the techniques to help you work from home effectively. After listening, head to Dr MacKinnon's website https://www.worklifepsych.com/workingfromhome/ for more in-depth information.