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The Financial Conduct Authority is a financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, but operates independently of the UK Government, and is financed by charging fees to members of the financial services industry.

Steve Green is the Head of Central Data Services at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). His department looks after all data management and collection activities for the FCA, as well as running a number of central data advisory, analysis and insight functions.

Steve is also the Accountable Executive in charge of the FCA’s Data Strategy implementation, transforming the way the FCA exploits its data and covering the replacement of all key data platforms.

Prior to joining the FCA, Steve worked on implementing large scale technology driven change across a variety of businesses.



EPISODE LINKS:

FCA: Financial Conduct Authority https://www.fca.org.uk/

Steve’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-green-3197821/



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TIMESTAMPS:


01:09 Introduction, FCA, Who is Steve
03:00 The data strategy
03:35 Data strategy – the business drivers
06:21 – Do you see the Business Driving Data or the FCA becoming Data Driven – or a lifecycle including both?
08:15 Lessons from other firms
09:46 Data is a huge domain, how do you ensure what is produced is: relevant, reliable, repeatable, and current
12:40 Change in market dynamics, and what it means for the FCA
17:15 How do you balance the need to be strategic with quick wins to demonstrate progress?
22:08 How do you integrate a horizontal programme of change across FCA’s silos? How do you avoid an ivory tower scenario?
26:57 FCA’s data operating model, company culture
30:23 Agile ways of working and waterfall…
32:35 Strategy at the FCA
34:02 Do you think we think widely enough about data? If we thought about data like researchers, we’d be thinking a lot more; do you agree? Any thoughts?
38:46 FCA’s move to cloud
40:40 Data within banks – given you are transforming within the FCA, any lessons that can be learnt for those institutions that you regulate?
42:35 Lessons learned from your journey so far?
48:11 Any surprises? Things that your program did that you didn’t expect?
51:46 What are the conversations we have a duty to continue/start discussing?
57:58 What are the skills and/or character traits that helped you so far in your life?

Laura Ellis is a journalist and technologist with special interests in machine learning, disinformation and data. She has worked on news teams in radio, TV, and online as a reporter, producer and Editor.

She has led two of BBC the BBC’s Regional News and Current Affairs teams, establishing the corporation's first end-to-end digital newsroom.

In her current role she focuses on ensuring the BBC is best placed to take advantage of emerging technology and also takes a particular interest in the technology ethics, personalised and automated journalism.



EPISODE LINKS:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-ellis-0533b94/



PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://www.mindnarrative.co.uk/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1BlZEf3k4ifhvi0XkL8Au1

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mind-narrative/id1562903429

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL21pbmRuYXJyYXRpdmUvZmVlZC54bWw

RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/56b4a504/podcast/rss

Full episodes playlist: https://bit.ly/2OFUN3V



SOCIAL:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mind-narrative/?viewAsMember=true

Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mindnarrative



TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Introduction

0:58 Who is Laura?

0:32 Emerging tech – The last 10 years

4:36 Some of Laura's cool emerging tech projects at the BBC

8:32 Emerging tech – Balancing risks and opportunities

11:51 Approach to curation and personalisation

14:38 The end-user experience

16:48 Disinformation, misinformation, media provenance and project ''origin''

19:02 Renee DiResta and other prominent investigative journalists

22:09 Algorithms

23:55 The size of platforms today and their impact, media provenance

25:23 Should platforms be treated as publishers?

28:29 The state and future of media provenance (C2PA)

31:08 The future of journalism – robot, automated journalism

35:10 The power of personalised content – risks and opportunities

37:46 The invisible force of global media and its influence on end-users

39:09 Linear and digital journalism

42:08 The difference between linear and digital journalism

44:37 BBC Media, Tech & Society: Conference + Fair

48:55 CogX Ethics Stage, Laura Ellis and  Renee DiResta – personalised recommenders

50:26 What's next for you?

53:10 What are the conversations we have a duty to continue/start discussing?

55:34  News that your regularly read?

56:42 Your reading or other dynamics that influence your current role at the BBC

59:01 What are the skills and/or character traits that helped you so far in your life?

Founder and CEO of Italian startup Digital Business Innovation Srl, Antonio is regarded as one of the top Digital Transformation influencers on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, digital transformation, the Internet of Things, and blockchain.

Antonio Grasso has over 37 years of experience handling numerous projects in the field of information technology for both enterprise and public sectors. He believes that digital transformation is a digital evolution process that involves many aspects, and technology is only a component of the puzzle. For him, the biggest hurdle is a cultural change, and a strategic approach to face this epochal change is paramount.

He is an advisor, and enterprise and public sector consultant and mentor to numerous startups. He is currently collaborating with Siemens, Intel, The European Commission, Atos, Cisco, Ericsson, IBM, Talend, Huawei, Automation Anywhere, Oracle, Splunk, HPE, ASG tech, Ant Financial, Almawave, SAS Institute, Adobe and many others as Content Advisor, B2B Influencer, Author and Software Innovator.



EPISODE LINKS:

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=312456556901882&set=pb.100044126199415.-2207520000..

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/agrassoblog/

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-business-innovation-srl/about/



PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://www.mindnarrative.co.uk/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1BlZEf3k4ifhvi0XkL8Au1

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mind-narrative/id1562903429

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL21pbmRuYXJyYXRpdmUvZmVlZC54bWw

RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/56b4a504/podcast/rss

Full episodes playlist: https://bit.ly/2OFUN3V



SOCIAL:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mind-narrative/?viewAsMember=true

Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mindnarrative



TIMESTAMPS:


0:00 Introduction
0:58 Who is Antonio?
03:07 Tell us about your projects
6:54 Smart cities
9:58 Your views on smart cities and other technologies, the human and tech
14:35 Difference between corporations and start-ups
18:53 Will corporations need to revisit their operating model to keep up with the competition? (vs start-ups)
22:34 Multi-generational teams
27:55 Questions every entrepreneur must be able to answer
34:05 Your approach to set meaningful goals
36:32 What are the skills and/or character traits that helped you so far in your life?

As a Peak Performance Expert, Eric Partaker helps CEOs, entrepreneurs, and leaders reach their full potential, become better leaders, and build better businesses.

Within his approach he draws from his time advising Fortune 50 CEOs at McKinsey, his experience helping build up Skype’s multi-billion dollar success story, and his own entrepreneurial journeys – together with behavioural science from Stanford University, as well as techniques from the worlds of elite sports and the military, areas where peak performance is key.

Eric has been named “CEO of the Year” at the 2019 UK Business Excellence Awards, one of the “Top 30 Entrepreneurs in the UK”, 35 and under, by Startups Magazine, and among “Britain’s Most Disruptive Entrepreneurs” by The Telegraph. His work has been featured on over 7 major TV stations, in the Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. He has also appeared as a guest judge on The Apprentice with Lord Alan Sugar.

He is also the author of the new bestselling book The 3 Alarms: A Simple System to Transform Your Health, Wealth, and Relationships Forever.



EPISODE LINKS:

The 3 Alarms book: https://www.amazon.com/Alarms-Simple-Transform-Relationships-Forever/dp/0990378527/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+3+alarms+eric&qid=1602856031&sr=8-1

The 3 Alarms, Free digital book and training: https://www.ericpartaker.com/the3alarms

Website: www.ericpartaker.com

Podcast: https://www.ericpartaker.com/podcast

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYRealX1sBZmvCw9VXUvWyg/featured

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericpartaker/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PPIericpartaker

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-partaker-5560b92/



PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://www.mindnarrative.co.uk/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1BlZEf3k4ifhvi0XkL8Au1

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mind-narrative/id1562903429

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL21pbmRuYXJyYXRpdmUvZmVlZC54bWw

RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/56b4a504/podcast/rss

Full episodes playlist: https://bit.ly/2OFUN3V



SOCIAL:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mind-narrative/?viewAsMember=true

Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mindnarrative



TIMESTAMPS:


0:00 Introduction
1:08 Who is Eric?
3:06 "CEO of the Year" at the 2019 Business Excellence Awards
4:32 How does your heritage impact how you lead?
5:28 The secrets of high performing teams and individuals
8:52 The ''IPA'' Framework (Identity, Productivity, and Anti-fragility across health, wealth & relationships)
13:31 Design productivity, how you can design productivity into your day with a powerful evening and morning routine, how you can add 13 weeks to your life every year by optimising your productivity
20:07 Anti-fragility, how you can build your anti-fragility and turn stress into strength
27:04 Eric's approach when working with its clients
30:09 Describe your relationship to ambition, what it means to you and how you would use it in your programs
33:54 Who/what inspires you, your work and life?
36:30 Key moments that have changed the course of your life and give you some practical takeaways for each of them
39:22 How to stay in touch with you?
40:34 What are the skills and/or character traits that helped you so far in your life?

Charles Radclyffe is a serial entrepreneur who has focused his career on solving tough technology challenges for some of the world's largest organisations.

A self-confessed 'geek' at heart, Charles combines his technical fluency with his business nous to really get to grips with how best to conceive, design, build and implement solutions which can unlock transformative business value.

He is an experienced public speaker having presented at various events in the UK, US, and the Middle East on the philosophical questions around Smart Devices, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence industry and the societal impact of the application of this technology. 



EPISODE LINKS:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/radclyffe/

Data Philosopher: https://dataphilos.com/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dataphilosopher 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dataphilos/ 

 

PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://www.mindnarrative.co.uk/ 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1BlZEf3k4ifhvi0XkL8Au1 

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mind-narrative/id1562903429 

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL21pbmRuYXJyYXRpdmUvZmVlZC54bWw 

RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/56b4a504/podcast/rss  

Full episodes playlist: https://bit.ly/2OFUN3V 

 

SOCIAL:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mind-narrative/?viewAsMember=true 

Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mindnarrative 



TIMESTAMPS


0:00 Introduction
0:56 Who is Charles?
1:52 How AI, automation and robotics will change and challenge assumptions at the core of how we live?
4:09 What is the one common myth about AI, automation and robotics that you want to debunk?
8:40 ''Dirty secret of technology'' — AI and waste of electricity
15:55 Charles' Tedx Talk — ''Three Steps to Surviving the Robot Revolution''
22:38 How to make technological unemployment a positive outcome?
27:52 The implications and issues of UBI (universal basic income)
34:22 ''AI and automation will create a global useless class'' — Yuval Noah Harari
40:25 What are your current projects?
45:51 The EU has unveiled its new AI rules...
55:15 AI ethics guidelines
1:02:39 OECD AI's accountability principles
1:07:40 Social media platforms’ approach — ''Foresight not oversight'', the benefits of the Wiki model
1:15:21 Digital health passports, digital inclusion and exclusion
1:24:25 What are the skills and/or character traits that helped you so far in your life?

 Sean Matson is the Co-Founder & CEO of MATBOCK, a company that is run by retired Navy SEALS and whose staff are also former US Military Veterans. 

The company creates and develops products that fill a need in the real world, whether it’s hunting, camping, hiking, going on adventures, for law enforcement or for soldiers while at war.

 They work closely with the US Military and have been contracted to create products for them that use new technologies to make whatever products lighter, better and more versatile. Their top selling products include: Auto-focus for Night Vision Goggles, Dry Bags, Cobra Sled (a mountain rescue litter), S-LIFT (poles and ladders for hunters), Reaper Hunting Vest and others. They just also signed a $1 million deal with law enforcement in America for new products to help everyone be safer.



EPISODE LINKS:

MATBOCK

https://www.matbock.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-matson/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/MATBOCK_CEO

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/MATBOCK/

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/matbock

 

PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://www.mindnarrative.co.uk/ 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1BlZEf3k4ifhvi0XkL8Au1 

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mind-narrative/id1562903429 

Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL21pbmRuYXJyYXRpdmUvZmVlZC54bWw 

RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/56b4a504/podcast/rss  

Full episodes playlist: https://bit.ly/2OFUN3V 



SOCIAL:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mind-narrative/?viewAsMember=true 

Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mindnarrative 

 

TIMESTAMPS


0:00 Introduction
1:31 Who is Sean?
2:13 How is it like to be a Navy SEAL?
3:46 Why did you decide to become a Navy SEAL?
5:00 Tell us about ''Hell Week''
7:37 What consistent characteristics do SEALs who succeed have?
9:45 Mindset is everything
11:11 What was the most mentally challenging part? What was the hardest thing about SEAL Training?
12:05 Sean's ''defining moment'' (as most SEALs would call it)
14:38 Looking back, what you’ve learned
17:35 The transition from Navy SEAL to civilian life
19:33 Life as an entrepreneur, how did you start your journey?
24:35 MATBOCK overview
26:46 Influence of military/SEAL's mindset in Sean's entrepreneurial thinking, leadership engagement, vision, and energy
30:26 Business partner — How to choose one? What to look for?
33:07 Do you think that entrepreneurs shouldn't go into business with friends or family?
35:05 How's entrepreneurship life treating you so far?
37:58 Team building, how Sean has grown his team at MATBOCK
40:35 How Sean goes through the process of product development
42:50 Keeping up with different technologies
44:47 Made in the USA, what makes MATBOCK products unique, next level logistics
47:28 MATBOCK's distributors, customers
48:30 What’s next for MATBOCK?
49:58 How do you maintain the skills you've learned in the Navy Seals? How do you recharge away from work?
51:11 Are you in touch with your former buds? Do you miss the SEAL's days?
54:00 Teaching life skills to your child
58:01 When it comes to their future, parents shouldn’t try to choose their kids' pathway
1:01:27 The value of sport in teaching life skills, what's missing in youth sport today
1:04:41 What are the skills and/or character traits that helped you so far in your life?