Inspiring Tech Leaders

Dave Roberts
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Dave Roberts talks with tech leaders from across the industry, exploring their insights, sharing their experiences, and offering valuable advice to help guide the next generation of technology professionals. This podcast gives you practical leadership tips and the inspiration you need to grow and thrive in your own tech career.

  1. Why Human-Centric AI is the Key to Long-term Business Value

    3D AGO

    Why Human-Centric AI is the Key to Long-term Business Value

    Are your AI initiatives stalling? Many organisations focus on the tech, but the real secret to success lies in people and culture. In this episode of the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast, I explore why Human-Centric AI is the key to long-term business value. I discuss why AI adoption isn't just about technology, but about changing how work gets done, decision-making, and even professional identity. Key takeaways from this episode:  💡 Why successful AI programs are always business-led, not technology-led. 💡 Thinking of AI as a colleague, not just a tool, and fostering psychological safety. 💡 The importance of an inclusive, human-centric AI strategy that augments human judgment. 💡 Why leadership behaviour and clear governance are pivotal for successful adoption. Don't let your AI efforts fall short. Tune in to understand how to build resilient, inclusive cultures ready for the future of tech. Available on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | All major podcast platforms Send me a message Start building your thought leadership portfolio today with INSPO.  Wherever you are in your professional journey, whether you're just starting out or well established, you have knowledge, experience, and perspectives worth sharing. Showcase your thinking, connect through ideas, and make your voice part of something bigger at INSPO - https://www.inspo.expert/ Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show I’m truly honoured that the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast is now reaching listeners in over 90 countries and 1,300+ cities worldwide. Thank you for your continued support! If you’d enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review and subscribe to ensure you're notified about future episodes. For further information visit - https://priceroberts.com/Podcast/ https://priceroberts.com www.inspiringtechleaders.com

    12 min
  2. Google Smart Glasses 2026 Relaunch - How AI and Wearable Tech Are Transforming the Future of Personal Computing

    JAN 5

    Google Smart Glasses 2026 Relaunch - How AI and Wearable Tech Are Transforming the Future of Personal Computing

    Remember Google Glass?  It was a futuristic vision that arrived a decade too early. Now, Google is planning a 2026 relaunch, and this time, everything has changed. In this episode of the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast, I discuss the relaunch of this technology, but this isn't just a reboot; it's a complete transformation powered by AI and a new, critical focus on wearability. In this episode I explore:  💡 Why the original 2013 version failed (price, awkwardness, social acceptance) 💡 How AI is turning smart glasses into a contextual assistant, not just a screen 💡 The fierce competition from Meta (Ray-Ban) and the crucial role of fashion and design 💡    The biggest challenge: Will we ever fully accept wearable cameras and microphones? Smart glasses are poised to become the next serious frontier in personal computing. Do you think Google's second attempt will succeed, or will privacy concerns hold back the mass adoption of smart glasses? Available on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | All major podcast platforms Send me a message Start building your thought leadership portfolio today with INSPO.  Wherever you are in your professional journey, whether you're just starting out or well established, you have knowledge, experience, and perspectives worth sharing. Showcase your thinking, connect through ideas, and make your voice part of something bigger at INSPO - https://www.inspo.expert/ Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show I’m truly honoured that the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast is now reaching listeners in over 90 countries and 1,300+ cities worldwide. Thank you for your continued support! If you’d enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review and subscribe to ensure you're notified about future episodes. For further information visit - https://priceroberts.com/Podcast/ https://priceroberts.com www.inspiringtechleaders.com

    8 min
  3. Safety or Surveillance? The Use of Facial Recognition in Shops to Help Fight Crime

    12/26/2025

    Safety or Surveillance? The Use of Facial Recognition in Shops to Help Fight Crime

    Is the price of safety the end of anonymity? UK retail is fighting back against rising crime with Facial Recognition technology like Facewatch.  But this powerful tool comes with a massive ethical and legal question mark. In this episode of the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast, I look at the undeniable success in tackling repeat offenders and boosting staff safety.  But also, explore the serious risks of false positives, GDPR compliance, and the erosion of public privacy. It's not about choosing sides, it's about choosing standards.  How do we govern biometric surveillance responsibly?  Listen to this podcast to hear more thoughts on this topic. Available on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | All major podcast platforms Send me a message Start building your thought leadership portfolio today with INSPO.  Wherever you are in your professional journey, whether you're just starting out or well established, you have knowledge, experience, and perspectives worth sharing. Showcase your thinking, connect through ideas, and make your voice part of something bigger at INSPO - https://www.inspo.expert/ Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show I’m truly honoured that the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast is now reaching listeners in over 90 countries and 1,300+ cities worldwide. Thank you for your continued support! If you’d enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review and subscribe to ensure you're notified about future episodes. For further information visit - https://priceroberts.com/Podcast/ https://priceroberts.com www.inspiringtechleaders.com

    14 min
  4. Human in the Loop – Building an Effective AI Strategy

    12/15/2025

    Human in the Loop – Building an Effective AI Strategy

    Is your organisation's AI strategy built on a solid foundation, or is it a fast-track to fragmentation and risk? In this episode of the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast, I explore the shift from AI experimentation to responsible execution.  I address the critical question of how do we use AI effectively, and in a way that works alongside human expertise. The concept of Human-in-the-Loop is more vital than ever!  Human-in-the-Loop isn't about slowing down automation, it's about building resilience and ethical guardrails.  I discuss why human oversight is essential for: 💡 Catching anomalies and preventing AI hallucinations before they impact the business. 💡 Providing the fairness, empathy, and contextual understanding that algorithms cannot replicate. 💡 Using human feedback to keep AI aligned with your organisation's values and customer expectations. AI accelerates, but humans steer!  Learn how to classify decisions, build clear oversight layers, and ensure your staff has the training to partner effectively with AI.  The future is a human-at-the-centre model. Listen now to understand how to build an effective AI strategy that drives real growth, innovation, and trust. Available on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | All major podcast platforms Send me a message Start building your thought leadership portfolio today with INSPO.  Wherever you are in your professional journey, whether you're just starting out or well established, you have knowledge, experience, and perspectives worth sharing. Showcase your thinking, connect through ideas, and make your voice part of something bigger at INSPO - https://www.inspo.expert/ Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show I’m truly honoured that the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast is now reaching listeners in over 90 countries and 1,300+ cities worldwide. Thank you for your continued support! If you’d enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review and subscribe to ensure you're notified about future episodes. For further information visit - https://priceroberts.com/Podcast/ https://priceroberts.com www.inspiringtechleaders.com

    10 min
  5. Google’s Gemini 3 – Why Search Integration is a Winning Strategy

    12/08/2025

    Google’s Gemini 3 – Why Search Integration is a Winning Strategy

    In this episode of the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast, I discuss the launch of Google DeepMind's Gemini 3.  The podcast breaks down: 💡 Gemini’s massive jump in core reasoning power. 💡 The new Gemini Agent and the Antigravity Coding Platform. 💡 Google embedding Gemini 3 directly into Search from Day One. This episode is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand the shift from passive AI to agentic execution. Available on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | All major podcast platforms Send me a message Start building your thought leadership portfolio today with INSPO.  Wherever you are in your professional journey, whether you're just starting out or well established, you have knowledge, experience, and perspectives worth sharing. Showcase your thinking, connect through ideas, and make your voice part of something bigger at INSPO - https://www.inspo.expert/ Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show I’m truly honoured that the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast is now reaching listeners in over 90 countries and 1,300+ cities worldwide. Thank you for your continued support! If you’d enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review and subscribe to ensure you're notified about future episodes. For further information visit - https://priceroberts.com/Podcast/ https://priceroberts.com www.inspiringtechleaders.com

    11 min
  6. AI Shopping - The Holiday Tech Battle

    12/01/2025

    AI Shopping - The Holiday Tech Battle

    This holiday shopping season, the battle for the future of e-commerce is being fought by Agentic AI assistants like Perplexity and Amazon's Rufus. In this episode of the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast, I discuss the debate of Innovation vs. Immaturity with AI Assisted Shopping and breakdown the following:  💡 The Outdated Product Problem - Why generalist AI often recommends last-generation gifts. 💡 The strategic masterstroke of Perplexity's Instant Buy with PayPal. 💡 The power of Amazon's Rufus and its hyper-personalised, agentic utility. 💡 The legal conflict that is forcing the old guard to defend its turf and will define Retail Tech's next era. The shift to Agentic AI is inevitable, but the technology is still working out the kinks, both technical and legal. Tune in to understand the true value proposition for Tech Leaders and consumers alike. Available on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | All major podcast platforms Send me a message Start building your thought leadership portfolio today with INSPO.  Wherever you are in your professional journey, whether you're just starting out or well established, you have knowledge, experience, and perspectives worth sharing. Showcase your thinking, connect through ideas, and make your voice part of something bigger at INSPO - https://www.inspo.expert/ Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show I’m truly honoured that the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast is now reaching listeners in over 90 countries and 1,300+ cities worldwide. Thank you for your continued support! If you’d enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review and subscribe to ensure you're notified about future episodes. For further information visit - https://priceroberts.com/Podcast/ https://priceroberts.com www.inspiringtechleaders.com

    11 min
  7. When the Internet Breaks – Cloudflare’s 2025 Outage

    11/24/2025

    When the Internet Breaks – Cloudflare’s 2025 Outage

    The recent global internet outage on November 18th, 2025, was a reminder of the fragility of our digital world. When a single configuration error at Cloudflare took down major services like OpenAI, X, Spotify, and thousands of others, it exposed a critical vulnerability in modern infrastructure. In this episode of the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast, I look at the root cause of the Cloudflare incident that cascaded into a global catastrophe. This episode is a must-listen for anyone concerned with digital supply chain risk and systemic failure. I discuss:  💡 The Concentration Risk - Why a failure in one core provider can cause a systemic shock across the global economy, following similar recent incidents at AWS and Microsoft Azure. 💡 Building for Failure – The critical importance of the Principle of Graceful Degradation. 💡 Mandating Out-of-Band Access - Why your internal tools must be independent of the infrastructure they manage to ensure you can fix problems when the main network is down. 💡 Auditing Automation - The need for rigorous pre-deployment testing and blast radius analysis for all automated configuration changes. The question is no longer if another failure will happen, but whether your organisation will be prepared when it does. Available on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | All major podcast platforms Send me a message Start building your thought leadership portfolio today with INSPO.  Wherever you are in your professional journey, whether you're just starting out or well established, you have knowledge, experience, and perspectives worth sharing. Showcase your thinking, connect through ideas, and make your voice part of something bigger at INSPO - https://www.inspo.expert/ Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show I’m truly honoured that the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast is now reaching listeners in over 90 countries and 1,300+ cities worldwide. Thank you for your continued support! If you’d enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review and subscribe to ensure you're notified about future episodes. For further information visit - https://priceroberts.com/Podcast/ https://priceroberts.com www.inspiringtechleaders.com

    11 min
  8. The Autonomous Cyber Threat – When AI Becomes the Attacker

    11/17/2025

    The Autonomous Cyber Threat – When AI Becomes the Attacker

    For the first time, we have a documented case of a major cyber-attack executed largely without human intervention.  The attacker?  An AI. In this episode of the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast, I look at the alarming Anthropic incident, where a state-sponsored group manipulated the Claude Code AI model to act as an autonomous agent for espionage. This isn't just about faster hacking.  It's a fundamental shift: The Trick – How did hackers bypass safety guardrails? By simply tricking the AI into a "role-playing" scenario as a legitimate security employee. The Threat - We are moving from defending against human hackers to defending against AI-managed threat agents. This lowers the barrier to entry for sophisticated, large-scale operations. The Urgency – The episode explores why this incident makes AI safety frameworks and regulation a national security priority. If you are a tech leader, a cybersecurity professional, or a policymaker, this is a must-listen.  The rules of defence have changed. Available on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | All major podcast platforms Send me a message Start building your thought leadership portfolio today with INSPO.  Wherever you are in your professional journey, whether you're just starting out or well established, you have knowledge, experience, and perspectives worth sharing. Showcase your thinking, connect through ideas, and make your voice part of something bigger at INSPO - https://www.inspo.expert/ Everyday AI: Your daily guide to grown with Generative AICan't keep up with AI? We've got you. Everyday AI helps you keep up and get ahead.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the show I’m truly honoured that the Inspiring Tech Leaders podcast is now reaching listeners in over 90 countries and 1,300+ cities worldwide. Thank you for your continued support! If you’d enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review and subscribe to ensure you're notified about future episodes. For further information visit - https://priceroberts.com/Podcast/ https://priceroberts.com www.inspiringtechleaders.com

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Dave Roberts talks with tech leaders from across the industry, exploring their insights, sharing their experiences, and offering valuable advice to help guide the next generation of technology professionals. This podcast gives you practical leadership tips and the inspiration you need to grow and thrive in your own tech career.

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  • Creator
    Dave Roberts
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    112
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