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Digital Village Network presents The Digital Village Show! Learn about all of the latest business tech trends and news, delivered right to your ear. Meet some of the greatest minds in business driving and leading technology shifts in business and understand how you can utilise technology to benefit your organisation and your customers.
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Sep 13, 2023
Responsible Innovation in Ag Tech Pt.3
*Guests*
Dr Simon Fielke - Also a research scientist in applied human geographical research into the implications of digitalisation of agricultural innovation systems and has published over 35 papers with CSIRO alone.
Professor Graham Williams - A leader in machine learning in AI and prolific author who has served as Principle Research Scientist at CSIRO, Director of Data Science at Microsoft and currently Chief Scientist, Software Innovation Institute at ANU.
Nikki and Peter Thompson - Land stewards in the Maranoa Region in Queensland who have utilised multiple streams of technology for their practices and contributed to industry initiatives such as Farm Data Code and Rural Connectivity.
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Sep 6, 2023
Responsible Innovation in Ag Tech Pt.2
Pt. 2 dives deeper into the challenges and opportunities of innovation in the AgTech industry.
We explore the fair exchange of data between farmers and AgTech providers, the need for transparency and issues around data ownership.
The concept of ‘warm data’ is introduced which emphasises the context and interconnectedness of data, and the need for diverse perspectives in decision-making.
Graham Matthews highlight the importance of synthesising data and wisdom to drive responsible innovation and create a more holistic understanding of complex systems.
*Quotes*
“We’ve been providing all this data and giving it freely, or it’s been taken freely from us and then sold back to us in a package.” - Peter Thompson
“We need to bring back the relational understanding of the world and the interconnectedness of data.” - Nikki Thompson
“Synthesis is the next step from analysis, bringing elements back together with wisdom.” - Professor Graham Williams
*Guests*
Dr Cara Sitzlein - A CSIRO research scientist who specialises in science commercialisation for the land sector and continues to help bring user friendly tools to agriculture.
Dr Simon Fielke - Also a research scientist in applied human geographical research into the implications of digitalisation of agricultural innovation systems and has published over 35 papers with CSIRO alone.
Professor Graham Williams - A leader in machine learning in AI and prolific author who has served as Principle Research Scientist at CSIRO, Director of Data Science at Microsoft and currently Chief Scientist, Software Innovation Institute at ANU.
Nikki and Peter Thompson - Land stewards in the Maranoa Region in Queensland who have utilised multiple streams of technology for their practices and contributed to industry initiatives such as Farm Data Code and Rural Connectivity.
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Aug 28, 2023
Responsible Innovation in AgTech Pt.1
Discover how responsible innovation is transforming digital agriculture technologies in Australia.
For Episode 18, we’re joined by an incredible panel who explain their personal experiences, insights and the hurdles to integrating these practices into the domain.
From enhancing soil health to bolstering food security, responsible innovation has emerged as a key to tackling Australia’s multifaceted challenges.
Tune in as they unravel the power of collaborative networks, bridging diverse groups and data access, ownership, and governance to create impactful change.
Joining us on Episode 18:
Dr Cara Stitzlein - A CSIRO research scientist who specialises in science commercialisation for the land sector and continues to help bring user friendly tools to agriculture.
Dr Simon Fielke - Also a research scientist in applied human geographical research into the implications of digitalisation of agricultural innovation systems and has published over 35 papers with CSIRO alone.
Professor Graham Williams - A leader in machine learning in AI and prolific author who has served as Principle Research Scientist at CSIRO, Director of Data Science at Microsoft and currently Chief Scientist, Software Innovation Institute at ANU.
Nikki and Peter Thompson - Land stewards in the Maranoa Region in Queensland who have utilised multiple streams of technology for their practices and contributed to industry initiatives such as Farm Data Code and Rural Connectivity.
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May 16, 2023
Big Tech vs Platform Coops
Join us on a thought-provoking journey as we explore a hypothetical scenario: What if platforms like Uber, Freelancer, and Upwork were owned by their own users?
In this episode, we're joined by Louis Cousins, Ana Aguirre and Nicolás Dimarco as we dive into the potential implications of a user-owned model, reshaping the way these platforms operate and their core priorities.
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Apr 25, 2023
Co-Op Car Ride
Season 3: The Next Generation of Digital Platforms
*Episode 1: Co-op Car Ride*
*Guests:*
*Khalid Villalobos: *Geographer, Political Scientist\
*Markel Gibert: *Co-founder and worker-owner, TAZEBAEZ Coop.
*Juan Latorre: *Founder, Eraman Coop & Member, Coop-Cycle
*Francesca Martinelli: *Director, Centro Studi Doc Foundation
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What it will take to secure a digital future that prioritises labour equity and well-being? That’s what we’ll be exploring across an all-new series from The Digital Village Show. The journey kicks off in Costa Rica, where we had the pleasure of spending 10 days working with some of the brightest minds in the digital platform cooperative movement.
On Episode 1 we’re joined by Khalid, Markel, Juan, and Francessa to talk about platform cooperatives, how they work, and how they differ from other business models we’re more familiar with.
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Dec 12, 2022
Becoming an Australian Double Unicorn in just 7 years
An economist, a lawyer, an engineer and a doctor… they may or may not walk into a bar but 17 years later are the co-founders of a double unicorn, Go1. Having raised US$100m in their second major capital raise in the space of 12 months earlier this year, the Edutech company is now valued at over $2billion.
On Episode 17 of The Digital Village Show, Vu Tran shares the incredible 17-year entrepreneurial story he, Andrew Barnes, Chris Eigeland and Chris Hood have been on together.
The path of a founder is often marred with struggle, sacrifice, doubt and usually loneliness, and Vu certainly isn’t reserved about how the camaraderie between himself and his co-founders was pivotal in coming this far.
In an inspirational episode for all founders, he discusses their journey from selling websites door to door to delivering education to one billion people across the globe.
*Time Stamps*
Intro
6:15 - 8:03: A 17 year, 7 year, overnight success story.
8:03 - 13:43: Building the foundations of a 17 year partnership.
13:44 - 15:27: What advice would (or wouldn’t) Vu give his 18-year old self.
15:28 - 21:15: How to overcome adversity.
21:16 - 27:05: Restarting from scratch to enter the learning space.
27:06 - 31:01: The pursuit to impact 1 billion people.
31:02 - 33:06: The benefits of Y Combinator.
33:07 - 36:25: “Can you sell it?” and finding product market fit.
36:26 - : The importance of skills vs education
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Sep 27, 2022
How Blockchain tech is reducing inefficiencies in the modern day transaction - with Mark Monfort
Mark Monfort stands at the forefront of the Australian Web3 movement as co-founder of the Australian Defi Association and venture studio Not Centralised.
As a Tradfi native turned DeFi convert, he remains pragmatic about the mainstream adoption of decentralisation despite bearing the tounge-in-cheek monikor Captain Defi on Twitter & Discourse.
On Season 2 episode #6 of The Digital Village Show, we sit down with Mark to discuss all things Web3, regulation in the space, the crypto naysayers and the ‘modern renaissance’.
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Jul 26, 2022
"I get knocked down, but I get up again!" With Fred Schebesta.
It may be cliché to say “it’s ok to make mistakes”, but for those willing to understand the logic behind them and not immediately dismiss them as irrelevant, clichés can hold valuable lessons.
Fred Schebesta has faced his fair share of failure but as one of Australia’s most recognisable entrepreneurs can assert that it is in fact ok to make mistakes…
As a co-founder of a half-billion dollar organisation, Finder, and a multitude of other ventures, Fred is a self-proclaimed lover of growing businesses from nothing to make them ‘Go Live’ - the title of his latest book.
In S02EP05 of That Digital Village Show, we sat down with Fred to discuss dealing with failure, building a sustainable business in increments, using the idea of narratives to innovate and whatever else popped into his brilliant mind.
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May 24, 2022
Unlock your creativity with Killer Thinking, With Tim Duggan
KILLER… perhaps not the most obvious acronym for a constructive process, but Tim Duggan believes the best ideas are exactly that: Kind, Impactful, Loved, Lasting, East and Repeatable.
Having penned the much-heralded & highly awarded ‘Cult Status’, Tim’s follow-up title provides a simple 8-step methodology for turning good ideas into great ones by harnessing the power of creativity.
During his second appearance on That Digital Village Show!, he sits down with Luke and Paul to give invaluable insight into his latest book, why he prefers hippos over gorillas and the need to schedule boredom. It’s an unmissable episode for anybody looking to harness their creativity - a quality he believes all have engrained - to provide fresh thinking for seemingly complex problems. I think we all agree it’s something we could use right now…
*Bio:*
Tim Duggan is an author, advisor and optimist who firmly believes in the power of business to do good.
He has co-founded several digital media ventures, most notably Junkee Media, the leading digital publisher for young Australians, which was acquired by ASX-listed oOh!media.
His first book, ‘Cult Status: How To Build A Business People Adore’, was named the Best Entrepreneurship and Small Business Book at the 2021 Australian Business Book Awards. His second book on creativity in the workplace, Killer Thinking, is out now.
He’s also currently the Chairman of the Digital Publishers Alliance, a group representing over 100 titles from the leading independent publishers in the country, as well as working with a range of businesses that he’s passionate about.
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Apr 25, 2022
Are you concerned about data monitisation? With the legendary Katryna Dow.
If you’re in the slightest bit concerned about who controls and monetises your data – you need to listen to the next 45 minutes!
In Episode 3 of season 2, The Digital Village team, Jason and Paul, are thrilled to be joined by Katryna Dow.
Katryna founded Meeco in 2012, which is building a personal data marketplace of equals.
Prior to this Katryna Dow had an extensive career travelling the world as a strategy consultant and after a stint exploring commercialisation models for personal data. She then seed-funded Meeco, which launched its first public platform in July 2014.
Splitting her time between Australia and Europe where Katryna is actively involved in the IEEE Standards community, Co-Chair for the Personal Data and Privacy Committee, and Chair for the new P7006 - Standard for Personal Data Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agent.
Katryna, Jason and Paul will be diving into the depths of data, the concerns and risks surrounding its use in business and how the future technologies of blockchain are helping to improve the use, security and privatisation of your data.
Apologies for the audio in advance, as we update our equipment, we had to use a different room which as you can hear, was a bit of an echo chamber...but we promise it doesn't detract from the incredible guest speaker.
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Mar 22, 2022
How Impact Investing is Influencing Blockchain and Web3.0 with Lisa Wade
In this episode, Jason & Paul sit down with Lisa to discuss the environmental implications of blockchain tech, her incredible work in inclusion - having recently won a Blockie Award for Gender & Diversity Leader of the Year - and NFT rhinos!
Lisa is a leading advocate and activist in the impact investing space, having led NAB’s Digital Innovation & Sustainability and now as CEO of DigitalX.
Everything has two prices: the price you pay and the price it costs the environment, says Lisa Wade, but how can we effectively measure impact? In what she calls the ‘Race to Authentic Investment’, Lisa believes blockchain technology can bring granularity, stop the greenwashing and propel impact investing into the mainstream through tokenisation.
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Feb 23, 2022
Why you should be thinking about automation in your business's customer experience strategies
Why you should be thinking about automation in your business's customer experience strategies!
Welcome back listeners, to another episode of the Digital Village Podcast.
In this episode, our resident host Paul Scott is joined by Robert Allman, Global SVP Customer Experience at NTT.
Today, we explore the depths of customer experience and automation. With NTT’s latest CX Benchmarking report for 2021 at hand, they’ll uncover how customer experience is evolving – driven by digital technology. For every business, a focus on CX is becoming a primary driver for customer retention and growth. So without further delay, let’s dive in and see what insights Rob and Paul can share with us.
So sit back and enjoy our kick-off episode for 2022!
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Dec 8, 2021
Hedera Hashgraph will change how you do business!
Every enterprise will one day use the Hedera network… It’s a bold claim but one that Rob Allen backs with unwavering conviction.
Rob has often been drawn back to Hedera Hashgraph throughout his career due to its ability to solve technology problems that other blockchains or distributed ledgers could not.
Now in his role as the HBAR Foundation (Hedera’s native cryptocurrency) SVP of Ecosystem Acceleration, he is armed with a $5billion war chest to empower entrepreneurs to build economies on the Hedera network.
During the fascinating hour-long chat, Rob discusses how the hashgraph consensus powered ‘3rd generation public ledger’ is not constrained by the Blockchain Trilemma, achieves the highest-grade of security possible, offers trail-blazing speeds and is truly decentralising the future.
*Rob Allen Bio*
Rob is a value-driven entrepreneur, engineer, technologist, startup founder, conservationist and author. After 30 years in enterprise technology and consultancy in the ba…
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Oct 20, 2021
How will the decentralised internet impact you?
In today's episode, Jason and Paul will continue to tackle some of the most controversial topics around cyber security.
*Julie Inman Grant, Jason and Paul will touch on;*
Challenging the movement around the decentralised internet, with some cynics saying it’s a utopian fever dream that will never come to fruition!
The Safety By Design initiative, which Julie launched,
And the rising issues surrounding cyber bullying!
Trending news headlines, and still trending in our own stories, cybercrime and protection is something every business needs to have on its agenda.
Joining the DV team is Julie Inman Grant, a national and global leader working previously for organisations like Microsoft and Twitter to form policies and programmes covering safety, privacy and philanthropy.
Julie is described by the Australian press as ‘one of the nations most influential women’, - and we agree. She is listed by the World Economic Forum 2020 as one of the #Agile50 – Julie is one of the world’s m…
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Oct 5, 2021
Understand how to make cyber security changes in your business and life
Sometimes it's as easy as patching your systems.
Other times, it's implementing a strategy and cultural shift in your business to take data security seriously.
And for others, it's a complete systems overhaul to address cyber risk.
In this episode, we answer the why, what and how to all of these!
Cyber Security is one of the biggest challenges businesses face in our modern times. 20 years ago, this wasn't even a consideration for many organisations. Nowadays, if it's not part of your tech stack, businesses open themselves up to data breaches, corruption, lawsuits and loss of revenue. So how do you avoid this?
Well! Joined by Trevor Woods, the CIO of Sydney University, who is responsible for managing the cyber security team, strategies and technologies at one of the largest universities in Australia, and one of the prime targets for cybercrime.
Along with Paul Scott, and Jason Hardie, That Digital Village Show resident hosts, Trevor shared some incredible insight into how he consoli…
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Sep 23, 2021
How to protect your businesses data from cyber attacks.
Identify if your business is at risk and learn how to protect your data, improve privacy and understand the risks of cyber security.
Part two of our three-part cyber security, in this episode we welcome Karen Guerinoni, privacy legend and risk advisor for Ashurst Law Firm. With a background in law and litigation, Karen was experiencing cyber security issues in businesses again and again. As a result, she dove into her passion for tech and digital and began to advise organisations on cyber security, data and privacy.
Ashurst is focused on providing a full service of legal services to its clients, expanding most recently into the cyber and risk advisory space.
Jason and Paul are going to discuss with Karen, the impact cybercrime is having on people, businesses and governments, the fears we face and tips/advice around how businesses can better prepare and set themselves up for success when facing cyber threats.
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Aug 24, 2021
Cyber Security & The Cyber War is real!
It's time we truly understood the impact of cyber security on our lives and business.
Part one of our three-part cyber security, in this episode we’re honoured to welcome one of Australia’s leading Cyber Security Experts, Alastair Macibbon. Alastair is a former National Cyber Security Adviser & Head, Australian Cyber Security Centre, now Chief Strategy Officer of CyberCX, the Australia & New Zealand's full-service cyber security firm.
Jason and Paul are going to discuss with Alastair the impact cybercrime is having on people, businesses and governments, the cyberwar occurring behind the scenes and why we should be concerned about the risks and impact cybercrime us. But it's not all doom and gloom, there's a light at the end of the tunnel, and Alistair will share insights into the change that are needed for us to better protect the future of business and governments,
Enjoy!
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Aug 10, 2021
How to impact climate change with The Environmental Cowboy
Did you know seaweed can be used to reduce methane emissions by up to 99% in the agricultural industry? And it can help take carbon out of the atmosphere and store it in a safer place that won’t impact the environment. Why aren’t we using more of this?!
Digital Villages very own Paul Scott interview a close friend of That DV Show, Khory Hancock, AKA the Environmental Cowboy.
Khory and Paul explore the impacts of climate change, especially on the agricultural industry and what new technologies are becoming available to fight against these changes and bring better sustainable strategies supporting mass production of livestock.
The Environmental Cowboy - Khory Hancock - https://khoryhancock.com/the-environmental-cowboy/
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Jun 27, 2021
How to be a purpose driven organisation with tech at the heart!
What does mean to be a purpose-driven business? How do we stay focussed on the right principles to make sure we are purposeful?
Purpose provides both the foundations for a business and a way to evaluate its reason for existence. With a wider acceptance endeavours should extend beyond economic exchange, we’re shifting from why to how to create purpose-driven organisations.
This month, we’ll be chatting with our two guests about modern business, the leaders of a new age and how organisations are adapting to the needs of people, society and the environment.
Tegan Smith, CEO of OPAL Rheumatology, has grown a powerhouse medical research business from her living room that now supports 210,000 patients in Australia.
Our second guest, Tim Duggan, co-founder of Junkee Media and author of Cult Status, has been praised for his insights & thoughts on how businesses are becoming principled, purposeful and creative to cater to changing clients.
As always, we’ll also be jumping into the la…
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Jun 27, 2021
The 12 principles that will see us wave farewell to industrialism
From technology to business (and everything in between), we bring you up to speed with the latest industry insights and trends.
With the move to online, the tertiary education sector has taken a pummelling in the past twelve months in Australia. From dwindling income streams to losing a high potential customer base, Australia’s education industry has been thrown in the deep end. We will be joined by the CIO of the University Of Sydney, Trevor Woods who will share his first-hand experience on the topic.
Secondly, we will have the founder of Circulist, Nick Gonios who will walk us through the impact of traditional manufacturing on the environment. He’ll be discussing how the 12 principles will see us wave farewell to industrialism & switch from customers ‘consuming’ to ‘using’ products, eliminating waste & maximising sustainability.
Joined by your hosts, Paul Scott, Jason Hardie and Luke Fabish.
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Apr 5, 2021
Time to explore how businesses can harness the power of Crypto!
Everybody’s talking crypto. Although still in its infancy, early adopters are laughing their way to the digital bank, while detractors wait for a cataclysmic collapse. Dion Dalton-Bridges from Loda will be dialling in to give his thoughts on the rise of crypto & the emergence of NFTs.
The Environment Cowboy (& scientist) Khory Hancock will also be talking about carbon trading & the future of Australian Agriculture. One farm recently received $500k for carbon credits from Microsoft. How will carbon trading & tech affect the government’s aim of becoming carbon neutral by 2050?
There’s been a raft of security breaches recently in big tech firms and large enterprises. Michael Simpson will be discussing how can Digital Identity tech help reduce the risk of identity theft or data loss.
Join Jase, Luke and Paul as they discuss Crypto, NFTs, Carbon trading and more.
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Apr 5, 2021
Premiere the show! The norms of remote working.
2020 was admittedly a challenging year for business, but organisations are adapting, overcoming & rallying for a prosperous 2021.
Live on air & totally unscripted, we’ll be diving into the headlines that have hit the tech industry since the much-welcomed turn of the year.
Did Jeff Bezos step down too early? Is the Australian government right to amend the media code to accommodate Facebook? Is remote working the new norm as Sydney-siders move away from the city?
Join Jason, Luke & Paul, as they dive into these topics and more.
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