I had to opportunity to sit with Gabe Marzano, a cybersecurity specialists, to explore cybersecurity, its broad types and motivation behind the perpetrators. Gabe began her journey in professional football with Perth Glory, Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory. She then became the first female to qualify as an Army Work Diver in the Australian Defence Force. Subsequently, she moved to cybersecurity in various leadership roles. She co-hosts the Dark Mode podcast which explores how technology improves our lives. Key discussion points: Keep cybersecurity simple 3 main motivation behind hacking ..read more

In this episode Nga Nguyen, Founder of Portalstack, talks about the ways to enhance client experience for small or single-person service providers.  He details: His background in serial entrepreneurship was the main driver behind Portalstack solving support solutions for small advisory services Portalstack as a client management and communication platform target service based businesses minimising manual processes How everyone needs to think about client friction from creative professionals to finance services. Eliminates manual processes so business service providers  can focus on ..read more

Great to see a Rugby Union team inspire the culture technology solution, Storyflik, in measuring culture in real-time - a real game changer. \Hish discusses all this and… Storyflik allows the systematic method to share stories to inspire Science behind story telling shows that it contributes to high performance Real time culture measurement and analytics Natural Language processing allows insights from the company website Bad culture could be in pockets within the the organisation Ultimately Storyflik is about creating engagement to inspire Organic understanding the unwritten policies and cul ..read more

Joe remarked that his kids use technology less than him - yes I was surprised too. In the first episode of 2022 of Tech Talk with Mates, Joe Drasin (Senior Director, University of Maryland, USA), discusses the impact of technology on different generations, work, his kids and more. Since technology is everywhere, does it reduce in novelty? We also talked about: Joe’s love for technology started which started a long time ago Brought in 2022 New Year in Virtual Reality by connecting to the New York Times Square ball drop (in the comfort of home) Remembering the days when phone calls were excitin ..read more

In this episode, Katy shares her vision of ending food waste systematically. She is already on the way there… Yume was founded in 2016 and is fast becoming a critical food rescue organisation Eye opening when farmers from overseas couldn’t get the high quality of food Australia wastes/throws away We can’t unsee and unhear the cries of the international farmers. Food rescue organisations (collectively) only save 2% of the total food wasted. There’s a long way to go! Katy wants to see food waste completely eradicated Proactive visibility was key to good response and effective food rescue - from ..read more

I speak to a long time friend, Jess Hartono, who is the co-founder of an online lead generation company. She speaks about creating human-to-human relationships online, particularly over LinkedIn. Myths were debunked while Jess challenged the traditional ways of thinking about online sales. We also discussed: The impact of covid Impact of solving one problem - relationship based selling In the past, networking methods were used. How to sell globally? LinkedIn professional network - typically companies use it as a resume on steroids How does an individual show up in a digital space where social ..read more

Today’s guest is Ian Carson, a remarkable entrepreneur who co-founded SecondBite, a food rescue organisation which partners with big supermarkets, such as Coles, to reduce food waste. Food rescue has only been around for around 10 years -making it a very new industry. Community kitchens across Aus cook hundreds of meals everyday to reduce hunger. SecondBite helps with brining food to places like these. Ian shares the humble beginnings of SecondBite and how far its come. He stressed on the power of technology and the good will of volunteers to reduce food wastage in the future. If you would lik ..read more

Author and Founder of Success on Purpose, Melonie Taylor, created a personal development practice which uses technology (online calls, social media) to create a connected environment. Her clients return for the personal connection which is primarily delivered online these days (due to the pandemic). Melonie believes we all share connections and the perceived ‘space’ between someone on a screen isn’t really there. She shares stories and past experiences to highlight this point. In this episode we talked about: How it all started for Melonie as a high achiever - a lot of boxes were ticked but n ..read more

Get insights on the technology use in the era of the pandemic from  a highly experienced Management Consultant, Roger Burlton. In this episode, Roger and I discuss: Roger’s home office set up Having more business than expected Establishing professional relationships in video conferences How bad his frequency flier points are Small investments to improve web conferencing experiences Build trust with new clients online Value of co-creation with technology and good facilitation The casual - ness of online client interaction - we are a bit more of the same. Socialising and fitness during loc ..read more

In this episode, I speak to Supported Travel eXperiences co-founders Yann Charavel and Andrew Hagar about the amazing work they do in providing people with disabilities with wonderful travel experiences. We discussed: Challenges brought about by COVID-19 travel restrictions which make simple things like flight bookings taking a lot more effort Technology allowing them to manage travel needs and reduce the unexpected Importance of contact through the traveller’s experience Overcoming the fear of travel especially the intimidation of travel right after COVID-19 restrictions ease Impact of ..read more