The Digital Lighthouse is a podcast for CTOs and other tech leaders looking to navigate their organisation through endless disruption and turbulence. Packed full of real life stories and insights, this podcast serves as your guiding light - wherever you are in your journey and whatever challenges you face.
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Data-Driven Decision Making with ION's Glen McCracken
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In this episode of The Digital Lighthouse, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Glen McCracken, the Head of Data and Analytics at ION, a leading firm in automation solutions for the financial sector. With a rich background in corporate finance and applied statistics, Glen delves into the pivotal role of data analytics in shaping business strategies and enha…
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Data as an Asset: Navigating the Future with BDO's Chief Data Officer, Denholm Hesse
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In this enlightening episode of the Digital Lighthouse, we sit down with Denholm Hesse, Chief Data Officer at BDO. With a rich background spanning over a decade in data management, including pioneering roles at Deloitte and Prudential, Denholm brings unparalleled insights into leveraging data as a strategic asset. Our conversation dives into the ev…
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Empowering Innovation: Women Who Code with Rajani Rao
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In this special episode of The Digital Lighthouse, we are thrilled to host Rajani Rao, a luminary in the tech industry and a staunch advocate for the role of women in technology. As a principal technologist at Aveva and director of Women Who Code, Rajani shares her inspiring journey and the transformative work her organization does to break barrier…
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Thomas Harris on navigating digital transformation: Insights from MasterCard's journey
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In this episode of "The Digital Lighthouse," Zoe Cunningham welcomes Thomas Harris from MasterCard, delving into the transformative currents of digital innovation. Thomas shares the strategic intricacies of MasterCard's journey, and the broader impact on global markets, in a conversation that lights the way through the complex landscape of digital …
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Herb Kim – Why you need to risk failure to become a great leader
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Back in 2008, Herb Kim founded the Thinking Digital conference series. Little did he know that 15 years on, the event would still be going, having established itself as a popular fixture in the north-east tech calendar.Herb joins Zoe Cunningham to talk about the importance of events, both for networking, and as powerful and serendipitous learning a…
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Using generative AI to improve CX and meet regulatory requirements in insurance
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Using generative AI to improve CX and meet regulatory requirements in insuranceInsurance is a challenging market to be operating in these days. A perfect storm of the squeeze on household budgets, rising costs when handling claims, and new regulation, mean many insurers are struggling to stay afloat and remain competitive.Rashed Younas is the insur…
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Georgina Owens - How to lead a 300-strong technology team
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Georgina Owens knows a thing or two about leading successful technology functions. Having held senior leadership roles in organisations across finance, telco and utilities, she now heads up the 300-person technology function at William Hill.In her chat with Zoe Cunningham, she reflects on how you can successfully oversee teams at this scale, while …
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How to decide when you should (and shouldn’t) use microservices
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If you’re not using microservices already, you’ve probably heard people raving about how amazing they are. If you’re tempted to dip your toes in the water, then this podcast with independent tech consultant, author, and former FT technical director for engineering enablement, Sarah Wells, is a must-listen.During her chat with Zoe Cunningham, she ta…
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Getting it all done as a senior tech leader
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In our latest episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Tom Riley, Delivery Principal at Softwire.Tom has overseen the successful delivery of numerous UK public sector digital projects, including the modernisation of the register to vote service, the cloud migration of the gender pay gap reporting service, and the replacement of the software underpinnin…
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The things I didn't expect I would have to do as CTO
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In our latest Digital Lighthouse episode, Sarah Hale, Senior Director of Engineering at Unity Technology joins Zoe Cunningham to talk gaming, career paths, and the importance of clarity when leading a team.Sarah reflects on how she’s needed to evolve as she’s worked her way up to an engineering leadership role, while still regularly drawing on the …
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Transforming NHS technology: Using insights from pharma to create new opportunities in healthcare
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In our latest Digital Lighthouse episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Joanna Smith, Interim CIO at University Hospitals Sussex. We dive deep into the world of healthcare technology with Joanna, a seasoned professional who has worked across various organisations. She shares her insights into the differences between the pharmaceutical industry and th…
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Weather and arthritis: How digital health data is transforming healthcare research
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In our latest Digital Lighthouse episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Will Dixon, Professor of Digital Epidemiology at the University of Manchester.Will discusses how digital health data sources create exciting opportunities, like using de-identified electronic health records to analyse large populations for medication safety and COVID risk factors…
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Daniel Whitston, CTO: How I’ve embraced AI and large language models
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In our latest Digital Lighthouse episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Daniel Whitston, CTO of AutogenAI.The adoption of AI tools is on the rise, with a large number of them utilising the large-scale language model, GPT-3. While these models can solve difficult problems, they tend to be trained on a large corpus of the entire internet and may not ca…
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Navigating neurodiversity: How can software developers support their mental health in the workplace?
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Zoe Cunningham is joined by Aya Stead, software developer at Softwire to talk about neurodiversity in her role. She shares the ways she developed to look after her mental health, in the hope it can help other software engineers too. View the full transcript at: https://www.softwire.com/insights/navigating-neurodiversity-how-can-software-developers-…
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Greening your digital infrastructure: Strategies for sustainable technology teams
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In our latest Digital Lighthouse episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Anne Currie, Community co-Chair of the Green Software Foundation. Anne shares her experience and talks about the key pressing climate issues for the tech industry right now, the best things that tech teams can do to reduce their impact on the planet, and what research is saying a…
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Kevlin Henney's #TechTalk: Developers have a moral responsibility to 'code for the future'
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In a frank conversation with Kevlin Henney, packed with interesting anecdotes and thought-provoking suggestions, we discussed topics such as: Why most developers code for the past, our moral responsibility to think about future uses of our code, as well as how technology companies can weather tough economic times.Read the highlights summary here: w…
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SeeChange: Harnessing the power of AI to drive positive social change
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In our latest Digital Lighthouse episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Jason Souloglou, founder and CEO of SeeChange Technologies, a world-leader in real-time AI powered recognition systems, with expertise in making complex, state of the art AI technology simple to deploy and scale.Jason speaks about how their AI technology services excel within the…
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What routes into technology are available for female and diverse career changers?
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Zoe Cunningham is joined by Sophia Lin, senior sales manager, and Sasha Burgoyne, head of academy operations at TechSwitch to talk about how people of all backgrounds can approach career changing into technology successfully. See the full transcript and more at: https://www.softwire.com/insights/what-routes-into-technology-are-available-for-female-…
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Skiller Whale: Why companies need a different strategy for training their developers
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In our latest Digital Lighthouse episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Hywel Carver, founder of Skiller Whale. This organisation provides deep coaching for tech teams, believing that learning that is core to how an engineering team operates and should align with business priorities. In our conversation, Hywel discusses why Skiller Whale came about a…
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CTO Craft: Building a community for CTOs and digital leaders
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As a CTO, how can you create your own community of peers? Even if you're working with your team leads and C-Level colleagues, you may still feel lonely at times.CTO Craft’s community brings together technology leaders from across the world and its founder, Andy Skipper, shares how it all started and how to build your own network of peers. Transcrip…
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LandTech: How technology is increasing land access in property development
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In our latest Digital Lighthouse episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Jonny Britton, who is a co-founder and the CEO of LandTech. He discusses how LandTech started as a response to unclear and missing tools for property developers and self-builders to buy land. Jonny shares how the company is fulfilling its customers' needs and how technology has b…
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How to use DevOps to make your developers more productive
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Joe Edwards, Technical Principal, and Daniel Waters, delivery principal at Softwire, share how to use DevOps to make your developers more productive. They discuss what they mean by productivity and DevOps, and why DevOps is particularly relevant for financial services.To read the transcript, visit https://www.softwire.com/insights/how-to-use-devops…
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PeripherAi: The AI startup turning business data into sales
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In our latest Digital Lighthouse episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Kim Nilsson and Ole Moeller-Nilsson, founders of PeripherAi. This startup is helping founders of small and medium-sized businesses to create a scalable, predictable and efficient sales function, by integrating the human knowledge and the data insights within. We take a sneak-peak…
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The story behind Girlcon, the international tech conference for women
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In our latest TechTalks episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Kyla Guru and Molly Graton, co-founders of GirlCon. We explore the story behing Girlcon, a Chicago-based tech conference for female/non-binary high schoolers to promote diversity in STEM fields. Recently it was help at Google Chicago, before becoming a virtual global event in 2020. Transc…
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How Expedia is creating great checkout experiences using technology, leadership and innovation
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In our latest Digital Lighthouse episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Liv Wild, engineering director of technology reservation checkout at Expedia. We explore her role, the innovative changes happening at Expedia, how her team works and what leadership looks like for the future. Transcript available at: https://www.softwire.com/insights/how-expedia…
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What is Service Design and why is it important?
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In our latest Techtalks episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Elin Sjursen, Design Director, and Michael Trueman-Hall, Senior Service Designer at Softwire, to talk about Service Design. It's a term that is interpreted in so many ways by so many different people, and is closely linked to Design Thinking. Let's explore the full definition and understa…
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How the RSA is delivering great customer experiences to its financial services users
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Digital Lighthouse Jen Dallas (Softwire)On this week's Digital Lighthouse, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Jen Dallas, Head of Digital UK and Ireland at RSA Insurance. Jen talks about the work she and her team have done to develop customer experiences across their platform. She explores the RSA's use of user testing, research and leadership to help cre…
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Why is the continuous delivery approach important?
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In our latest #TechTalks episode, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Christie Wilson, software engineer at Google, to explore the importance of continuous delivery, how it started as continuous integration during the 90s, and how to use it now to improve your work. PLUS... Visit our website to enter our competition below for a free copy of book: https://t…
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How to bridge business expectations and technology capabilities?
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On this week's Digital Lighthouse, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Scott Ronan, Senior Director of Central Infrastructure at GXO. As the second special episode on digital leadership, Scott takes a deep dive into what it means to be a digital leader. Scott shines a spotlight on the importance of trusting, understanding, and giving autonomy to your teams…
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Leading digital strategy at Anthony Nolan
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On this week's Digital Lighthouse, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Danny Attias, Chief Digital and Information Officer (CDIO) at Anthony Nolan. As the first special episode on digital leadership, Danny takes a deep dive into what it means to be a digital leader and gives some insight into how businesses can thrive in this competitive and constantly shi…
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On this week's Digital Lighthouse, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Kristian Merritt, Director of Digital Transformation at David Lloyd Clubs. Kristian discusses how David Lloyd Clubs has tackled the challenges of COVID and how their business and digital strategy had to dramatically transform to cater to customers remotely.…
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On this week's Digital Lighthouse, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Rebecca Kemp, Director of Customer Journey at Citizen's Advice.By Softwire
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Digital Lighthouse: Innovation for social motivation
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On this episode of Digital Lighthouse, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Jessica Figueras, Tech Strategist and Chair of the National Childbirth Trust. Jessica discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted organisations that rely on person-to-person contact, and how technology has played a part in moving communities online.…
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Digital Lighthouse: How can data support recovery?
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On this episode of Digital Lighthouse, Zoe Cunningham is joined by Edafe Onerhime, previous Head of Data for Effective Development at the Department for International Development. Edafe discusses how the pandemic has impacted DfID as a department that operates on a global level, and how the need for different kinds of data has rapidly grown.…
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13 million people in the UK alone are affected by disabilities. It is essential that we think about, talk about, and implement accessibility in our designs as not to leave millions of users unable to use new technologies to their fullest. Zoe is joined by Softwire's Software Developer, Kat, and Technical Lead, Sam to talk about why digital accessib…
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On this episode, Zoe is joined by authors of Kubernetes Native Microservices with Quarkus and Microprofile, John Clingan and Ken Finnigan. Red Hat has developed Quarkus as a lightweight modern tool for cloud-native application development, improving app runtime speed and performance.Hosted by Zoe Cunninghamwith John Clingan, Ken Finnigan and Olly L…
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Todays guests discuss Game Jam, an event where teams will design and develop a new game within a fixed period of time, usually restricted to specific themes. Zoe is joined by Softwire's Project Manager, Matt, and Senior Technical Leads, Harry and Michael to talk about what they love about Game Jams and how Softwire has gotten involved.Hosted by Zoe…
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Mobile and web development are becoming increasingly similar fields with cross-platform applications taking centre stage as the new standard for heightened user experience. Zoe is joined by Softwire's Software Developer, Philippa Hack, and Technical Lead, Sam Collard to discuss how mobile development has skyrocketed in the era of mobile application…
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More and more medical services can be delivered in a tech-enabled way, increasing access to medical attention and treatments. Zoe is joined by Softwire Tech Leads, Sarah Binney and Catalin Ursachi to discuss Softwire's work for Quro Medical, a South African start-up that provides a service to allow doctors to monitor their patients from home.Hosted…
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This is our third #TechTalks episode on Cloud. In this episode, Zoe Cunningham talks about the top 10 stand out things we've found while we've been developing cloud platforms for our clients. Zoe is joined by Softwire Tech leads, Ben Below and Olly Levett, and DevOps Lead, Usman Iqbal.Hosted by Zoe Cunninghamwith Usman Iqbal, Ben Below and Olly Lev…
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Jon has approached two of Softwires cloud experts, asking for their help in solving a coding challenge, to try and stop his 1-year-old daughter from tampering with their new home automation heating system. Zoe is joined by Head of Consulting and co-presenter for today's episode, Jon Artus. Both Zoe and Jon discuss Kubernetes and FaaS (Function as a…
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Anti-Black racism is often seen as a U.S only issue, and that can get in the way of making lasting change against the ongoing systemic racism that Black people experience here in the UK as well. Zoe is joined by Business Development Manager, Helen Jeffers, and Head of Sales Yemi Olagbaiye to discuss what we can do to help break down systemic racism…
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"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and a few minutes of cyber-incident to ruin it" (CISO, Stéphane Nappo). Because of this, spending to combat cyber-crime is over $100 billion annually. In this episode, Zoe Cunningham shares some insight into the best practices for maintaining a high level of cyber security in your organisation. Zoe is joined…
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Why, when and how should we use the Cloud?
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Using the Cloud can greatly enhance your business efficiency, however, it's worth noting that switching to the Cloud can also simply change the types of problems you face, rather than eliminating them entirely. In this episode, Zoe Cunningham shares some insight into the basics of why, when and how we should be using Cloud. Zoe is joined by Softwir…
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In the UK, the gender pay gap is 16%, which means for every £1 a man earns, a woman will earn 84p. In this episode, Zoe Cunningham shares some insight into why it's important for businesses to report their pay gap data to the government for analysis. Zoe is joined by Softwire Senior Designer Claire Waterworth and Head of Sales Yemi Olagbaiye.Hosted…
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What is Data Engineering and how can it help your business?
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Knowing that you have data and can use it is one thing, but how do you get the best from it? In this episode, Softwire Head of Consulting and director, Jonathon Artus, and Technical Lead, Rob Owen, share some insights into how you should approach data before delving into using it for machine learning and other functions. Read the full transcript he…
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"Good design is not about what medium you're working in, it's about thinking hard about what you want to do and what you have to work with before you start" (Susan Kare). In this episode, Zoe Cunningham shares some insight into design skills and techniques, and how developers can work best with designers. Zoe is joined by Softwire UX Designers, Jak…
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How can the private sector learn from digital processes and innovations that the government uses to help build better software that meets user needs? In this episode, Zoe Cunningham shares some insight into how the government technology landscape and changed over the years, and what we can learn from that. Zoe is joined by Softwire Senior Product M…
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Managing your mental health can be more challenging when your working environment significantly changes. 60% of adults in the UK are now working from home and 8.4 million workers have been furloughed. The Mental Health Foundation discovered that 24% of office workers' mental health has suffered since COVID-19. In this episode, Zoe Cunningham discus…
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"It's not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is what are we busy about?" (Henry David Thoreau) In this episode, Zoe Cunningham shares some insight into the importance of prioritization, in both what and how quickly, technical teams should be building products and services. Zoe is joined by Softwire Senior Project Manager, Adam Smith, …
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