Best Chris Kindt Podcasts (2024)

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Presidential Political Advertising 39:16

1h ago39:16

39:16

Chris gets quizzed on political advertising facts during the presidential cycle. We discuss the demographics of voters and different approaches to messaging and tactics during the key election period.By Caleb Wines & Chris Kindt

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The business case for AI 42:16

5h ago42:16

42:16

In the final Orbit recorded at Hg's recent 'Software Leadership Gathering', we brought together three perspectives all investigating the AI wave through a business lens.With the technology in an early phase, it can be viewed as an existential threat for businesses but without a clear path to commercialisation.Brent Hayward of Salesforce, David Carm…

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The greatest tech comes when we ignore ROI 24:19

1M ago24:19

24:19

Inspired by watching the surge in space exploration during his childhood in 70s India, through the 80s microchip era and on into the internet boom and a 25-year career innovating software at a large enterprise scale - Netscape, Bang Networks and finally VMware – Raghu Raghuram can claim authority and perspective on close to the entirety of our indu…

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Mastering the billion-dollar software playbook 29:59

2M ago29:59

29:59

Born of the same crucible as Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, Joe Lonsdale and Eric Poirier have been building and investing in software for over two decades. As the General Partner of 8VC and the CEO of Addepar respectively, they have seen industries evolve and innovate.Speaking at Hg's recent 'Software Leadership Gathering', Matthew Brock…

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This One Thing Ruined the Internet 33:26

5M ago33:26

33:26

A great quote from Lord of the Rings, "how did it come to this?" pretty much sums up this episode. Hopefully Frodo and Samwise can find a way to improve the world of digital advertising.By Caleb Wines & Chris Kindt

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The Mighty Struggles of Print and Journalism 31:15

6M ago31:15

31:15

The long decline of once storied medium of print and journalism continues. Several big brands have made drastic cuts to staff and are on the verge of going away permanently. There are still a few players that are thriving. Is there a way forward, or is the demise of this category a foregone conclusion?…

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Sports-a-palooza! 32:52

6M ago32:52

32:52

The big game had some amazing highlights and a few pretty good commercials. This week we chat about what we liked and what we didn't. We also discuss the ever increasing sports streaming deals and their impact on the media landscape.By Caleb Wines & Chris Kindt

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DE&I and Bias in the Workplace with John McGonigle 51:48

7M ago51:48

51:48

DE&I programs are important. So why are companies pulling back on funding and support? In this episode, we are joined by John McGonigle who helps us unpack the complexities, challenges and why so many companies struggle to get it right.By Caleb Wines & Chris Kindt

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Navigating the Current Job Market with Jamie McCann 35:05

7M ago35:05

35:05

This week Chris and Caleb chat with special guest Jamie McCann - a recruiter with over three decades of experience in the marketing space. The advertising job market is tough and places like LinkedIn don't offer much in the way of hope. Jamie offers some sound advice on how best to navigate the job market labyrinth.…

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Productivity in a Post-pandemic World 30:59

7M ago30:59

30:59

The pandemic is in the rearview mirror and companies are asking employees to return to the office. The main reasons cited are productivity, culture and training (to name a few). But many employees are pushing back. They note that they are just as productive (if not more) and have lower stress due to a better quality of life. We chat about pros and …

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Why Is Ghosting Acceptable? 24:20

8M ago24:20

24:20

"Ghosting" in business has been on the rise. If you have been ghosted (in business or otherwise) you know it sucks. In this episode, we chat about some of the reasons why ghosting seems to be acceptable in the business world.By Caleb Wines & Chris Kindt

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2024 Predictions! 24:38

8M ago24:38

24:38

We take a stab at making some advertising and marketing predictions for 2024. What is next for tech and other fun topics?!By Caleb Wines & Chris Kindt

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What It Was Like Working On Apple In The Steve Jobs Era (Pt 2) 38:56

9M ago38:56

38:56

In part 2, we continue our trip down memory lane with Andrew Schafer. We worked with Andrew at TBWA/Chiat/Day on Apple during Steve Jobs triumphant return to the company. We share some amazing stories from our time together.By Caleb Wines & Chris Kindt

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What It Was Like Working On Apple In The Steve Jobs Era (Pt. 1) 46:04

9M ago46:04

46:04

Joining us is Andrew Schafer, who we worked with at TBWA/Chiat/Day during Steve Jobs return to Apple in the late 90s. We share some great stories and chat about an amazing experience that was full of craziness, stress and fun. This is the first of a two part episode.By Caleb Wines & Chris Kindt

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Elon Musk’s X Doesn’t Mark the Spot For Brand Safety. 33:50

9M ago33:50

33:50

Budgets have shifted to platforms that have a higher chance of running afoul of brand safety guidelines. Therefore brands, agencies - and the media partners themselves - need to work longer and harder to prevent ads from running adjacent to problematic content. Chris and Caleb talk through the challenges facing marketers today.…

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Audience Everywhere: Why Media Fragmentation Is Good. 32:50

9M ago32:50

32:50

Audiences here, audiences there, audiences everywhere! More consumer choices available to consume content make it more difficult for advertisers to build reach and create impact. We discuss some of the changes to the media landscape and how it alters traditional go-to-market planning.By Caleb Wines & Chris Kindt

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Are Marketing Sponsorships Worth It? 19:38

9M ago19:38

19:38

Our first episode! Chris and Caleb chat about the broad topic of sponsorships and their relative value. Most sponsorships have a big price tag and are usually sold at a premium. As a sponsor, advertisers get a lot exposure and extra value, but are they worth it?By Caleb Wines & Chris Kindt

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What drives business quality in an era of AI and digital platforms? 32:30

9M ago32:30

32:30

Time for a conversation with one of the greats.As Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia, former senior banker at both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, and currently Senior Advisor at Evercore Partners, Jonathan Knee’s thinking is held in high regard across the business world. His recent book, ‘The Platform Delusion’, dismantles the long-h…

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Pace of innovation: Nick Crowne speaks to Rod O'Reilly 20:16

11M ago20:16

20:16

The advances in technology on the clinical side of healthcare were shown convincingly in the speed of our response to Covid and in the new discoveries and improvements we continue to see.Covid may have also had a part to play on the administrative side - breaking down old habits and prompting the green shoots of innovation - but there is still a lo…

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Harnessing a new superpower: Chris Kindt speaks to Guido Appenzeller Part 2 16:32

11M ago16:32

16:32

After a year when the sudden leap forward of Gen AI and LLMs took almost everyone by surprise, it’s a good time to ignore the hype, take a step back and look at what we have.Guido Appenzeller is a special advisor to a16z, a former CTO at Intel and VM Ware and a leading voice in the current wave of software and technology.In part two of our conversa…

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LLM AI, the fourth pillar of software: Chris Kindt speaks to Guido Appenzeller Part 1 26:53

11M ago26:53

26:53

After a year when the sudden leap forward of Gen AI and LLMs took almost everyone by surprise, it’s a good time to ignore the hype, take a step back and look at what we have.Guido Appenzeller is a special advisor to a16z, a former CTO at Intel and VM Ware and a leading voice in the current wave of software and technology.In part one of our conversa…

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Life as a service: Dr Katherine Wiles speaks to Kara Marx 28:31

12M ago28:31

28:31

Always at the forefront of scientific progress, the world of healthcare continues to advance as technology and software are drawn in and adopted. But its uptake is uneven at best with some doctors having to cycle across cities with floppy discs in their bag while others experiment with artificial intelligence. With tightening budgets, the efficienc…

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Insuring the insurers: Andrew Land speaks to Elliot Richardson 32:37

1y ago32:37

32:37

The world of reinsurance may seem obscure to most of us, but it is an elemental ingredient vital in keeping the wheels of business turning. Insuring the insurers; managing the risk of those who manage ours and allowing them to react to the world with more agility. This is ever more important as covid has given way to increasingly frequent catastrop…

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Future ancestors: Dr David Dempsey speaks to Caroline Löfgren 21:04

1y ago21:04

21:04

“From this absolute belief that we could democratise an industry, to the belief that we can also help to democratise the society we live in.”A co-founder of Salesforce Europe, Dr. David Dempsey has been a standard bearer for sustainable business for many years. Taking a moment at our recent ESG Forum, David talks to Hg’s CSO, Caroline Löfgren, abou…

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The modern data stack: Tim Harrison speaks to Tristan Handy 37:49

1+ y ago37:49

37:49

As CEO of dbt Labs, Tristan Handy finds himself at the centre of the "modern data stack" of many leading businesses. But what defines the modern approach to data, what came before and where is it likely to go next? Tristan speaks to Hg's own data expert, Tim Harrison. The past saw big data projects fail under their own weight: taking so much resour…

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What does AI mean to you? : Amr Ellabban speaks to Jon Krohn 27:39

1+ y ago27:39

27:39

A catch-all term sweeping the tech world, 'Artificial Intelligence' couldn't be more exciting, daunting and, inevitably... vague. Thankfully Hg's Head of Data & Analytics, Amr Ellabban, learned his trade alongside Nebula.io Co-Founder and the host of the SuperDataScience podcast, Jon Krohn.From AlexNet's deep machine learning, to the human bias aga…

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Investors in Enduring Growth: Matthew Brockman and Nic Humphries look back at 2022 25:59

1+ y ago25:59

25:59

Hg sees the continued growth of software and technology as still just the early stages of a multi-decade trend. Combining ever-increasing performance, productivity and automation, this industry will make our work lives richer and more fulfilling for years to come.Nic Humphries, Senior Partner, and Matthew Brockman, Managing Partner discuss how the …

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Poacher turned Gatekeeper: Steve Burn-Murdoch speaks to Pirum's Philip Morgan 21:40

2y ago21:40

21:40

A born problem-solver, a career spent around the trading desks of large banks meant that Philip Morgan’s efforts were often hampered by the status quo. Now, as CEO of Pirum, he has the freedom to address the inefficiencies of the industry from the outside in.From the days of wandering the City of London with a folder full of contracts; to the lesso…

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The Pace of Automation: Hg's Matthew Brockman and David Toms talk it out 14:29

2y ago14:29

14:29

In the second of our conversations between Hg's Managing Partner, Matthew Brockman, and our Head of Research, David Toms, they once again dive into the state-of-the-market.With macro trends starting to bite, will the recent successes of B2B software and tech services show themselves to be cyclical or structural? How should investors in the industry…

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Insurance, the O.G. Data Business: Max Dewez speaks to {Carpe Data's Max Drucker 34:40

2y ago34:40

34:40

Ever since the mortality tables of the seventeenth century, the world of insurance has been a very early adopter in using data to illuminate the world. And yet, in spite of that, it has taken its time to fully catch up with the vast and complex current methods of applying it to the industry.From inferring the presence of a swimming pool based on se…

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Building a Growth Engine: Mark Fulford and Jolanta Pilecka discuss Hg's Growth Framework 21:28

2y ago21:28

21:28

The role of a software Chief Growth Officer encompasses a range of functions, from product marketing to pricing to sales. Getting these functions to work together can create a growth engine for your business. But how do you measure it? How do you optimize it? In a dynamic digital world, we can look at revenue growth right through from lead to reven…

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Unravelling the Orthodoxy: Andrew Land speaks to George Netherton of Oliver Wyman 35:48

2y ago35:48

35:48

Even the notoriously resistant world of insurance has felt the influence of technology, data and software. Most recently, it has thrown open the doors for smaller operators to carve out particular specialisms or niches from the large providers, allowing them to nimbly push things forward and succeed where scale players are slower to move.From the l…

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To be of Value: Mark Fulford speaks to Mark Billige of Simon-Kucher 19:53

2y ago19:53

19:53

How do you talk about value in an inflationary environment? A new challenge for many who work within the shifting boundaries of sales, marketing and pricing.Specifically for those selling software-as-a-service, there are myriad ways to determine the price of your product but which models come closest to matching the value delivered to your customer…

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Sustainable IT and IT for Sustainability: Caroline Löfgren speaks to Amazon Web Services' Christopher Wellise and Visma's Robin Åkerberg 36:33

2y ago36:33

36:33

There can be no businesses left not having to address the challenges of climate change but the larger you are the broader and deeper your impact on the world. When faced with the complexity of a company of many parts, what do you do to clean your own house and that of your myriad supply chain.In this episode of the Orbit podcast, Hg’s Chief Sustain…

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Unlocking real-time behavioral data in SaaS: Tim Harrison speaks to Snowplow Analytics' Yali Sassoon 42:50

2y ago42:50

42:50

Today, nearly all businesses are using some form behavioral customer data to drive insight. There is a wide spectrum of sophistication emerging, from small businesses using basic website analytics to understand customer journeys, to SaaS businesses putting behavioral data in the heart of their product, processes and decision-making.In this episode …

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Why Tech is Deflationary in an Inflationary World: Matt Brockman speaks to David Toms 22:49

2+ y ago22:49

22:49

"Tech is deflationary in an inflationary world…” in an Hg Orbit Podcast Special and the first of a quarterly conversation, Matthew Brockman (Managing Partner) and David Toms (Head of Tech Research) review trends observed across the tech sector during another eventful period in the world. They discuss a clear divergence of sentiment in tech markets,…

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The Feedback Loop – Part 2 of a conversation with Cal Henderson, Co-Founder of Slack 23:33

2+ y ago23:33

23:33

An incredibly reactive and evolutionary software, Slack is constantly learning from its users and challenging its creators’ view of how it is used. Changes between different types of customer layered over changes in the wider world means continual vigilance and a continually refreshed approach.This episode sees Cal Henderson, Co-Founder and CTO of …

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The Death of Email? – Part 1 of a conversation with Cal Henderson, Co-Founder of Slack 28:09

2+ y ago28:09

28:09

Initially developed as a direct digitisation of the inter-departmental memo, email has been long embedded into our work lives. The emergence of a new generation of workplace communication tools aim to get closer to how human beings actually interact and the exceptional growth of these solutions brings a host of challenges for their creators.This ep…

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The Digital Construction Site: Trackunit’s Soeren Brogaard on transparency and connection 20:05

2+ y ago20:05

20:05

Trackunit is quietly revolutionising and illuminating the construction industry. By bringing data and analysis to a world where high levels of uncertainty and unpredictability lead to low margins, operators can finally see where their inefficiencies lie and even increase safety levels.In this episode, Soeren Brogaard, CEO, talks to Hg’s Florian Wol…

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Never a better time than now: team.blue’s Jonas Dhaenens and his Founder’s journey 13:44

2+ y ago13:44

13:44

Having founded Benelux-based web services group, team.blue (then Combell), at the age of 16, Jonas Dhaenens has stayed with his business through growth, outside investment, international expansion and industry consolidation.In this episode, Jonas talks to Hg’s Joris Van Gool about the development of his initial ideas, how local knowledge is key to …

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The Future of SaaS - Part 2: Input is Error 15:02

2+ y ago15:02

15:02

Part 2 of our miniseries: 'The Future of SaaS' The benefits of the SaaS model is increasingly well recognised and is well placed to be the next move for the majority of B2B software. In this episode, Øystein Moan, Executive Chairman of Visma and an Industry Advisor to Hg, discusses the trend of the immediate future: automation. With over 80% of sof…

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The Future of SaaS - Part 1: Visma’s Øystein Moan on the advantages of SaaS, the challenges to get there and how much road there is left 24:56

3y ago24:56

24:56

Part 1 of our miniseries: 'The Future of SaaS'The benefits of the SaaS model is increasingly well recognised, but the pain and challenges to successfully achieve a SaaS transition is now being felt by the millions of businesses who are still in the early stages of this journey. In this episode, Øystein Moan, Executive Chairman of Visma and an Indus…

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Data Science in Drug Development: Evaluate’s Jon Moser on what biopharma learnt about data science in 2020 18:31

3y ago18:31

18:31

The COVID-19 pandemic has been incredibly disruptive for people all across the world, but has really thrown the spotlight on pharma companies. We’ve seen drugs designed and developed in record times. We’ve seen more collaboration between scientists, pharma companies and regulators than ever before – collaboration that has seen sharing of science, a…

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The Art of Cross-sell: Peter Sherlock on how the Citation Group built a cross-sell engine 24:48

3y ago24:48

24:48

As a fast-growing business, with many business units newly added through M&A, Citation had huge cross-selling opportunities. But taking cross-selling from opportunistic to strategic took a whole host of measures to set up their teams for success. In this episode, Hg’s Chris Kindt speaks to Peter Sherlock, Group Commercial Director of The Citation G…

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You are only as strong as your weakest point: cybersecurity risk in the M&A process 37:32

3y ago37:32

37:32

As software companies come together, often across geographical lines where different rules may apply, the spectre of cybersecurity issues often raises its head. Even if your own house is in order, how can defend yourself against problems that may be lying dormant in your new partner?With the possibility of undisclosed attacks in the past, data brea…

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“I choose me”: how the latest generation in the workplace want to own their destiny 27:22

3y ago27:22

27:22

With the workplace currently containing at least five different generations of employees, each with their own priorities and expectations, how can businesses attract and hold on to the leaders of the future?Everyone has heard about The Great Resignation and how Gen Z is re-evaluating their life in light of the pandemic, the gig economy and increasi…

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Purpose vs Profit: Benevity’s Bryan de Lottinville on the new era of corporate purpose 24:42

3y ago24:42

24:42

As the lines between our professional and personal lives increasingly blur, the desire to connect with something bigger than ourselves through our work is rising. Purpose needs to become part of the fabric of your company to attract and retain both employees and customers. In this episode, Bryan de Lottinville, Founder & Executive Chairperson, Bene…

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Ep 24: Marson Collection Revealed: Part 2 with Karen Kindt 9:14

3y ago9:14

9:14

Music is significant to all cultures across history. The breadth of the 830 traditional musical instruments that make up Marson Collection demonstrates the wide diversity of ways in which different cultures have made music. You're listening to part two of Marson Collection Revealed. Discover more fascinating details of this significant collection w…

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Ep 23: Marson Collection Revealed: Part 1 with Dr Kirsty Gillespie 11:18

3y ago11:18

11:18

From celebrations to break-ups, good times to sad times, there's no doubt music is a major part of our lives. Music is a form of self-expression, and something that we as humans can all relate and connect to on an emotional level. Over two episodes we are going to reveal a special "living" collection which consists of 830 traditional musical instru…

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Ep 22: Climate change impacts on marine invertebrates with Dr Sue-Ann Watson 17:17

3y ago17:17

17:17

Imagine you're a scientist, diving into the freezing cold waters of the Antarctic. You're not there to observe the larger organisms so closely associated with that part of the world - whales, seals and impossibly cute penguins - but the smallest: the marine invertebrates. What is it about these lesser-known creatures, the ones we rarely think of, t…

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