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The best disruptors are focused on customers not products, they use technology rather than fear it, they create new opportunities often where regulations don't exist and they are backed by those with deep pockets and an appetite for risk. Colin Cullis presents stories of Business Unusual - those peo…

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    • May 31, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Business Unusual - The power of analysing massive datasets

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2023 9:16


    Graeme Codrington | Futurist and Partner at TomorrowToday|See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - Three reasons your company conference is s*it

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 10:41


    Richard Mulholland | Owner at Missing Link| See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual -The threat of Cybersttacks on businesses

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 11:04


    Guest: John Mc Loughlin| Cybersecurity expert See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - How to make supporting youth entrepreneurship easy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 9:04


    Guest: Zanele Njapha | Unlearning Expert & Innovation FacilitatorSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    Business Unusual - Crowdfunding used correctly can change lives

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 10:50


    Guest: Brent Lindeque, founder of Good Things Guy See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Why regular candid feedback is important at a workplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 9:56


    Kevin Dike| Head trainer at Missing LinkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - Embracing Neurodiversity in the workplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 11:58


    Graeme Codrington | Futurist and Partner at TomorrowTodaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - The leadership curse

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 12:31


    Guest: Richard Mulholland | Owner at Missing LinkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - The app that fills our knowledge gap

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 9:06


    Guest: Kevin Dike| Head trainer at Missing Link| See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - Lack of Psychological Safety at work is your biggest work challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 11:22


    Zanele Njapha | Unlearning Expert & Innovation Facilitator See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - How advanced technologies will impact the health sector

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 10:58


    Graeme Codrington | Futurist and Partner at TomorrowToday|See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - The effects of AI on enterprises

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 13:56


    Guest: Stafford Masie | Board member at Discovery Bank and CSIR| See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - Cybersecurity a rising concern for consumers and business in SA

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 10:41


    Guest: Robert Brine| Director of Cyber & Intelligence Solutions at Mastercard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - Work life balance is a skill

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 10:15


    Richard Mulholland | Owner at Missing LinkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - Holding corporates to account

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 6:11


    Guest: Dr Sizakele Marutlulle | Branding expert See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 10:25


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    Business Unusual - Achieving Your 2023 Learning Goals without Burning Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 9:55


    Zanele Njapha | Unlearning Expert & Innovation Facilitator See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - Why leaders fail to communicate strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 12:59


    Richard Mulholland | Owner at Missing LinkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - What on earth is ChatGPT?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 14:15


    Steven Ambrose | MD at Atvance IntellectSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - The consultancy trap and being paralysed by advice fatigue.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 13:47


    Rich Mulholland | Entrepeneur & Blogger Extraord at Missing Link See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - "Antifragility" is not just "resilience"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 12:25


     Graeme Codrington | Futurist and Partner at TomorrowToday See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - Don't Put Young People In The Corner

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 10:43


    Zanele  Njapha | Unlearning Expert & Innovation Facilitator at TomorrowToday See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Can you tell when you are dealing with artificial intelligence?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 11:29


    A report suggests that one in six online business interactions are with a bot and that a third of those that interact with one, don't realise it was not a human. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    There are 510 trillion square metres on Earth, just three words can find you.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 13:04


    What3Words is making the difficult task of precise location easier for those looking to deliver a package, find a friend in a shopping centre or get rescue workers to where you are stuck. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Taylor Swift Ticket Troubles

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 14:46


    South Africans can identify with Taylor Swift fans that hoped to snag a ticket to see her Era Tour. Swift is a very popular artist and so there was always going to be more demand than supply. Ticketmaster was the partner to handle the sale of tickets which resulted in much anger and calls for the company to be broken up to allow for more competition. The criticism and calls for amendments to how the ticketing industry is run is justified, but it may not change the situation without the entire supply chain being considered.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    COP 27 and why we have not fixed climate change

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 12:56


    27 years later and we still are not slowing carbon emission enough. There is reason for outrage and optimism, but mostly outrage. The thing is no-one got anything good done while outraged, only when once calmed down, and appreciating the extent of the problem and then actively looking for practical solutions could a potential solution be implemented.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Icarus, starring Elon Musk

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 16:02


    Elon Musk has many fans, fewer than in the past but still many that believe he will shift us to renewable energy, find a solution for autonomous driving, build a humanoid robot to help/replace workers and get us safely to the Moon and Mars. All while providing global internet coverage, an alternative to traffic jams and long distance trains and a way to fix damaged brains. The catch for Musk and the other companies he is significantly involved in how to split his time between them. It may not be that he needs to be present for day to day operations, but giving the positions he holds with Tesla and SpaceX, not being able to respond when he needs to make decisions about big projects or launch timelines or currently managing staff costs could slow down the companies even though he has regarded himself as the person to supply the momentum to get things down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - Boyan Slat - The Ocean Cleanup

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 11:56


    Guest: Graeme Codrington | Futurist and Partner at TomorrowToday See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - The secret to organisational change you didn't know about

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 7:31


    Guest: Zanele Njapha | Unlearning Expert & Innovation Facilitator at TomorrowTodaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Business Unusual - Using predictive data analytics to prevent people getting sick, rather than waiting to treat them after they're ill

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 11:56


    Guest: Graeme Codrington | Futurist and Partner at TomorrowTodaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Immortal voices and the technology that made it

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 14:25


    The most recent additions to our historic records are sound and video, but advances in how we work will both may allow us to make them last forever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Artificially intelligent art - but is it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 12:48


    AI has improved significantly over the last few years and is central to what is at the heart of the much talked about 4th Industrial Revolution. But for all the problems it may solve, it raises as many new ones especially around how to classify it and whether deserves its own copyright or patent or even Nobel Prize. Image credit: Midjourney using the prompt by Bruce Whitfield "Cape Dutch farmstead in a storm, in the style of Tinus de Jongh" Audio credit: Yaboi Hanoi - Enter Demons & GodsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Ethereum merge, the next step to make the blockchain more sustainable

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 12:55


    The Bitcoin network still uses this method while the Ethereum network has recently switched to a revised system called proof-of-stake. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    A vaccine for Malaria

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 13:07


    First identified almost 5 000 years ago, Malaria's name comes from the Italian for bad air from when it was believed that illness was carried by the air. It was first identified as a parasite in 1880, a doctor in Cuba the following year noted the connection between mosquitoes and the transmission of yellow fever and allowed for the parasite to be tracked to being spread by certain mosquitoes. The work resulted in Noble prizes for medicine being awarded in 1902 and 1907. Vaccines for smallpox gave some the hope that something similar could be found for Malaria. Last week we got the results of a multi year trial that suggests we may finally have one. The parasite that has been estimated to be responsible for the unnatural deaths of half of all humanity. Audio credit: Dr Matshidiso Moeti WHO Image credit: Mycteria / 123rf.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The information regulator is ready to flex some privacy law muscle

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 11:19


    It may have taken a long time, but citizens can expect better protection now   The Information regulator adds teeth to two groups of law that add to the strength of South Africa's democracy and institutions that are created to protect it.    Ensuring access to information held by the state and in set cases 3rd parties Ensuring your privacy can be protected See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    How to measure progress rather than activity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 13:06


    The pandemic required the theoretical and experimental efforts of remote work to become the reality whether we were ready or not.Thankfully there had been efforts to make this possible and that technology had progressed to support it.Most work still falls into the kinds of work that can't be done remotely as it typically requires something to be made or extracted. Manufacturing, agriculture, mining and I will include education.There has been a major shift though, an increase in service related work and creative work that relies on digital production for the output. Full article image credit: © alphaspirit / 123rf.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Three entrepreneurs and what they reflect about tech innovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 12:51


    Two of the entrepreneurs might not be well known to most in South Africa, and the third might be best known only thanks to a recent TV series about his impressive rise and spectacular fall.  Their stories mirror the mix of character, vision, timing and a good bit of luck to make something a success. There are thousands who are doing the same each day but because the timing or luck is not aligned. It is fair to say that few successful people get to that position without taking big risks and making decisions that they might prefer not make. Hopefully it offers some reflection on your own actions and that being this successful is not only not possible for everyone, it would be a bad thing to aspire to. Business Unusual might focus on the change and disruption for the potential it offers for progress, but change for changes sake is chaos and no-one hoping for progress would want that. image credit: Elnur / 123rf.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Dihydrogen monoxide batteries are the past and very likely the future

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 12:11


    You would never consider visiting or staying next to a lithium-ion battery plant but you may well spend a relaxing weekend at a pumped storage facility. Read the full article. The thumbnail is a display of potential pump water storage locations. Image credit: data.gov.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    The Most Hated Man on the Internet, a three-part Netflix docuseries is why we need to get rid of passwords

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 12:07


    The Netflix documentary The Most Hated Man on the Internet highlights the willingness of some to do anything to make some money and how vulnerable we are to those who are intent at getting access to our accounts. In this case to post naked pictures without permission on a website to get visits and money for ad impressions Copyright law could allow you to have the images removed but was a civil lawsuit for personal images at the time, thankfully that has now been changed and there are harsh penalties for publishing this content which is generally referred to as revenge porn. In this case the criminal offence was hacking. It is incredible that the sentence was less than three years. It was a plea deal, which is likely why it was less harsh. Although given the seriousness of the offence and how long the site remained live (from 2010 to 2012) and that they knowingly targeted people for the purpose of finding naked images to post them publicly and include their personal information for ad revenue. You might think that the risk is much lower now, that the penalties are much greater because there are more laws in place, which while not incorrect, is cold comfort should someone find out that they have been hacked and lost control of their accounts and its contents. The hacks then much like now depend on phishing and our limited ability to understand the implications of getting hacked. Read the full articleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Meta: to infinity or not

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 12:17


    The standard plan these days is become a billionaire and then set your sights on going to space.  It has been the play for Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and of course Elon Musk, but Mark Zuckerberg the richest billionaire by age (38 and $67 billion) is looking to go further into cyberspace rather than outer space. He has both the time and the money to do it, but it will not be easy.  Audio credit: Adam Mosseri Image credit: MetaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Your car as a service - mobile subscriptions of a new kind

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 8:59


    You may think paying for heated seats as a subscription is a crazy idea, but is likely to be one that becomes more common.  The Daily Show clip can be found here - https://youtu.be/PukjFP0zgVYSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Will Elon Musk be made to buy Twitter now that he does not want to?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2022 13:30


    First Elon Musk was keen and Twitter was not, now Twitter is keen and Elon Musk is not. It will be decided in court in October if a settlement is not reached before then, but what was Musk hoping to buy in the first place? Audio credit: TED Talks Image credit: © TwitterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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