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“WTF do I do now?” Technology has disrupted everything. Your choice is to do what you have always done before or jump straight into this and figure out what we need to do to tackle the world of digital. This is what Brett St Clair and Michael Cowen dig into on The Think WTF (What’s The Future) Podca…

Brett St Clair and Michael Cowen


    • Oct 11, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 36m AVG DURATION
    • 46 EPISODES


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    The Changing Media - With Amanda Bester

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 32:00


    The world of media is changing faster than most realise. Brett and I see this in our work where we are experimenting with AI-driven marketing solutions. Its early days but initial experiments have exceeded all our expectations. This is why we wanted to chat with Amanda Bester at Leaderex. She founded and leads Pragmattica, an independent Digital Consultancy offering services in strategic business development. 

    The future of AI-driven branding - with Paula Saertini

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 35:21


    Your brand is the idea that people have of you. Great brands are built on a constant message, with a clear identity and a consensus about what that brand means. Just think Coca-Cola, MacDonalds, Apple and - well you get the idea. So how does AI help drive brand constancy? How do AI and branding bring together the old art of brand management with the new world of technology and algorithms?

    Intelligent Automation and Digital Workers - With Clevva's Ryan Falkenberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 40:07


    BUILDING EXPONENTIAL ORGANISATIONS – WITH EMILIE SYDNEY-SMITH, EXO WORK CEO

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 41:48


    We chat with Emilie Sydney-Smith, the CEO of ExO Works. Emilie helps companies excel at disruptive innovation. She works with many of the Fortune 500 corporations to build new business lines that could swiftly become more profitable than their core business. These ideas were first written about in Salim Ismail shares in his book, Exponential Organisation. Emilie is the force that turns these ideas into a reality and makes it happen. If you want to know anything about creating an exponential business – Emilie is the person you want to chat to.

    Blockchain and The Malta Perspective .... With JP Fabri

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019 44:35


    How do people fundamentally make decisions and how do we trust these decisions? How do we build trust through an interaction system that we trust? How do we redesign the future social contract going forward? What role does philosophy, anthropology play alongside the technological, economic and legal development of Blockchain, if any? These are just some of the conversations that we had with JP Fabri at the Blockchain Africa Conference. Listen up - it was a fascinating chat ....

    Blockchain Tech Gets Real - With — Brian Behlendorf, Hyperledger Executive Director

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2019 56:51


    If you have any questions about whether or not you should be on the blockchain - Brian Behlendorf, Hyperledger's CEO, breaks down an approach and a framework on how you start looking at this. He shares some of the projects that they are working on to give us a practical example of how Hyperledger is solving real problems.

    The Balance Between Innovation and Regulation - with BitPesa's Charlene Chen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 30:44


    Regulation is often seen as a restriction to innovation. And in some cases, it certainly is, but in other cases, not so much. Perhaps what defines the difference is your attitude towards building innovation within the context of regulations. Charlene Chen, BitPesa’s COO, talks us through the challenge between innovation and regulation, and how you balance the conflicting energies and the management of different stakeholders.

    Brett and Michael Wrap up 2018 with Whats to Come!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2018 13:46


    Brett and I finish the year off with a few thoughts and how we will approach the podcast for next year. We have a few changes and tweaks coming up. This is a short one so enjoy!

    The Future With AI - With Brett Loubser

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 61:45


    We are talking AI with Brett Loubser - and bot was this a rabid hole of AI and music, the role of consciousness, our ability to adapt and whether we should be sacred or not.

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    Regulation, blockchain and Smart Contracts - with Nerushka Bowan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 66:51


      Nerushka Bowan is the summary of how the world has changed. As a trained laywer, she brings a fresh, practical experience to the world of emerging technology. She focuses on technology, law and a new way of doing things.            

    36 - The Privacy, Big Data Issue - With Kelvin Jonck

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2018 47:26


    The manipulation of data is a global issue right now. We are seeing crazy stuff happening - from fake news, to twitter bots all the way to the manipulation of the American elections. To get a better handle on this we spoke to Kelvin Jonck from YouKnow.

    35 - The Disruption of Comedy - With John Vlismas

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2018 32:05


    We had the opportunity to chat to John Vlismas at Leaderex and we were not turning that down. We were not to sure where the conversation would go but this was a really enjoyable chat. John is one of the hardest workers you would ever meet. His refreshingly honest perspective is a real antidote for all the bullshit that's flying around. 

    34 - The Disruption of Insurance - With Naked's Alex Thompson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2018 33:22


    Insurance. Disrupted. Nakedly. So says Alex Thompson of Naked Insurance. And after chatting to him - we agree. If you want to disrupt yourself then this podcast will give you an idea of what it takes. 

    33 - What is Devops and Where Is It Going - with Josef Langerman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2018 28:34


    Josef Langerman is the Acting CTO for Standard Bank; DevOps and Agile Evangelist. We wanted to know what all this means in a large organisation like Standard bank. Here is some context why this was such a good chat. I Josef took me to task for asking him if they are a digital business. Quite rightly he asks what digital actually means. He feels that its about flow. Its about getting things to flow through the system without any bottlenecks and hiccups. And perhaps more importantly its about how you feel. It brings you alive and you are excited about being part of a team that built really good stuff. Its what Google calls uncomfortable excited.

    32 - Growing South Africa Through South Africans - With Matsi Modise

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2018 35:19


    Matsi Modise an entrepreneur and entrepreneurial activist. She has spirit and the can do attitude to change South Africa for the better.   She is the founder of Furaha Afrika Holding (Pty) Ltd, a Pan-African advisory company. They focus on enterprise and business development solutions.  

    31 - Solving Africa's Employment Challenge - with Anish Shivdasani

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2018 31:55


    Employment is a big issue in South Africa - and there are many different approaches and solutions that technology offers. Anish is the co-founder of an job platform called Giraffe. Why Giraffe? Well its a memorable African name of animal that has grace, warmth and trust. It's a great brand name. Giraffe - The Permanent Employment Platform  The idea behind Giraffe is to be the intermediary between the employer and the employee. It's not about the freelancing or the gig economy solution. Rather the focus is on helping lower and medium skilled people find permanent work.

    30 - Blockchain Deep Dive - With Aatish Ramkaran

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2018 57:30


    We carry on the deep dive into Blockchain with Aatish Ramkaran. Aatish is the blockchain lead for Nedbank, co-founder of Blockchain Entrepreneurs Club South Africa and beard enthusiast! We dig into all sorts of things. We start with the ICO conversation. Aatish has a unique perspective on this as an ex JSE employee for 7 years. He shares the BECSA vision and why he feels that its important.

    29 - SA Financial Blockchains - with Tanya Knowles

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2018 56:39


    Tanya is the Managing Executive, Fractal Solutions. This is the Strate Innovation Lab that specialises in blockchain technology and cryptoassets. We wanted to catch up and see how the Strate Blockchain was progressing. We had previously chatted with Monica Singer, Strate’s ex CEO, who now works for ConsenSys. Tanya was the critical driver behind Strate’s Blockchain project. Given that Strate mangoes the JSE backend, it is the mother of all intermediaries. And his was the mother of all Blockchain projects. On a personal level, Tanya is really inspired about Blockchain and her passion for this is huge. She sees the potential for it to change the world., Enjoy

    28 - Turning the layers of resistance into moments of agreement

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 21:51


    A Theory of Constraints (ToC) Series with Ashton Fourie

    27 - Theory of Constraints and Employee Engagement

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 18:39


    A Theory of Constraints (ToC) Series with Ashton Fourie

    26 - You don't want project management - You just want to get your projects done!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 11:10


    A Theory of Constraints (ToC) Series with Ashton Fourie

    25 - Planning too much is planning to fail

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 22:12


    A Theory of Constraints (ToC) Series with Ashton Fourie

    24 - Design for Delegation - Three levels of work

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 17:45


    A Theory of Constraints (ToC) Series with Ashton Fourie

    23 - The costly mistake of elevating your constraint first

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 17:45


    A Theory of Constraints (ToC) Series with Ashton Fourie

    22 - Are you spending too much money for increased capacity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 13:14


    A Theory of Constraints (ToC) Series with Ashton Fourie

    21 - The surprising inverse relationship between the number of improvements and actual improvement

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 17:09


    A Theory of Constraints (ToC) Series with Ashton Fourie

    20 - Why you cannot ignore TOC

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 33:18


    A Theory of Constraints (ToC) Series with Ashton Fourie

    19 - Joel Stransky on how AI is Redefining Recruitment

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2018 47:07


    We chat with Joel Stransky about the role that AI has in the recruitment space and how it will disrupt the industry as we know it.

    18 - Benjamin Schoderer - Yums Digital Marketer of 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2018 51:51


    We spoke to Benjamin Schroderer about what it took to be the Digital Marketer of 2018

    17 - Nomad Now and The World of Freelancing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2018 47:05


    What do you do when you run a successful permanent staff recruitment that does not place freelancers? Well, you go digital and launch a Freelance Portal called Nomad Now. You connect your traditional customers with thousands of highly qualified freelancers.

    16 - Ripples CTO, Stefan Thomas talks Ripple and where to

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 47:33


    Stefan Thomas is the CTO of Ripple. In this podcast we deep dive into what Ripple is, the pain that they are solving and their focus on the Internet of Value through Interledger.

    15 - Pelle BrandGuard shares his thinking on soverign identity and uPort

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2018 27:04


    Pelle is a Dane, living in Nicaragua, where he is heading up the Consensys office. He is busy working on building uPort a decentralized identity platform at ConsenSys.

    14 - Sonya Kuhnel talks to us about Blockchain Africa Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2018 15:30


    The Blockchain Africa conference would not happen without the motivation and effort of Sonya Kuhnel! We chat to her about the inspiration behind #BAC18 and where to from here. _

    13 - Elizabeth Rossiello on the building of BitPessa.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2018 21:09


    Elizabeth Rossiello is the Founder and Ceo and BitPessa. She breaks down the hustle and what it took to get BitPesa off the ground. 

    12 - Marvin Colby talks about Social Impact & the blockchain

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2018 46:12


    Marvin Coleby is building the first tokenized impact exchange. The idea is to democratize private investments in emerging market companies.

    11 - Tricia Martinez and the first zero-fee money app

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2018 26:07


    We chat to Tricia Martinez, the CEO/Founder of GetWala about Digital Currencies in Emerging Markets. 

    10 - Lorien Gamaroff - Bitcoin Guru and Centbee Founder

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018 23:41


    A Chat with South Africa Bitcoin Wallet Builder! 

    9 Nico Steyn and the fundamentals of IoT

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2018 55:29


    Nico Steyn, CEO of IoT.nxt joins us for a livecast that looks at IoT, the edge of computing and the challenges of interoperability

    8 - Marta Piekarska is the Director of Ecosystem at Hyperledger.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2018 35:46


    Marta Piekarska is the Director of Ecosystem at Hyperledger - and whats really cool about the Hyperledger Blockchain is that is an open source blockchain platform. She breaks all the details down. 

    7 - Peter Manning and The SARB Blockchain POC

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2018 57:06


    The Blockchain Will Disrupt Everything. The reason? It’s a distributed ledger and everything in capitalism is built on a ledger. As Peter Munnings explains Project Khokha is proof of how disruptive it can be.

    6 - Peter Munnings on the Central Banking, Fiat Currency and Where to with the blockchain

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2018 39:19


    What does it mean when a central bank builds a blockchain to manage its Fiat currency. The implications huge and can change how we live and work. In this What's The Future Podcast we chat with Consensys's Peter Munnings about a Central Bank Blockchain

    5 Colin Iles on the world of Innovation

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2018 57:04


    Innovation is everything in a world of fast constant change. To get a better handle on this we sat down with Colin Iles, whose is a bit of a rockstar in the innovation space.

    4 - Uber's Justin Spratt Talks the Gig Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2018 37:07


    Justin Spratt and the Gig Economy

    3 - Andrew Keys shares why the blockchain will disrupt everything

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2018 35:14


    Blockchain will disrupt everything

    2 - Practical Insight on Building an IoT Startup with Mark Allewell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 62:06


    No CTO/CIO has been fired for not implementing an IoT solution. That’s how new this technology and thinking really is. And it’s why we wanted to talk to Mark Allewell. He’s the founder and ceo of IoT business Sensor Networks.

    1 - The Think WTF Podcast Intro

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 6:27


    A short and sweet introduction to a new podcast that is hosted by Brett St Clair and Michael Cowen.  

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