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Martha Lane Fox is a British entrepreneur, philanthropist, internet activist and public servant. In this episode we cover topics like Serendipity and The Triple Bottom Line, as well as how the Digital World, like many of us, is having a midlife crisis and what we can do to increase our chances of coming out the other side better off for it. Martha knows because she has experienced this rollercoaster a few times over in her career. In 1998 Martha co-founded Europe's largest travel and leisure website, lastminute.com with Brent Hoberman. They took it public in 2000 and sold it in 2005 in a historically successful exit. Martha became a crossbench peer in the UK House of Lords in March 2013 as it's youngest female member and she was awarded a CBE (which is the highest ranking Order of the British Empire award given to recognise a positive impact made in her work.) In March 2014 she was appointed Chancellor of the Open University and in 2017 she was appointed a member of the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy. Martha is a member of Twitter's Board of Directors and Non Executive Director for Chanel. She is also a non executive director of Queens Commonwealth Trust. She founded Doteveryone in 2015 which is a charity fighting for a fairer internet and building a movement for responsible technology. In short, Martha is a remarkable human being and a fascinating example of true leadership. You'll want to stay tuned all the way to the end when Martha offers a surprising tip about how we can find solace, empathy and inspiration through Hinterland - which is expanding our depth and breadth of knowledge. You're going to want to grab a paper and pen! There's a lot of good stuff in here! Minute-by-minute summary: 03:30: What led you towards the digital space in the beginning? 05:20: What took you from the consulting firm to lastminute.com? 06:50: What was the beginning of your journey like? 09:16: What was the process of your exit like? 12:30: Martha walks us through where she chose to place her journey after lastminute.com 15:40: Will we look back in 10 years and be proud of the solutions we've created? 18:40: The triple bottom line, focusing on planet. 22:00: How have you seen your voice uniquely influence some top of mind decisions? 25:00: Are we using the gifts of modern technology to empower the changes that we need? 27:30: How can we become advocates for digital inclusion? 32:00: What do you see in the future of education? 36:40: The importance of education 43:00: Finding the joy in doing hard things 46:40: What gives you hope for the future? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ann-hiatt/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ann-hiatt/support

Baroness Martha Lane Fox is a force of nature – entrepreneur, philanthropist, cross bench peer and one of the most influential people in digital for the last 25 years. The co-founder of Lastminute.com, she also now sits on the board of Twitter, the Donmar Warehouse and Chanel. But Martha is also someone who can talk with power and authority on the subject of crisis. In 2004 she was left fighting for her life after a car accident in Morocco that broke 28 of her bones, including a shattered pelvis. In this episode Martha talks powerfully about the practical techniques – both mental and physical – she has developed to cope with a crisis she must confront every day of her life. Martha is, I think, an inspiration to anyone dealing with their own trauma. Martha’s Crisis Cures: 1. Boxing: ‘It’s so fundamental to my mental and physical wellbeing...even just imagining doing exercise can build the muscle mass. It’s quite extraordinary the relationship between our brains and our muscles.’ 2. Books & Poems: ‘The poem Don’t Hesitate by Mary Oliver, it’s about joy…even when the world is bleak and there’s always something awful happening it doesn’t mean you should begrudge yourself joy.’ 3. Pant Discos: ‘Putting some music on, blaring out way too loud (sorry neighbours) and having a couple of minutes moving about. Nothing beats it.’ Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Marthalanefox Peers for the Planet: https://www.peersfortheplanet.org Doteveryone: https://www.doteveryone.org.uk   The Open University: http://www.open.ac.uk Queens Commonwealth Trust: https://www.queenscommonwealthtrust.org Just For Kids Law: https://justforkidslaw.org Lucky Voice: https://www.luckyvoice.com Episode Notes: Two things strike you immediately about Baroness Martha Lane Fox. A total and utter absence of self-pity is first. But an authentic, compelling honesty about her crisis and its impact is second. Honest that nothing good came from her accident. Honest that, for her, denial has been an invaluable weapon in the years since. As she says: “Denial is a very, very important part of how I function. I’m sure there are lots of people who would say there is lots about that that’s not healthy. The way I don’t get scared or feel as though I am a fraction of what I was, is by denying that I might fall over, that I have massive physical challenges. Some things you have to park.” The power of denial is not a strategy for crisis that you’ll find in any self-help book but I thought it was incredibly valuable because, as Martha herself says, “Crisis is not a competition.” There is no authoritative manual for crisis because every crisis is different. The key is in taking the time to work out what is best for you. And for Martha, one of the most positive people I’ve had the good fortune to talk to, denial has – when she feels she needs it – absolutely worked. Music: Allies by Some Velvet Morning www.somevelvetmorning.co.uk

A clip from tomorrow's interview to give you a taste of what's coming on the show tomorrow. We'll be exploring attitudes to tech, and tech business with Doteveryone.

On the show today, a welcome return to Doteveryone as they publish their 2020 Digital Attitudes Report. So how do people feel about technology at a time when we've never needed it more? I'm afraid there are some concerning stats, but also positive recommendations. It's key the tech industry listens and engages with people to build trust. If you want to dive into the research Catherine is referencing head over to the website and download the full report: https://www.doteveryone.org.uk/report/peoplepowertech2020/

Niall is our guest this episode, and he's talking about the need to pivot a tech business to help meet the needs of society during the crisis. It's an interview covering the future of live music and events, mental health and well-being, and the psychological after-effects of the lock-down. Doteveryone are our focus of Tech News. Check out the report we're chatting about here: https://www.doteveryone.org.uk/project/peoplepowertech/

Welcome to our second Future Proof Me mini episode. These mini episodes will be uploaded in the weeks between our usual, longer interview and ‘How To’ episodes. They are designed to snappily share nuggets of ideas or insights to help us all thrive in future. This week’s nugget is all about how important technology is to our future regardless of whether we consider ourselves as ‘tech-people’. First you’ll hear from Martha Lane Fox, one of the UK’s most respected technology leaders and entrepreneurs. These days she has an illustrious board career, sits in the House of Lords, and she campaigns for responsible technology through her foundation, Doteveryone. Martha shares great advice around positioning yourself in your career and how important it is to be curious about technology. She then goes on to talk about how, with the quickening pace of change, we need to be prepared to have multiple different careers.Then we hear from the Artificial Intelligence expert, Kriti Sharma. She builds really practically on Martha’s point about learning about tech, and specifically talks about how we can all get more informed and familiar with the important topic of AI. A humble request from us...if you are getting value out of what we’re sharing here at Don’t Stop Us Now! then why not be sure you don’t ever miss out and sign up here for our weekly email where we share advice, tips and, of course, info on our latest episode. Enjoy this mini episode with Martha Lane Fox and Kriti Sharma.Links to the longer interviews:Martha Lane FoxKriti Sharma What is Artificial IntelligenceOther Useful ResourcesDot Everyone Digital Understanding ResourcesElements of AI from the Finnish GovernmentRecognising Fake News GameDigital Unite - Technology GuidesMIT Media Lab Google's AI Education Hub See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This podcast includes content funded by The British Podcast Awards and Wellcome Trust. Penny wants to know if technology can help people living with dementia stay at home for longer. She meets Lydia Nicholas from think tank Doteveryone to talk about the vital role tech can play, then takes a tour of a house specially designed for people living with dementia. She talks to Professor Eef Hogervorst from Loughborough University and David Kelly from BRE to hear more about the innovations they’ve put in place in the dementia home. With thanks to The British Podcast Awards and Wellcome Trust for including Discovering Dementia as part of the Pulse Award. Please complete the survey to give your views on the podcast at www.podcastviews.com This episode of Discovering Dementia was produced and presented by Penny Bell, with additional editing by Cheeka Eyers, and original music by Leila Mitwally. To get in touch, say hello on instagram @discoveringdementia Join the facebook group @dementiapodcast And check out twitter @dementiapodcast www.discoveringdementia.co.uk

Alla joins the podcast to talk about the way that Headstart is tackling bias in the hiring process. They are working with clients to use data to add explainability to decision making. Talent is a key part of business strategy, and gut-feeling is not an adequate approach! Also in today's podcast we discuss Doteveryone's report into the gig economy, this link to the report is: https://www.doteveryone.org.uk/project/better-work/

Rory Cellan-Jones and special guests look ahead to the technology trends they expect to see in 2020 and discuss ideas for a better internet in the coming year. Plus they’ll preview the gigantic annual CES tech event in Las Vegas. With BBC Online tech editor Leo Kelion, and guests Catherine Miller from Doteveryone and Tom Standage from The Economist. Produced by Jat Gill. (Image: Stock photo of a service robot helping a man check-in at an airport, Credit: iStock/ Getty Images Plus).

Director of Policy Catherine Miller describes how the thinktank is working with regulators across all sectors on measures to counter harmful effects on society of recent and rapid digital change. The conversation draws on Doteveryone's 2018 report on regulating technology, as well as its research findings on the tech-related anxieties experienced by the public, including a feeling that no-one ‘has their back', and uncertainty about where redress for any harms might be sought. There is no dedicated tech regulator or ombudsman, and Doteveryone's report concluded that this was not the answer. Individual regulatory bodies need to carry on regulating specialist patches like markets, or elections, or shipping, or the media, but need support to help them adapt to cover the impact of tech on the fields in which they operate. Regulators, many of which are small organisations, can struggle to access the expertise and capacity they need to know when and how to intervene in situations where, for example, the internet or social media are central. Doteveryone has recommended establishment of an ‘Office for Responsible Technology' to provide this additional resource. This wide-ranging conversation touches on the ability of individual nations to regulate global tech giants, the significant impact of GDPR, whether AI can learn to self-regulate, and what might be expected in forthcoming legislation.

Our guest this week is the incredibly inspiring Martha Lane Fox, one of the UK’s most well known and respected technology leaders and society shapers. In 1997 Martha was 25 years old when she became co-founder of Lastminute.com, one of the first internet travel marketplaces in the world. This was in the days of the first dot com boom when creating internet based businesses was still a truly pioneering thing.  In 2003, after 6 years running LastMinute.com, Martha stepped down as CEO and took some time off to holiday in Morocco, where she was seriously injured in a car accident. She broke 28 bones, had a stroke, was airlifted back to the UK and spent 2 years in hospital. Martha’s story of her journey back to some degree of normalcy is truly incredible. The chronic pain and injuries she lives with today would make you think she’d want to rest up and take it easy. But not Martha. She’s gone on to do so many important things, believing passionately that it’s so important for female voices to be heard. Today she sits on numerous boards including Twitter, Chanel, and the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust and is the Chancellor of the UK's Open University. She’s also the founder and Chair of a think tank called DotEveryone which promotes responsible technology for a fairer future. And since 2013, Martha has been a member of the House of Lords, the upper house of the UK parliament (where her title is Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho). In this episode you’ll hear: What it’s like to be a member of the House of Lords, particularly as a woman How her accident impacted her life and what tactics she uses to cope and achieve all that she does Her advice on how you can speak up and be heard Why she tries to raise the climate crisis in whatever forum she finds herself in. Please enjoy this interview with the irrepressible Martha Lane Fox.   Links of interest: Martha on Twitter Martha's Website Doteveryone on Twitter Doteveryone Website   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With the Digital, Culture Media and Sport Committee recently calling for a new independent digital regulator and the government’s Internet Safety Strategy White Paper imminent, it’s a crucial time for digital regulation in the UK. Jacob Ohrvik-Stott discusses where the digital regulation debate is heading and outlines Doteveryone’s proposals for an Office for Responsible Technology. About Jacob Ohrvik-Stott Jacob Ohrvik-Stottis a Researcher at the think-tank Doteveryone, where his work explores digital regulation and the public’s relationship with digital technologies. Prior to joining Doteveryone he worked in energy and climate policy for a global professional engineering body and public engagement, where he ran youth panels, deliberative research and science festivals.

Robert is the Group Human Resources Director at Reward Gateway, an employee engagement platform. The business have over 1,700 clients using products to attract, engage and retain the best employees. We talk about why purpose and mission are so important, how to implement values and why they matter, and how reward and recognition is evolving. Dave and Jack are then sinking their teeth into the UK parliamentary select committee’s report into fake news. What steps do we need to take to ensure we can effectively regulate, and are we in danger of missing a big opportunity? We’d strongly recommend taking a look at Doteveryone’s report into responsible tech: https://doteveryone.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Doteveryone-Regulating-for-Responsible-Tech-Report.pdf Whilst you’re here, vote for our Technology Personality of the Year! Details are here: https://app.hubspot.com/content-detail/4452630/landing-page/7063116024/performance

Lady Martha Lane-Fox was one of the early .com entrepreneurs having co-founded lastminute.com. Martha is founder of doteveryone.org.uk, an independent think tank and charity championing responsible technology for a fairer future, Martha has served on public service digital projects and sits on the boards of Twitter, Donmar warehouse and Chanel. If that wasn’t enough Martha is also a trustee of the Queens Commonwealth Trust. In our discussion Martha explains the early day challenges, dealing with tragedy and shares her advice for anyone thinking about starting a business. This interview was filmed at the Houses of Parliament. doteveryone.org.uk luckyvoice.com

We chat to Cassie Robinson, Head of Digital Grant Making at the Big Lottery Fund. Cassie was also recently Strategic Design Director at DotEveryone; where she led the Digital Society strand of work looking at how the internet is changing society and strengthening and protecting what matters most.We hear what it was like being a service designer before digital was a thing, and why we still need to work just as hard to reach across disciplines and sectors if we're to effect social change. Passionate about social innovation and systems thinking, Cassie talks to us about the importance of building networks and relationships with people who share our mission.We also get Cassie's thoughts on responsible leadership, chat about her background in the fashion industry, and how we can work together to shift the basis of power away from traditional lines. Finally, we get possibly the most unexpected answer to a question we've ever heard on the show! An awesome way to kick off your weekend!

Rachel is CEO of Doteveryone, the leading UK thinktank that champions responsible technology for a fairer future. We discover how they’re aiming to rekindle the early promise of the internet and get organisations to consider the impact of the tech they build on society. In part two, Dave, Jack and Sian discuss The Egg (the latest insta craze), the Gillette ad and the apparent show of sexism at CES… further highlighting the gulf in attitudes between tech and femtech. A great summary is on our own website: https://www.tech-talks.co.uk/articles/whats-going-on-in-tech-16-jan-2019 Whilst you’re here, head over to www.audible.co.uk/techtalks for your free month-trial and start your year with a great listening experience!

Baroness Martha Lane Fox, founder of DotEveryone, talks about why we need to harness the full potential of technology to tackle climate change. Recorded at the Royal Institution in London on the 29th November at the Talanoa Dialogue. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Martha Lane Fox is founder of Doteveryone and a member of the House of Lords. A successful entrepreneur, she co-founded Lastminute.com in 1998, which eventually sold for £577 million in 2005, the same year she launched karaoke chain Lucky Voice. She is chancellor of the Open University, patron of several charities and a board member at Twitter and Chanel. In this in-depth interview, she discusses how she uses her voice in the public and private sector to push for action on climate change, recalls the “incredible culture” that made lastminute.com a success, and explains why curiosity, resilience and kindness will always have value in the future – even when the world is being run by robots.

Alex has had 20 years in the creative industries, working in executive level leadership roles across large agency networks. Alex is now the co-founder of creative consultancy Truth&Spectacle and runs digital leadership programmes as part of the DotEveryone digital think tank with Martha Lane Fox. Alex shares her insights into our perception of the digital sector, and navigating the pathway to authentic leadership.

Culture, community and tech – where the lines blur Julia Hobsbawm and Georgina Godwin are joined this week by Baroness Martha Lane Fox, Founder and Executive Chair of Doteveryone; Professor Jeremy Bailenson, Founding Director, Stanford University Virtual Human Interaction Lab and Professor Ted Gibson, a Professor of Cognitive Science at MIT. They talk about internet safety, colour in culture, women in technology and virtual reality. For afters, we’ve got Dolly Alderton, journalist, writer and director; Geoff Mulgan of Nesta and Tom Redmayne, Director of Business Development UK at WiredScore on techno-heaven, techno-hell and techno-shabbat. Click here to subscribe on iTunes  Click here to subscribe on Acast Key thinkers discuss both the tech culture and tech in culture ‘We as individuals I think are questioning our relationship with technology, especially when we see it used with children’ ‘If there’s an experience that you wouldn’t do in the real world, not because it was dangerous or because it was expensive, but it was the kind of thing that you would feel bad about yourself, you wouldn’t be able to look yourself in the mirror that night, or you couldn’t hug your spouse, if there’s that kind of experience that just makes you feel gross, then don’t do it in VR.’ ‘When we’re studying psychology, just the human mind and the human brain, we’re so far off from machines being able to generate useful hypotheses yet. I don’t think there’s any example even of that ever happening. The hypotheses come from humans.’ Follow updates on Twitter @technoshabbat #humanandmachine Click here to subscribe on iTunes  Click here to subscribe on Acast

Britt Wray and Ellie Cosgrave take a deep dive into our data. They discuss the implication of personal data rights in everything from city planning to medicine to human rights. You'll hear from: Paul-Olivier Dehaye, who testified in the Cambridge Analytica case; Ravi Naik, the solicitor from ITN Solicitors taking on Cambridge Analytica; Martha Lane Fox CBE, founder of the think tank Doteveryone; digital sociologist and strategist Lisa Talia Moretti; Francesca Bria, the chief Technology and Digital Innovation Officer for the City of Barcelona; Eric Schadt, Founder and CEO of Sema4 and expert in big data and medicine; Judith Deportail, data journalist; Jamie Bartlett, author of 'People vs Tech' and Director for The Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos; Michael Veale, researcher in responsible public sector machine learning at University College London; and Edina Harbinja, senior lecturer in law, University of Hertfordshire.

We decided to broach morality. We talk about ethics, relative versus absolute morality, the genetic basis of morality and the arbiters of such things. Also Michael has a sore chest and it hurts to sneeze.---- This week's links (unordered) ----[1] Anatomy of Story - https://amzn.to/2Is8sCR[2] Order of the Engineer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Engineer[3] Doteveryone - https://doteveryone.org.uk/[4] Sinner Winner guy and others - https://londonist.com/2016/10/london-eccentrics[5] Dark Patterns: Nerdwriter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxkrdLI6e6M[6] Dark Patterns Website - http://darkpatterns.org/---- Credits ----Music is by http://michaelforrestmusic.com/Talking is by Ivanka Majic and Michael Forrest---- Follow us on Twitter ----https://twitter.com/ivankahttps://twitter.com/michaelforresthttps://twitter.com/PodcastGrand---- Find us on Facebook ----https://www.facebook.com/grandpodcast/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you think you are good at the internet? this week we talk to Rachel Coldicutt, CEO of the internet think tank Doteveryone about how much Britain really knows about the internet. We cover the perils of public wifi, the possible need for a good technology trademark, why tech giants might find their business models under pressure in the next few years and whether it's right to assume people are ignorant or gullible when it comes to information online. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

During the Internet's nascent years, e-commerce startups faced one of the digital era's most daunting challenges: convincing consumers to not only use the Internet, but purchase online goods with their credit cards. Martha Lane Fox did that—and more—as co-founder of Lastminute.com, one of the first and largest websites to let people book travel. She joins our host David-Michel Davies to discuss Last Minute, as well as her non-profit Doteveryone and its work to combat gender and algorithmic bias, while pushing for sensible tech policy in the UK, and beyond.To learn more on Doteveryone's fight for a fairer digital society, visit their website. Follow Martha on social media at @Marthalanefox.Follow us on social @TheWebbyAwardsKeep up with David-Michel @dmdlikesOur Producer is Sebastian AdeOur Editorial Director is Nicole FerraroResearch and writing by Jordana JarrettMusic is Podington Bear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

lastminute.com, the online travel company, was founded in early 1998: “a time when, it seems strange now, but there really wasn’t a belief the internet would necessarily survive, yet alone be a tool we used every day,” says cofounder Martha Lane Fox. Two years later, at the peak of the dotcom bubble in March 2000, the company was publicly floated, “representing this brave new world of entrepreneurialism in the UK”. A week afterwards, the tech market crashed. Martha is an internet entrepreneur, philanthropist and public servant. She sits on the boards of Twitter, mydeco.com and Marks & Spencer, chairs the board of the digital skills charity, Go ON UK, and was on the board of Channel 4 from 2007 to 2011. In 2013 she became the youngest female member of the House of Lords, joining as a crossbencher. She was appointed Chancellor of the Open University in 2014 and in 2015 launched the charity Doteveryone. Speaking to Seedcamp partner Carlos Espinal, Martha discusses how lastminute.com was able to survive and even flourish amid the dotcom crash, eventually being acquired for £577m by Sabre Holdings in 2005. As well as explaining the roots of the company’s success - mainly landing great deals, and building strong relationships and partnerships - she talks candidly about the biggest obstacles the company faced, including overspending on technology and floating prematurely: “‘We IPO’d too early. It’s as simple as that.” Martha also addresses her work at Doteveryone, the British charity finding new ways to make the internet work for everyone. “I’m not some crazy tech utopian. I don’t believe startups and software are going to save the world. I think it’s an indelible part of the world but there is a lot that makes it inequitable,” she says. Tune in to learn more about Brexit’s implications for the future of the UK’s technology sector, what founders should expect from their board directors, and how to address gender inequality in tech. Show notes: Carlos Medium: sdca.mp/2entVR3 Seedcamp: www.seedcamp.com Lastminute: www.lastminute.com Doteveryone: www.doteveryone.org.uk Related bio links: Carlos: linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal / twitter.com/cee Martha: linkedin.com/in/marthal2 / twitter.com/Marthalanefox

To mark International Women's Day, Michael Berkeley's guest is Martha Lane Fox. At the age of only 25 she co-founded Lastminute.com, which floated at the peak of the dot-com bubble and was sold seven years later for £577m. Since then, Lane Fox was appointed, at 40, the youngest female member of the House of Lords (she's a cross-bencher) and the Chancellor of the Open University. She's also championed digital inclusivity and has recently founded Doteveryone. Voted one of the most powerful women in Britain by Woman's Hour, she has a mission to make the internet industry more open to other women - as she says: 'The "internet industry" is only 30 years old. Yet what is supposed to be a democratising force is built on a platform of profound gender imbalance. Women occupy just 17 per cent of tech jobs in the UK. The people building the internet, the services we all use, are overwhelmingly men. We have a national digital skills crisis. There are 600,000 vacancies in the sector, forecast to rise to 1m by 2020. If we do not understand why, and try to rectify it, we are missing out on half the talent pool.' In Private Passions, Martha Lane Fox talks to Michael Berkeley about how and why, as the daughter of an Oxford don and gardening writer, she came to be a pioneer of the internet industry. She reveals her passion for karaoke. And she talks about the effect on her life of a car accident in Morocco. Music choices include Beethoven's Fidelio, Chopin's Nocturnes, Verdi's La Traviata, Scott Joplin, Ella Fitzgerald and Judy Garland's 'Get Happy' - a personal anthem.