Why I Was Grateful When COVID Killed My Business
In 2020, every bar and restaurant shut, and the social media marketing business Tom Shaw had built for them went with them. With no clients left to answer to, he decided to learn to code. Today, as a ...
26 Loka 21min
Why My Investment App Knew I Was on the Phone
Justin Pagano was on a phone call when he opened his investment app, and a banner appeared: we’re not calling you, and we’d never ask for this. No block, no extra step, just a nudge at the exact momen...
23 Loka 30min
Data in Sport: Can Numbers ever Overrule Gut Feeling?
David grabs Will Morgan, Principal Data Scientist at the Rajasthan Royals, on the floor at Data Decoded in Manchester, the day before they share a stage. Will went from 12 years in academia, with a Ph...
22 Loka 17min
The Ad Is Cringe. 300 Million Views Don’t Care.
You watch an ad and wince. It’s clumsy, it’s cringe, and you can’t imagine it converting anyone. Then it racks up 300 million views and converts brilliantly. For Ada Mockute Jaime, Chief Marketing Off...
21 Loka 41min
Is Your Data Lying to Your Board?
What happens when a prediction lands on a board slide and everyone treats it as a fact? Recorded live at Data Decoded, David sits down with transformation leader and founder Lucy Goudie straight after...
20 Loka 19min
My Job Didn’t Exist When I Started Coding
Eight years ago, Janine Luk was teaching herself to code at night and at weekends while working in marketing. The job she does now didn’t exist. Today, plenty of young people hesitate to start, convin...
19 Loka 32min
The Truth About the Paper Behind Global Trade
Somewhere in a port right now, a cargo document is being stamped by hand. By the figures Steve Hemmings has seen, between 60% and 80% of global maritime trade is still on paper. That’s not because the...
16 Loka 33min
Should a 16-Year-Old Have to Run His Own Crisis Helpline?
Is AI safety really about existential risk, or about the here-and-now? David Savage reconnects with Gaia Marcus, now Director of the Ada Lovelace Institute, five years after they first spoke while she...
14 Loka 28min
