Telstra - Behind the Mic: Recent Episodes
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Australian business has an amazing history of enterprising thinking - from the black box to boxed wine, the pacemaker to penicillin. What spurs our big thinking? And what’s behind our capacity for turning challenges into opportunities? In this series, Adam Spencer talks to many of today’s most enterprising minds to find out how they’re solving problems, how they embrace change to create progress, and how technology is at its best when it is laser focused on the people it aims to serve.
How do you build resilient and cyber fit supply chains as industries become increasingly digitised? Hear from Telstra experts about how we continue to help our customers meet their changing demands.
Nadine Allen is Ericsson’s Head of Enterprise Business for South East Asia, Oceania and India. She discusses the role of 5G as it increasingly becomes a gateway to digital transformation and explains the key drivers for enterprise digitisation. 5G has reached a point where it can play a key role as a reliable, single communications platform enabling organisations to both innovate and transform.
Hear how Cisco and Telstra are working together to enable businesses to manage the application growth and reliance we have seen post covid, as they highlight the important steps businesses can take to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
Geraldine Kor, Managing Director, South Asia - Telstra International, chats to Adam Spencer about how Telstra has been operating internationally for 75 years and has employees across 20 countries, delivering services to thousands of business, government, carrier, and OTT customers. With the word-class network at the heart, Telstra International owns and operates the largest intra-Asia subsea network, with core infrastructure spanning almost 400,000 kilometers – enough to circle the world almost 10 times. Geraldine is a champion of diversity and inclusion in the tech industry and a lover of artisan cheese.
Dr Catriona Wallace, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethicist and Futurist, has been working with Telstra and the Australian Government on the Responsible AI Index Report – a framework that develops Telstra’s capability for the ethical use of AI. They talk about how to implement AI in a huge organisation like Telstra and what’s involved in using AI responsibly.
Adam Spencer chats to Fraser Shields, IT Client Services Manager at Downer Group about how Telstra Purple helped the organisation equip its frontline workforce with AR.
Adam Spencer chats to Stuart Campbell, Head of Platforms and DevOps at VicRoads about how Telstra Purple is helping them automate critical processes in the cloud.
Adam Spencer chats to William Payne, Chief Digital Officer at Mirvac about how Telstra Purple helped them transform their communication network across the entire business.
Collaboration between ANZICS, Ambulance Victoria, and Telstra Purple resulted in an efficient, easy-to-use platform on Azure, empowering health workers in saving lives
Samaritans CEO Brad Webb joins Adam Spencer for a conversation on change - why Samaritans needed to embrace it, and how their journey to digitise helped them prepare for the biggest one to hit our generation. In the face of continued uncertainty and long term remote working models, learn how the changes the not-for-profit organisation made to the way they deliver services to vulnerable Australians gives Brad confidence.
Christian Neyle, IT Manager at Taylor, shows us how the construction company gets creative with technology to work more efficiently than ever before. From 5G to Microsoft HoloLens, hear how advanced wireless solutions are helping to rethink not only construction but the buildings themselves, to give us spaces that really connect with people.
Founder and CEO of Indigital, Mikaela Jade, is actively bridging the gap between cultural competency and digital skills development within Indigenous communities. Hear how Indigital is exposing young Indigenous Australians to the digital world.
Executive Director of The Australian Ballet, Libby Christie, has faced enormous challenges for this beloved institution as a result of COVID-19. There has also been a number of unexpected and surprising upsides.
From monk to venture capitalist and author, Kamal Sarma knows a thing or two about resilience. Hear his insights into managing stress, strengthening resilience and ways to help your community thrive.
What will Australian society and business look like post COVID-19? What will we have learnt? Hear Australia’s leading demographer Bernard Salt discuss the effect on the community and how we can apply the learning into the future.
Dr Jordan Nguyen almost walked away from electrical engineering until fate intervened. Now, as an inventor, he empowers people with disabilities to achieve their dreams, including the incredibly talented Jessica Irwin. Subscribe to Telstra - Behind the Mic to be the first to know about new episodes.
Co-founder and chairwoman of Prodea Systems and formerly co-founder and CEO of Telecom Technologies, Inc., Anousheh Ansari travelled to space just after her 40th birthday. Host Adam Spencer explores her world of business and life beyond earth.
Freakonomics co-author Stephen Dubner and host Adam Spencer sat down for a fascinating discussion on cheating teachers, bizarre baby names and self-dealing real estate agents. Subscribe to Telstra - Behind the Mic to be the first to know about new episodes.
Pullitzer prize winning reporter for The New York Times and author of "Smarter Faster Better" and "The Power of Habit," Charles Duhigg discusses how to understand, influence and ultimately change habits. Subscribe to Telstra - Behind the Mic to be the first to know about new episodes.
Explore the science of perfect timing with New York Times best-selling author and motivation expert, Daniel Pink, in a discussion led by host Adam Spencer. This open conversation helps us find our most productive times for work and business.
In this series, Adam Spencer talks to many of today’s most enterprising minds to find out how they’re solving problems, how they embrace change to create progress, and how technology is at its best when it is laser focused on the people it aims to serve.