Back in March 2020, David Burt and Phil Hayes-St Clair gave a prescient, pointed presentation on what this thing called COVID-19 might mean for the Australian Start-up Community - listen here: https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=596861 Over a year later, I asked them to take stock of the events that have happened since then, where reality matched their expectations (and where it didn't) and what may be in store for the Australian Startup Community in the future. They provide fascinating insights on topics ranging from financing trends to mental health.  

In a world that seems obsessed with innovation and novelty, what does it mean to focus on maintenance and care? This podcast features the founders of  The Maintainers, a global research network interested in the concepts of maintenance, infrastructure, repair, and the myriad forms of labor and expertise that sustain our human-built world. They are also the authors of a new book called "The Innovation Delusion". Andy Russell is Dean, College of Arts & Sciences at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. Lee Vinsel is Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech. Link to The Maintainers community: https://themaintainers.org/

A digital explosion has ripped through the battlefield. Multiple data trajectories have ruptured our capacity to make sense of and manage the effects of war. Radical War maps and traces war’s data trajectories from the battlefield, in the cloud, through the archive, in memory and out into the deeply mediated technologies that we use. Framing Radical War as a relationship between data, attention and control, it is a lens for highlighting the complex intra-dependent relationship between war, smart devices and web platforms. Dr Matthew Ford in a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at University of Sussex. Andrew Hoskins is Interdisciplinary Research Professor in Global Security in the College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow.  Website: http://www.radicalwar.com/ Twitters: https://twitter.com/warmatters https://twitter.com/andrewhoskins

Stuart Buchanan is a cultural programmer and curator, who seeks to deepen our relationship with the arts through digital channels and platforms. He has collaborated with artists and producers to devise and deliver many award-winning digital projects, from developing one of Scotland’s first cultural websites (for Edinburgh Fringe) through to the current Covid-19 Digital Season for Sydney Opera House. His work also extends to music programming, for broadcasters such as ABC Double J and FBi Radio, and as Director of the experimental music initiative, New Weird Australia. Stuart talks about digital programming at Australia's most recognisable arts institution, coping with COVID and the future of art. Sydney Opera House: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/digital.html New Weird Australia: https://www.newweirdaustralia.com.au/

Alan is the founder of industry analyst firm Deep Analysis and author of Amazon bestseller “Practical Artificial Intelligence - An Enterprise Playbook” - Alan has over 20 years experience as an adviser to tech firms and enterprises - focusing on emerging technology trends in Information Management. We talk about the skills needed to effectively use tools such as artificial intelligence and automation. https://www.deep-analysis.net/

Kate & Jol Temple talk about: - Getting published as a children's author - Writing for children - Performing their work to children - The changing nature of the children's book industry   More info: http://katejoltemple.com/

Professor Axel Bruns and Dr Timothy Graham from the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT have undertaken research on the spread of COVID-19 misinformation via social media platforms. In this podcast, we discuss what forms this misinformation takes, how it spreads and what we can do to overcome it.    Axel Bruns: https://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/a.bruns Timothy Graham: https://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/timothy.graham Like A Virus report: https://www.centreforresponsibletechnology.org.au/pro_trump_accounts_coordinated_spread_of_china_bio_weapon_covid_conspiracy_theory

Bobby Duffy is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute at King's College London. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Public Affairs for Ipsos MORI and Global Director of the Ipsos Social Research Institute. He has spent years researching the public perceptions and misperceptions of the societies in which they live. In this podcast, Prof Duffy explains the background to his research, what we get right and what we get wrong about the world and why, how this applies to COVID-19 and his upcoming research on the myths and truths about generational differences. More info on Bobby Duffy: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/bobby-duffy The Perils of Perception book: https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/general-books/psychology/The-Perils-of-Perception-Bobby-Duffy-9781786494566 The Policy Institute's research on COVID-19: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute

Tim Rayner teaches innovation and entrepreneurial leadership at UTS Business School and is the author of ‘Hacker Culture and the New Rules of Innovation’ (2018). In this episode, Tim explains how prototypes can be used by people working in businesses to drive better outcomes. https://medium.com/@timrayner01/thinking-through-prototypes-78554c4ae560

Eaon Pritchard is an advertising strategist in Melbourne. After unsuccessful attempts at neo-expressionist painting, pop stardom and later superstar DJ status (although he did achieve one global techno-house hit in the mid-90s) he finally turned to advertising as a last-gasp creative outlet. The conversation covers the fab four of art, music, advertising, and psychology. Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Shot-Both-Sides-Failure-Communicate/dp/1655342916