Category: Podcast Episodes

ICTP 293: Being innovative is more than just sitting and waiting to be inspired, with Lorenzo Hodges of Plain White Table

Innovation. Virtually everyone hopes they are considered innovative, and organisations and our societies at large also want to be seen as being innovative, but there are several myths surrounding innovation that ought to be debunked. We revisit our 2019 interview with Lorenzo Hodges, of innovation strategy firm, Plain White Table, in which he discusses, among other things:  the biggest misconception people have about innovation; how innovation can be systematised in organisations; and critical elements that must be in place for innovation to truly become part of an organisation’s culture.

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ICTP 292: Tell us that blockchain technology isn’t dead, with Cleve Mesidor, of the Blockchain Foundation

A few years ago, blockchain technology was considered transformative – the best thing since sliced bread – but today, we have not been hearing much about it at all. With Cleve Mesidor of the Blockchain Foundation, we discuss the current state of blockchain technology, how it can be leveraged in the Caribbean region, especially to improve the lives and livelihoods of ordinary citizens, and what countries ought to be doing to capitalise on the opportunities and efficiencies blockchain technology facilitates.

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ICTP 291: 2024 Expert Insight update on cyber threats and security in the Caribbean, with Sean Slattery of Caribbean Solutions Lab

In the first instalment in our Expert insights series on cyber threats and security for 2024, and once again with Sean Slattery of Caribbean Solutions Lab, he discusses, among other things: the changes in the threat landscape that occurred in 2023; the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the security space; ethical considerations surrounding cybersecurity, particularly in areas like privacy and surveillance; possible implications of nation-state-sponsored cyberattacks; and three things organisations should be doing in 2024 to improve their network/IT security.

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ICTP 290: Governments and content creation, network infrastructure resilience, and regulating digital media

In our February 2024 Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Media and Business Strategist, Nerissa Golden, of Goldenmedia LLC, and ICT Consultant and head of PromoTIC in Haiti, Gregory Domond, the panel discusses: Governments and their use of influencers and content marketing as part of their communications strategy; telecommunications networks and infrastructure resilience assessments and the lessons Caribbean countries can learn from the recently concluded assessment exercise in Haiti; and regulating digital media, can it be done without undermining citizens’ rights?

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ICTP 289: Akata Farms, AgTech and why passion doesn’t sell, with Bevon Chadel Charles

How long could our countries feed themselves if they were cut off from the rest of the world and could only depend on the resources currently within their domain? It is a question more countries are grappling with when addressing matters related to food security and sustainable agriculture. In this podcast episode, we circle back to Bevon Chadel Charles and Akata Farms in Grenada to find out, among other things: how the farm has been doing since our first conversation in 2021; what Bevon thinks about the ‘new’ focus on AgTech and the challenges of that space that people don’t talk about; and why passion doesn’t sell.

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