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Welcome to the Blue Door Podcast, brought to you by O2 Business, where we discuss technology that can help organisations be their best. We're focused on discussing market trends, culture and mindset, technologies that make a difference, and the lessons that can be learned from experts and market leaders from different industries. We interview senior leaders from some of the largest organisations across the globe. So open that door, come on in and let's begin.
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In Episode 31 of the Blue Door Podcast, we continue our conversation about office space - focusing on the consideration of employees and their needs. We also follow up the group discussion with some thoughts around virtual environments with Chris Early from Virgin Media O2. This week’s guests: Nick Giraudeau, a partner at Cushman & Wakefield before…
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In Episode 30 of the Blue Door Podcast, we bring together a panel of speakers from CBRE, WeWork and VirginMediaO2 as we look at the future of workspaces, and how organisations are considering the way they've traditionally operated and what they need for the future. This week’s guests: Nick Giraudeau, a partner at Cushman & Wakefield before becoming…
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In Episode 29 of the Blue Door Podcast, we are joined by Steven Moore, Head of Climate Action at GSMA, the industry association representing the worldwide mobile communications sector. We talk about the impact of technology on sustainability goals, from supply chain, through to product lifecycle. This week's guest: Steven Moore - Head of Climate Ac…
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In Episode 28 of the Blue Door Podcast, we focus on innovation. We are joined by Karl Turner, Solutions Architect designer from Virgin Media O2’s The Lab, to discuss how to foster a culture of innovation, and the questions businesses need to ask. This week's guest: Karl Turner - Solutions Architect designer from Virgin Media O2’s The Lab LinkedIn: …
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In Episode 27 of the Blue Door Podcast, we focus on transportation. As COP26 continues this week, we are joined by David Owens from Virgin Media O2's "The Lab" to look at how technology can provide a positive force for helping meet some of the sustainability objectives individuals and organisations are eager to achieve. This week's guest: David Owe…
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In Episode 26 of the Blue Door Podcast, as part of our future of work series, we look beyond the discussions already happening around desk based working, and focus instead on what's being done to adopt the same mindset and thinking to help accelerate field based workers using technologies that will support efficiencies, productivity and improvement…
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In Episode 25 of the Blue Door Podcast we continue our Lessons for Leaders series, and talk to Paul Asare-Archer, Director of Compliance at Virgin Media O2, who some long time listeners might remember from back in episode 7. As Black History Month comes to one end, we talk directly to Paul about his own story, and the lessons to share about diversi…
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As season one of the podcast draws to a close, we’ve been looking back at some of the highlights from the interviews and discussions we have had over the past six months. In a super-sized episode we have timecodes and topics listed below for those that want to jump around the episode: Strategic partnerships [00:02:03] The return to the office [00:1…
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This week, we focus on highlights from the conversations we've had around desk-based work force strategies. As doors to office buildings start to be opened, employees and employers have to make choices about what's going to be best for productivity, efficiency and staff well-being. This episode provides a rapid fire approach to looking at the 3 key…
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This week I have a conversation with Jo Wimble-Groves - mum, company founder, director, supporter of women in leadership and technology, and focused on helping young girls get involved in a STEM syllabus. With a genuine take on realising her own faults, we'll look at how she's used that to ensure the well-being of her staff, and looking at what les…
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This week we return to the topic of Smart Cities. I talk with Geoff Wappett, head of O2 Motion, who's been speaking with councils, businesses and other organisations to understand the benefits of Smart Cities - expediting movements of vehicles, people and things, sustainability and environmental opportunities and much much more. The skills required…
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This week we focus on workplace culture. Culture is what's being done, and what's reinforced by that visible aspect of what's acceptable. It overwrites the intent in policies, and it's what gives a workplace and workforce it's essence, character or structure – whether that's about encouraging people to be creative, rewarding trying new things, lear…
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This week we focus on the third of our 3 whitepaper topics: technology. Specifically we look at the needs of the workforce and how simple steps can be taken to support the employee experience. What tasks will we be using our virtual AI assistants to complete? What will be the impact of ‘bot bosses’ as they start to displace middle management? How d…
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This week, we welcome back Ant Morse, Head of Digital Solutions at O2 Business, to join me for another episode in our future of work series. Last week we covered the topic of talent, tools and space: new workplace strategies for a dynamic working world. With that focus on the physicality of space, this week we move on to the core focus of People. S…
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This week, we welcome back Chris early and Lucy Clayton, as they join me for another episode on our Future of Work series. We'll be discussing our new white paper - Talent, Tools and Space: New workplace strategies for a dynamic working world. What impact will flexibility have on the business? From an operations perspective, how do you accommodate …
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This week we discuss sustainability. As our energy demands, goods consumption and population continue to grow, organisations are looking at the conscious changes they can make to take social responsibility for their impact to planet and community. Our Blue Door Expo panel discusses the role that technology plays in supporting sustainable business m…
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This week we look at the topic of data. We consider what the right tools like, what true data driven insight can achieve, and the opportunity for individuals to understand the real value of their data. It is expected that every human on the planet will be creating approximately 1.7Mb of information .... every second. And with new low powered networ…
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This week we focus on the human aspect of cyber security. It’s a topic that demands a careful balance - ensuring there is protection of an organisation’s data, people and things whilst minimising the impact to employees, customers and citizens who just want to be able to do what they need to do. We listen to an expert panel from a Blue Door panel d…
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This week in our future of work series, we discuss some of the findings and analysis of a recent O2 Business survey that looks at how employee expectations have evolved during the pandemic. With input from over 2,000 UK desk-based workers it looks at what the future for the office worker might be as we start to open the doors of public and private …
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This week we explore the key items from a panel discussion on the topic of Smart Cities. What makes them work? What needs to happen to make the smart city a reality? What are the opportunities and pitfalls? And what effect has the pandemic had on Smart City progress? This episode includes extracts from our Blue Door Expo panel session from October …
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This week is another in our Future of Work series. We look at the impact the pandemic has had on organisations, and the opportunities created from disruption. At Blue Door Expo in October 2020, we put together a group panel discussion whose aim was to answer a number of key questions - What effect did the forced changes have on organisations? How d…
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This week we discuss climate action and the goal of net zero. You may know about O2’s own commitment to achieve net zero in its own operations by 2025 announced in March 2020. This week I caught up with Tracey Herald, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at O2, to find out more about our progress. The discussion considered the change…
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This week we consider the part that industry 4.0, private networks, robotics, data analytics, AI and connectivity will all play in the evolution of traditional organisations as we embrace the digitally connected era. We join a panel discussion with: British digital retailer AO.com The producer of about two-thirds of the UK's quota of sugar British …
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This week we join a panel discussion with Nokia, Microsoft, Cisco and Samsung providing market insights and predictions from businesses that are creating the next evolution of devices, services, solutions and connectivity platforms. We consider how the way we connect with other people, devices, places and things continues to evolve, and what we’re …
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This episode is part of our Lesson for Leaders series, and looks at diversity and inclusivity, trust and reputation. During Blue Door Expo 2020, we brought together a panel of leaders to explore the corporate responsibility of every organisation to not only be fair and trustworthy, but to create an environment where every employee feels comfortable…
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This week we continue our "Future of Work" series. In this episode we take a closer look at the physical workplaces of the future, as well as how innovation and the approach to improving services is evolving. I talk with Chris Early (from 14:09), the estates and development manager at Telefonica, about how desk based workers need for offices will e…
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This is our first in a series of episodes focused on the future of work. This week to talk to Dave Cornwell, Head of Solution Design at O2 about digital workplaces, including the tools and capabilities that are enabling today’s hybrid workforce to work from wherever they need to be. We also hear from Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks at Nok…
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This week, O2 CEO Mark Evans is in conversation with CEO of McDonalds UK and Ireland, Paul Pomroy. They were talking between the second and third lockdowns in the UK, and reflected on what it has meant to run an internationally recognised brand in 2020. They discussed leadership, managing and motivating staff, adapting to new ways of working, the i…
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This week, O2 CEO Mark Evans talks with England Rugby Head Coach about building high performing teams. You can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbv7ww3wNZk View all the Blue Door Expo content on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2elvLolPKfz1cgGuasaGjA Blue Door Awards - register your int…
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This week, Jo Bertram, Managing Director at O2 Business, shares her thoughts on five pillars that will support the recovery and re-imagine business in Britain. We’re also showcasing one of our Blue Door Award winners as we talk to Sudeep Chaterjee from ENABLE Scotland, an organisation whose mobile-first approach has transformed communication and en…
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This week’s episode focuses on innovation, not just for the sake of trying new things out, but innovation for the sake of survival. Consumer attitudes are changing at an accelerated pace. Access to information, insights and opinions has never been so easy or quick. Social platforms can amplify a voice with just a few clicks. The need to maintain re…
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