Over half of the 86% of Australian’s struggling with stress and burnout at work suffer in silence and Danielle Owen Whitford is out to change that.

Recognised as a World Changing Idea in 2021 by Fast Company, Pioneera is using linguistic analysis and AI to detect and prevent burnout in real time.

On the latest episode of The Digital Village Show, we spoke with Danielle about her transition from Executive General Manager of Transformation at a large insurer to start up founder, the ROI of wellbeing for organisations and creating positive productivity.

Guest

Danielle Owen Whitford: www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-owen-whitford
Pioneera: pioneera.com

Hosts

Luke Fabish: www.linkedin.com/in/luke-fabish-a1003a7
Josh Tai: www.linkedin.com/in/josh--tai

The Digital Village Show is presented by Digital Village, a network of over 300 digital specialists that form high impact teams to solve business technology problems all the way from strategy to development and scaling.

www.digitalvillage.network

Rob Morris is a prolific founder, investor, technologist and systems thinker. 

In the latest episode of The Digital Village Show, we discuss cooperative coordination by alignment rather than control, the meta crisis and the shift of advantage towards win-together approaches. Machiavelli isn’t dead but he’s feeling very sleepy.

Guests

Dr Simon Fielke - Also a research scientist in applied human geographical research into the implications of digitalisation of agricultural innovation systems and has published over 35 papers with CSIRO alone.

Professor Graham Williams - A leader in machine learning in AI and prolific author who has served as Principle Research Scientist at CSIRO, Director of Data Science at Microsoft and currently Chief Scientist, Software Innovation Institute at ANU.

Nikki and Peter Thompson - Land stewards in the Maranoa Region in Queensland who have utilised multiple streams of technology for their practices and contributed to industry initiatives such as  Farm Data Code and Rural Connectivity.

Pt. 2 dives deeper into the challenges and opportunities of innovation in the AgTech industry.

We explore the fair exchange of data between farmers and AgTech providers, the need for transparency and issues around data ownership.

The concept of ‘warm data’ is introduced which emphasises the context and interconnectedness of data, and the need for diverse perspectives in decision-making.

Graham Matthews highlight the importance of synthesising data and wisdom to drive responsible innovation and create a more holistic understanding of complex systems.

Quotes

“We’ve been providing all this data and giving it freely, or it’s been taken freely from us and then sold back to us in a package.” - Peter Thompson

“We need to bring back the relational understanding of the world and the interconnectedness of data.” - Nikki Thompson

“Synthesis is the next step from analysis, bringing elements back together with wisdom.” - Professor Graham Williams

Guests

Dr Cara Sitzlein - A CSIRO research scientist who specialises in science commercialisation for the land sector and continues to help bring user friendly tools to agriculture.

Dr Simon Fielke - Also a research scientist in applied human geographical research into the implications of digitalisation of agricultural innovation systems and has published over 35 papers with CSIRO alone.

Professor Graham Williams - A leader in machine learning in AI and prolific author who has served as Principle Research Scientist at CSIRO, Director of Data Science at Microsoft and currently Chief Scientist, Software Innovation Institute at ANU.

Nikki and Peter Thompson - Land stewards in the Maranoa Region in Queensland who have utilised multiple streams of technology for their practices and contributed to industry initiatives such as  Farm Data Code and Rural Connectivity.

Discover how responsible innovation is transforming digital agriculture technologies in Australia.

For Episode 18, we’re joined by an incredible panel who explain their personal experiences, insights and the hurdles to integrating these practices into the domain.

From enhancing soil health to bolstering food security, responsible innovation has emerged as a key to tackling Australia’s multifaceted challenges.

Tune in as they unravel the power of collaborative networks, bridging diverse groups and data access, ownership, and governance to create impactful change.

Joining us on Episode 18:

Dr Cara Stitzlein - A CSIRO research scientist who specialises in science commercialisation for the land sector and continues to help bring user friendly tools to agriculture.

Dr Simon Fielke - Also a research scientist in applied human geographical research into the implications of digitalisation of agricultural innovation systems and has published over 35 papers with CSIRO alone.

Professor Graham Williams - A leader in machine learning in AI and prolific author who has served as Principle Research Scientist at CSIRO, Director of Data Science at Microsoft and currently Chief Scientist, Software Innovation Institute at ANU.

Nikki and Peter Thompson - Land stewards in the Maranoa Region in Queensland who have utilised multiple streams of technology for their practices and contributed to industry initiatives such as  Farm Data Code and Rural Connectivity.

Join us on a thought-provoking journey as we explore a hypothetical scenario: What if platforms like Uber, Freelancer, and Upwork were owned by their own users?

In this episode, we're joined by Louis Cousins, Ana Aguirre and Nicolás Dimarco as we dive into the potential implications of a user-owned model, reshaping the way these platforms operate and their core priorities.

Season 3: The Next Generation of Digital Platforms 

Episode 1:  Co-op Car Ride

Guests:

Khalid Villalobos:  Geographer,  Political Scientist\

Markel Gibert: Co-founder and worker-owner,  TAZEBAEZ Coop.

Juan Latorre: Founder, Eraman Coop & Member,  Coop-Cycle

Francesca Martinelli: Director, Centro Studi Doc Foundation

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What it will take to secure a digital future that prioritises labour equity and well-being? That’s what we’ll be exploring across an all-new series from The Digital Village Show. The journey kicks off in Costa Rica, where we had the pleasure of spending 10 days working with some of the brightest minds in the digital platform cooperative movement.  

On Episode 1 we’re joined by Khalid, Markel, Juan, and Francessa to talk about platform cooperatives, how they work, and how they differ from other business models we’re more familiar with.

An economist, a lawyer, an engineer and a doctor… they may or may not walk into a bar but 17 years later are the co-founders of a double unicorn, Go1. Having raised US$100m in their second major capital raise in the space of 12 months earlier this year, the Edutech company is now valued at over $2billion.

On Episode 17 of The Digital Village Show, Vu Tran shares the incredible 17-year entrepreneurial story he, Andrew Barnes, Chris Eigeland and Chris Hood have been on together. 

The path of a founder is often marred with struggle, sacrifice, doubt and usually loneliness, and Vu certainly isn’t reserved about how the camaraderie between himself and his co-founders was pivotal in coming this far.

In an inspirational episode for all founders, he discusses their journey from selling websites door to door to delivering education to one billion people across the globe.

Time Stamps

Intro 

6:15 - 8:03: A 17 year, 7 year, overnight success story.

8:03 - 13:43: Building the foundations of a 17 year partnership.

13:44 - 15:27: What advice would (or wouldn’t) Vu give his 18-year old self.

15:28 - 21:15: How to overcome adversity.

21:16 - 27:05: Restarting from scratch to enter the learning space.

27:06 - 31:01: The pursuit to impact 1 billion people.

31:02 - 33:06: The benefits of Y Combinator.

33:07 - 36:25: “Can you sell it?” and finding product market fit.

36:26 - : The importance of skills vs education

Mark Monfort stands at the forefront of the Australian Web3 movement as co-founder of the Australian Defi Association and venture studio Not Centralised.

As a Tradfi native turned DeFi convert, he remains pragmatic about the mainstream adoption of decentralisation despite bearing the tounge-in-cheek monikor Captain Defi on Twitter & Discourse.

On Season 2 episode #6 of The Digital Village Show, we sit down with Mark to discuss all things Web3, regulation in the space, the crypto naysayers and the ‘modern renaissance’.