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WiserWednesday.com #S02.E04 - Talking Rubbish with James Piper

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About this Episode

It gives me great pleasure to welcome James Piper - this is a unique interview as we've had the pleasure of working together at Ecosurety for a number of years. Current backdrop is that AI hype is exploding, as is the planet. Unfortunately we are now expecting to breach the 1.5 DegC Climate Threshold by 2027. So this is an important debate (maybe the former can help us solve the latter)? Key takeaways. Let's make sure we... - trust in our people - nurture our team culture - & 'recycle more than a tennis ball!' Hopefully you feel like you can go out there and do good in your own way after listening to this interview! Your host as always is James Potten. Enjoy!

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