Blue Door Podcast

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 2020. Want more?

• Read the blog summary and access other insights here
• View all our Blue Door Expo 2020 content on YouTube here
• Blue Door Awards - register your interest

This week's guests:

Robert Franks, Managing Director of West Midlands 5G
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franksrobert

Steve Rose, Executive Partner at Bell Labs Consulting
Twitter: @stephenroseBLC

Alastair McMahon, Commercial Director  - Smart Cities, Health and Mobility at O2 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastair-mcmahon-1a013210/

Laila Takeh, Digital Strategy and Innovation Senior Manager at 5prinG
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lailatakeh

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 did organisations adapt? What has worked, what hasn’t? What has it meant for recruitment?
• O2’s Katy Liddell facilitated the discussion - and started by asking Robert Gordon, CEO of Hitachi Capital, what effect the forced changes they had on the business.

Want more?

• Download our Future of Work survey report: 'Creating a dynamic workforce: empowering employees for productivity and growth'
• View all our Blue Door Expo 2020 content on YouTube here
• Blue Door Awards - register your interest

This week's guests:

• Robert Gordon, CEO of Hitachi Capital
  • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/robert-gordon/
• Victoria Higgin, CIO at Highways England
  • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/victoriahiggin/
  • Twitter: @VictoriaHiggin
• Giles Perkins, Head of Future Mobility at WSP UK
  • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/giles-perkins-2b976429/
  • Twitter: @GilesBPerkins
• Sergio Budkin, Director of Business Products and Propositions at O2
  • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sbudkin/

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 changes that individual organisations can make, the importance of collaboration and partnerships, bringing your suppliers along on the net zero journey, as well as the effects of the pandemic on the targets already in place. 

We kicked off with a fundamental question: What does ‘net zero’ actually mean?

Want more:

• The journey to net zero: what we've learnt in a 5-step process report can be found here:  https://connect.o2.co.uk/ourjourneytonetzero
• View all our Blue Door Expo 2020 content on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2elvLolPKfz1cgGuasaGjA
• Blue Door Awards - register your interest: https://connect.o2.co.uk/blue-door-awards-2021

This week's guest:

Tracey Herald, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at Telefonica UK (O2).

• Twitter: @traceyherald
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceyherald/?originalSubdomain=uk

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 Sugar
• Venture capital firm Accel
• The industrial research arm of Nokia, Bell Research Labs

Watch the complete panel discussion on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCffzEi1O5Y

View all our Blue Door Expo 2020 content on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2elvLolPKfz1cgGuasaGjA

Blue Door Awards - register your interest: https://connect.o2.co.uk/blue-door-awards-2021

This week's guests:

John Roberts, CEO of AO.com

• Twitter: @johnrobertsAO

Andrei Brasoveanu, Partner at Accel

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreibrasoveanu/?originalSubdomain=uk
• Twitter: @algovc

Steve Rose, Executive Partner at Bell Research Labs and Nokia

• Twitter: @stephenroseBLC

Julie Warhaugh, Digital Transformation-Chief Architect at British Sugar

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwardhaugh/?originalSubdomain=uk

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 expecting to see over the next five years. 

Watch the complete panel discussion on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xOxqp-OXMs

View all our Blue Door Expo 2020 content on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2elvLolPKfz1cgGuasaGjA

Blue Door Awards - register your interest: https://connect.o2.co.uk/blue-door-awards-2021

This week's guests:

Marcus Wheldon, President, Bell Labs and CTO Nokia

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-weldon-1266497/

Twitter: @MarcusWheldon

Joe Walsh, Director of B2B, Samsung

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwalsh2000/

Nick Hedderman, Director, Modern Work and Security Business Group, Microsoft

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickhedderman/

Rob Price, CTO, UK Partner Organisation, Cisco

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-price-5b69883/

Session facilitated by Zoe Hominick, Head of Business Marketing and CEX, O2

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoehominick/

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 to be their whole selves, as well as providing representation and support to the communities they serve and are a part of.

View the full panel discussion here: https://youtu.be/AxP4Qd6yZZQ

View all our Blue Door Expo 2020 content on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2elvLolPKfz1cgGuasaGjA

Blue Door Awards 2021- register your interest: https://connect.o2.co.uk/blue-door-awards-2021

This week’s guests:

David Clarke, Director of Services at Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)

• Twitter: @ClarkieGB7
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-clarke-b6762910/

Jake Dubbins, Co-Founder and Co-Chair at Conscious Advertising Network

• Twitter: @JacobDubbins
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-dubbins-34888010/

Paul Asare-Archer, Head of Compliance at O2 

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-asare-archer-2bbab164/

Maryam Minhas, Sales and Partner Manager of Interactive Messaging at O2. 

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryam-minhas/

• View all our Blue Door Expo 2020 content on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2elvLolPKfz1cgGuasaGjA
• Blue Door Awards - register your interest: https://connect.o2.co.uk/blue-door-awards-2021

This week's guests:

• Chris Early - Estates and Development Manager at Telefonica. 
  • Twitter: @chriscearly
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chearly
• Ant Morse - Head of Digital Solutions at O2.
  • Twitter: @AntMorseUK
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antmorse

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 Nokia, who introduces the topics of Industry 4.0 and 5G Private Networks. Two topics that we'll be exploring in more depth over the coming weeks.

• Watch Tommi Uitto's presentation as part of our "Defining the future" episode from Blue Door Expo 2020 on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoektfOrO6A
• View all the Blue Door Expo 2020 content on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2elvLolPKfz1cgGuasaGjA
• Blue Door Awards - register your interest: https://connect.o2.co.uk/blue-door-awards-2021

This week's guests:

• David Cornwell - Head of Solution Design at O2.
  • Twitter: @dcornwell81
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpcornwell
• Tommi Uitto - President of Mobile Networks at Nokia.
  • Twitter: @tommiuitto
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommi-uitto-26170714

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 importance of strategic partnerships, adopting new technology, as well as about being ready for what comes next.

Access "The Big Ask" report here (O2, in partnership with Retail Economics, are now pleased to present our new research report looking at what makes people buy.) https://connect.o2.co.uk/the-big-ask-download-report

You can watch the full interview on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=parBIZfO_tI

View all the Blue Door Expo content on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2elvLolPKfz1cgGuasaGjA

Blue Door Awards - register your interest: https://connect.o2.co.uk/blue-door-awards-2021

This week's guests:

• Mark Evans - CEO, O2
• Paul Pomroy - CEO McDonald's UK and Ireland

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 interest: https://connect.o2.co.uk/blue-door-awards-2021

This week's guests:

• Mark Evans - CEO, O2
• Eddie Jones - Men's Head Coach, England Rugby