Best Lloyd Edge Podcasts (2025)

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Wired for success? The double-edged sword of ship connectivity 21:23

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Low Earth orbit connectivity doesn’t occupy the same number of column inches as say Houthi terror in the Red Sea, or the climate regulatory tussles at the IMO, but it has arguably changed shipping just as much, if not more.Vessels that have long relied on dependable, but relatively slow internet connectivity now have access to the kind of upload an…

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IUMI Singapore: is marine insurance entering its Asian century? 21:18

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Singapore literally would not exist without the shipping industry. In 1819 the East India Company reached agreement with the local ruler to use it as a waystation for vessels carrying opium to China. Five years later, it bought the entire country for cash.Two hundred years later, it would not be much of a stretch to describe it as a powerhouse port…

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Getting New Technology Adopted (with Dov Katz) 1:05:15

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Getting new technology adopted in a large organization can feel like pushing water uphill. The best tools in the world are useless if we're not allowed to use them, and as companies grow, their habits turn into inertia, then into "the way we've always done things." So how do you break through that resistance and get meaningful change to happen? Thi…

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S2 | E19 | Blueprints for Impact, Proving Value, Driving Change and Adapting to AI with Grant Ecker 48:01

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Transformation Mastery with Grant Ecker: Proving Value, Adopting Tech & Closing Talent Gaps Why do so many transformation programmes fail to deliver? In this episode of Transformational Blueprints, we sit down with Grant Ecker, VP of Enterprise Architecture at Ecolab, to cut through the noise and talk about what really drives impactful change. Gran…

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How to navigate risk amid uncertainty 16:22

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Why is the shadow fleet growing? Why do Chinese owners continue to sail their vessels through the Red Sea? And what happens if the International Maritime Organization does not adopt the Net-Zero Framework next month?In an age where uncertainty is simply part of doing business, Lloyd’s List gathered some of its expert analysts and journalists to bri…

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Commercial or Residential: Which Builds Wealth Faster? 29:10

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🎥 ABOUT THIS PODCAST: Commercial vs Residential property, where should investors put their money? 🤔 Residential is often seen as the safer play with steady growth, while commercial can deliver higher yields but comes with bigger risks. So, which path makes more sense for your portfolio today? In this episode of the Positively Geared Podcast, Lloyd …

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LISW The LISW Daily: How much inefficiency is too much inefficiency? 12:04

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On the final day of London International Shipping Week, Lloyd’s List reporter Joshua Minchin brings you the key takeaways from the week, alongside senior maritime reporter Greg Miller, maritime risk analyst Tomer Raanan and senior reporter Declan Bush. The three ask whether shipping could suffer from too much inefficiency, or at least the wrong kin…

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The LISW Daily: Is shipping too moany? 15:02

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Does shipping whinge too much? That’s the question Lloyd’s List senior reporter Joshua Minchin is asking on this edition of the daily reaction from London International Shipping Week, joined by editor-in-chief Richard Meade, APAC editor Cichen Shen, and senior risk and compliance analyst Bridget Diakun.Governments around the world, but particularly…

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JV, SMSF, or Rentvesting: Which Strategy Wins in 2025? 34:25

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ABOUT THIS PODCAST: Buying with a partner… smart move or risky play? 🤔 Should you consider rentvesting as a way to get ahead? And what can you really do inside an SMSF? In this episode of the Positively Geared Podcast, Lloyd Edge unpacks some of the biggest questions investors are asking right now—from joint ventures and legal structures to duplex …

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The LISW Daily: Net zero and navies 12:07

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Day three of London International Shipping Week sees the circus descend on the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization, which is playing host to the week’s headline conference.Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade, who moderated a session on decarbonisation, and senior reporters Joshua Minchin and Declan Bush were joined by Car…

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The LISW Daily: Nukes, London vibes and why shipping doesn’t like sharing 14:32

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As London International Shipping Week gets off to a frantic start, Lloyd’s List editor-in-chief Richard Meade and reporter Joshua Minchin bring you their highlights from the first two days of the event.Richard assesses London’s role in the shipping industry as the week kicks off, and asks what the UK needs to do to stay relevant in an industry that…

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How do we make London great again? 26:26

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THREE hundred years ago, when Lloyd’s List was still a list of ships pinned to a coffee shop wall, London was the epicentre of global trade. It was the hub where the shipowning, the insurance, the finance, the technology and the workforce got business done.And that was the case for centuries. But London is not the epicentre of global trade any more…

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From Unit Tests to Whole Universe Tests (with Will Wilson) 1:12:12

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How confident are you when your test suite goes green? If you're honest, probably not 100% confident - because most bugs come from scenarios we never thought to test. Traditional testing only catches the problems we anticipate, but the 3am pager alerts? Those come from the unexpected interactions, timing issues, and edge cases we never imagined. In…

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S2 | E18 | Leading Without Limits: How to Build Teams That Show Up Even When the Money Runs Out with Nadir Khan 44:55

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In this episode of Transformational Blueprints, we welcome Nadir Khan from Victoria and Albert Museum, to explore the foundational question of why so many transformation programs fall short and what can be done about it. Nadir shares insights from his career, including his experience leading smart campus transformations at Queen Mary University and…

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Why is shore leave heading for extinction? 19:30

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Shore leave is a fundamental part of life at sea. It has been for centuries.The modern seafarer can spend up to 11 months on board a vessel during a contract, so getting on to dry land whenever possible can be an important form of rest and recuperation.But this custom is under threat.A recent report by the ITF Seafarers’ Trust showed that a quarter…

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The Top 100 Container Ports: 2024’s winners and losers 16:08

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Every year, Lloyd’s List publishes a list of the world’s Top 100 container ports.And to mark the release of this year’s ranking, we’re taking a deep dive in this week’s episode to understand the key trends seen across the container sector last year, and work out what the rest of the year has in store.In a year defined by disruption, the world’s lea…

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Houses vs Units: Which Should You Invest In? 28:59

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ABOUT THIS PODCAST: Houses vs units… which one really makes the better investment? 🤔 Some argue that houses win every time because of land value and growth. Others say units are cheaper, easier to get into, and just as profitable. So, which one should you choose? And what risks or hidden costs should you watch out for? 👀 In today’s episode of Posit…

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S2 | E17 | Humans at the Heart of Enterprise Architecture with Jon Durant ex Head of Architecture at UCAS 41:43

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In this episode of Transformational Blueprints, we dive deep into why so many transformation programs fail and explore real-world solutions with Jon Durant, an esteemed architecture leader. Jon discusses his extensive experience in the finance, publishing, and education sectors, sharing insights on the crucial role of humans in enterprise architect…

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Building Render: Inside a Modern Cloud Platform (with Anurag Goel) 1:24:57

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How would you build a Heroku-like platform from scratch? This week we're diving deep into the world of cloud platforms and infrastructure with Anurag Goel, founder and CEO of Render. Starting from the seemingly simple task of hosting a web service, we quickly discover why building a production-ready platform is far more complex than it appears. Why…

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False flags: Why shipping’s registry system is broken and how we fix it 24:53

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WHEN an oil tanker can trade internationally and switch between fictional flags and take on digital identities of ghost ships that were scrapped years ago, there is a problem.Not a fictional problem. A real life, tangible problem that relates to a real ship performing really dangerous operations with zero accountability and, apparently, no means to…

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Upskilling is Broken: Myth, Model, or Management Failure ft. Mahesh Raja | Hot Takes and Hard Truths 23:14

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In this debut episode of Hot Takes & Hard Truths, a new subseries under the Zinnov Podcast: Business Resilience series, Nikhil Kulkarni, Partner, Zinnov, sits down with Mahesh Raja, Chief Growth Officer at Ness Digital Engineering, to unpack a pressing question:If every company is investing in upskilling, why does it feel like no one’s actually lea…

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S2 | E16 | Do We Really Need Architects Anymore with Luca Mezzalira from AWS 53:29

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In this episode of Transformational Blueprints, we were joined by Luca Mezzalira, Principal Solutions Architect at AWS. We discuss the evolving role of architects in the tech world, particularly focusing on the balance between technical skills and communication. Luca shares his journey from software developer to architect, emphasizing the importanc…

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False flags: How to set up a fake ship register and get away with it 21:25

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Until fairly recently the government of Malawi were blissfully unaware of the fact that they inadvertently stumbled into a tense political stand-off between Nato and Russia.Ministers in the landlocked capital Lilongwe were understandably surprised to find that they had been enthusiastically registering sanctioned shadow fleet tankers and fixing the…

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Beyond Algorithms: AI, People, and the True Measure of Software Productivity Ft. Dr. Ranjit Tinaikar, Ness Digital Engineering 27:13:00

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How do you measure software productivity in an AI-first world, and are we focusing on the right metrics? In this episode of the Zinnov Podcast – Business Resilience Series, Pari Natarajan, CEO of Zinnov, speaks with Dr. Ranjit Tinaikar, CEO and Board Member of Ness Digital Engineering, to examine why traditional approaches to measuring productivity…

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What next for the ETS? 18:34

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The EU’s two big green regulations on shipping have had many consequences, whether intended or otherwise. But their original purpose was as a threat.Four years ago the International Maritime Organization had been dragging its feet on agreeing any kind of meaningful limits on CO2 from ships. So Brussels effectively told the regulator: reduce your em…

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InfluxDB: The Evolution of a Time Series Database (with Paul Dix) 1:49:23

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How hard is it to write a good database engine? Hard enough that sometimes it takes several versions to get it just right. Paul Dix joins us this week to talk about his journey building InfluxDB, and he's refreshingly frank about what went right, and what went wrong. Sometimes the real database is the knowledge you pick up along the way.... Paul wa…

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S2 | E15 | The Business Architecture Edge with Whynde Kuehn 45:30

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In this episode of Transformational Blueprints, we speak with Whynde Kuehn, a globally recognised expert in business architecture, strategy execution, and organisational transformation. Whynde shares her insights on why many transformation programs fail and how to leverage business architecture to bridge the gap between strategy and execution. We d…

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Is shipping ready for the Hong Kong Convention? 29:39

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This episode of the Lloyd’s List Podcast was brought to you by Veson. Visit veson.com for more information.MOST end-of-life ships usually meet their demise on the beaches of the Indian subcontinent or Aliaga in Türkiye, with the ship recycling industry not being known for a culture of safety or environmental consciousness.But the long-term efforts …

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The FSO Safer Story: How the world failed to contain the Houthi threat 21:43

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This episode of the Lloyd's List Podcast was brought to you by Veson. Visit veson.com for more information.Moored off Yemen’s coast, the FSO Safer is a decaying supertanker that could have spilled more than a million barrels of oil into the Red Sea. The result would have been an environmental, humanitarian and economic catastrophe.But the UN raised…

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The FSO Safer Story: How the world gave the Houthis an oil tanker 15:23

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This episode of the Lloyd's List Podcast was brought to you by Veson. Visit veson.com for more information.This is a story about a ship that has been used as a floating bomb, as political leverage, as an environmental threat.It’s a story about how the international community was convinced into raising $50m to buy a group designated by the US govern…

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Beyond AI Hype, What Will Developers Actually Use? (with Zach Lloyd) 1:18:06

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If AI coding tools are here to stay, what form will they take? How will we use them? Will they be just another window in our IDE, will they push their way to the centre of our development experience, displacing the editor? No one knows, but Zach Lloyd is making a very interesting bet with the latest version of Warp. In this deep dive, Zach walks us…

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The half-year outlook 2025: Dry bulk 14:05

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Amid all of the seemingly endless ups and downs that have dominated 2025 so far, dry bulk, as it always does, just keeps on going, moving some of the world’s most important commodities across our oceans.At the end of last year, the almost unanimous prediction for 2025 was that the dry bulk market wasn’t set for its best year ever. Market fundamenta…

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S2 | E14 | EA Skills of the Future with Rubi Kaur - Chief Enterprise Architect at Lloyds Banking Group 40:40

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In this episode of Transformational Blueprints, we sit down with Ruby Kaur, an award-winning enterprise architect and strategy manager, to discuss the essential skills required for future enterprise architects (EAs) and the importance of gender diversity in the field. Ruby shares her journey from a STEM student to Chief Enterprise Architect at Lloy…

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The role of AI in maritime: can it help us be more human? 17:08

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This episode of The Shipping Podcast is brought to you by VesonAI can provide valuable decision-making support in maritime supply chain management and it is not just a dry academic exercise: in this podcast we hear that we should play with it and have some fun along the way Eric Christofferson is Chief Product Officer at Veson Nautical, which is a …

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The half-year outlook 2025: Tankers 16:15

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This episode of the Lloyd's List Podcast was brought to you by Veson. Visit veson.com for more information.Every year, Lloyd’s List publishes two sets of market outlooks. One at the end of the year and one mid-way through.Disruption and uncertainty have been synonymous with container shipping in recent years. So far, 2025 has seen more of the same …

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The $500 Billion Integration Problem, And One Possible Solution (with Marty Pitt) 1:31:33

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Ever wondered why data integration is still such a nightmare in 2025? Marty Pitt has built something that might finally solve it. TaxiQL isn't just another query language - it's a semantic layer that lets you query across any system without caring about field names, API differences, or where the data actually lives. Instead of writing endless mappi…

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S2 | E13 | Sustainable Technology with Oliver Cronk - Technology Director at Scott Logic 45:35

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In this episode of Transformational Blueprints, we are joined by Oliver Cronk, Technology Director at Scott Logic. The conversation delves into the challenges and solutions of sustainable technology. Oliver shares his insights on the importance of reducing technology's environmental impact, aligning business goals with sustainability, and the cruci…

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The half-year outlook 2025: Containers 19:41

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EVERY year, Lloyd’s List publishes two sets of markets outlooks. One at the end of the year and one mid-way through. Disruption and uncertainty have been synonymous with container shipping in recent years. So far, 2025 has seen more of the same — and, well, the only certainty at this stage is that this is unlikely to change through to December.US t…

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Buying ships in 2025: what the average owner needs to think about 27:11

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This episode of the Lloyd's List Podcast was brought to you by Wirana - visit www.wirana.com/ for more informationTHERE are tens of thousands of shipowners in the world, but only a handful of them can be properly be classified as major players.Much of the content of Lloyd’s List naturally focuses on the MSCs, Frontlines and Maersk’s of this world, …

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Making Software Crash Before It Breaks (with Isaac Van Doren) 57:08

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At 23, Isaac is already jaded about software reliability - and frankly, he's got good reason to be. When your grandmother can't access her medical records because a username change broke the entire system, when bugs routinely make people's lives harder, you start to wonder: why do we just accept that software is broken most of the time? Isaac's ans…

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S2 | E12 | Legacy Systems Modernization and the role of Architecture Vikram Karumbaiah - Head of Architecture at Tenerity 41:08

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In this episode of Transformational Blueprints, we speak with Vikram Karumbaiah, Head of Architecture with 25 years of experience, about the challenges and strategies involved in modernizing legacy systems. Vikram shares his journey from handling Y2K issues to leading a team of architects at Tenerity, a company that provides loyalty programs, custo…

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Who are the winners and losers of shipping’s decarbonised regulatory future? 41:16

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Who are the winners and losers of shipping’s decarbonised regulatory future? by Lloyd's ListBy Lloyd's List

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India’s Edge Isn’t Just Talent - It’s the Will to Build ft. Ajai Chowdhry | Legends and Legacies 39:19

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What does it take to turn a company into a leadership factory — and a country into a product powerhouse? In this premiere episode of Legends & Legacies, Zinnov’s President Sidhant Rastogi sits down with Ajai Chowdhry, Padma Bhushan awardee and HCL co-founder, to decode the DNA of enduring value creation in people, technology, and nations. From pion…

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Why shipping is sounding more bullish on short- and long-term risk factors 21:32

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What does China’s unassailable lead in terms of naval power, the wording of recent US statutes and the adaptability of shipping, all have to do with how a chief financial officer eats their breakfast?It’s all about how shipping perceives risk and uncertainty right now. Uncertainty has dominated the shipping industry in the past months.But this narr…

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Making Apache Kafka Diskless (with Filip Yonov & Josep Prat) 1:29:29

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How do you retrofit a clustered data-processing system to use cheap commodity storage? That’s the big question in this episode as we look at one of the many attempts to build a version of Kafka that uses object storage services like S3 as its main disk, sacrificing a little latency for cheap, infinitely-scalable disks. There are several companies t…

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Woman in the Mirror Ft. Rama Bijapurkar 28:41

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What does it really take to own the room, especially when it wasn’t designed for you? We’re back with Season 2 of Woman in the Mirror, a Zinnov podcast series hosted by Nitika Goel, CMO at Zinnov. And we’re opening with a powerhouse: Rama Bijapurkar. Rama is one of India’s most respected thinkers on business strategy, market behavior, and leadershi…

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How to find a commercial carbon advantage in shipping 17:34

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Efficiency is good business.Forget any lofty notions of environmental altruism for the moment. Burning less fuel, emitting less CO2 that just makes sense financially speaking. Except, that in shipping, inefficiency can often bring opportunity. Arbitrage and trading optionality is often a bigger, more profitable pull away from strict notions of carb…

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Ships are getting older and safety is suffering 10:40

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The global shipping fleet is getting older, but it is also getting more dangerous. As freight rates surged in a tonne-miles driven market, many shipowners delayed scrapping older vessels, which put seafarers, cargo and the environment at greater risk. The industry must now act decisively to improve safety standards amid an ageing fleet, argues the …

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S2 | E11 | How to Get People to Listen to Architects with Petra in’t Veld-Brown 39:25

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In this episode of Transformational Blueprints, we interview Petra in’t Veld-Brown, an expert in strategic business transformation and enterprise architecture. With over 30 years of experience, Petra shares her journey and insights into effectively integrating business change delivery with architecture. The conversation covers the evolving role of …

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Built to Last: AI, Circularity, and the Future of Product Design Ft. Catherine Kniker and Dave Duncan, PTC 28:28

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What happens when sustainability stops being a cost center and starts becoming a competitive edge? In this episode of the Zinnov Podcast – Business Resilience Series, host Pari Natarajan, CEO, Zinnov, sits down with Catherine Kniker, Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer, PTC, and Dave Duncan, Head of Sustainability, PTC. From their personal j…