Cogent Conversations
26 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Cogent gets a pretty unique look inside digital organisations, which enables us to deeply understand what goes into make these types of business work well.We were thinking about this, and we were pretty sure there would be a bunch of other people that would like to hear about what we have learned both from us, and other people who are working in digital businesses around Melbourne. So was born the Cogent Conversations podcast.In the episodes that follow we talk with founders and leaders from organisations we see as exemplars of the digital businesses of Melbourne, getting their insights and experiences of what goes into making a digital business thrive. In this episode, we give you a quick look at the origins of this podcast, why we think it is important, and the types of organisations we will be talking with.To keep up to date with what is happening with Cogent, including when new episodes of this podcast are released, you can subscribe to our blog at cogent.co/blog. Or follow us on Twitter: @cogent_co or Instagram: @cogent_co.
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The Future of Distributed Work
December 08, 2021 23:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBWelcome to the sixth episode in Season 3 of Cogent Conversations, where we'll be taking a deeper dive into the 2021 Australia & New Zealand Product Teams Report. This is the second year we've published the report, featuring insights from 100 tech companies across Australia and New Zealand, and helping us answer the question we get asked most at Cogent: “how do other people do it?” when it comes to the way product teams best work together. In this episode Adam Murray, a Product Principal he...
How Teams Are Staying Connected Remotely
December 01, 2021 22:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBWelcome to the fifth episode in Season 3 of Cogent Conversations, where we'll be taking a deeper dive into the 2021 Australia & New Zealand Product Teams Report. This is the second year we've published the report, featuring insights from 100 tech companies across Australia and New Zealand, and helping us answer the question we get asked most at Cogent: “how do other people do it?” when it comes to the way product teams best work together. In this episode Adam Murray, a Product Principal he...
How Teams Prioritise Work and Releases
November 24, 2021 22:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBWelcome to the fourth episode in Season 3 of Cogent Conversations, where we'll be taking a deeper dive into the 2021 Australia & New Zealand Product Teams Report. This is the second year we've published the report, featuring insights from 100 tech companies across Australia and New Zealand, and helping us answer the question we get asked most at Cogent: “how do other people do it?” when it comes to the way product teams best work together. In this episode Adam Murray, a Product Principal h...
The Value of Product Managers
November 18, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBWelcome to the second episode in Season 3 of Cogent Conversations, where we'll be taking a deeper dive into the 2021 Australia & New Zealand Product Teams Report. This is the second year we've published the report, featuring insights from 100 tech companies across Australia and New Zealand, and helping us answer the question we get asked most at Cogent: “how do other people do it?” when it comes to the way product teams best work together. In this episode Adam Murray, a Product Principal h...
How leaders can best support and motivate product teams
November 09, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBWelcome to the second episode in Season 3 of Cogent Conversations, where we'll be taking a deeper dive into the 2021 Australia & New Zealand Product Teams Report. This is the second year we've published the report, featuring insights from 100 tech companies across Australia and New Zealand, and helping us answer the question we get asked most at Cogent: “how do other people do it?” when it comes to the way product teams best work together. In this episode Adam Murray, a Product Principal h...
How high-performing teams work together
November 03, 2021 02:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBWelcome to the first episode in Season 3 of Cogent Conversations, where we'll be taking a deeper dive into the 2021 Australia & New Zealand Product Teams Report. This is the second year we've published the report, featuring insights from 100 tech companies across Australia and New Zealand, and helping us answer the question we get asked most at Cogent: “how do other people do it?” when it comes to the way product teams best work together. In this episode Adam Murray, a Product Principal he...
Covid-19 Mini-Series: Education Perfect
June 10, 2020 23:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBCovid-19 has impacted us all. It's changing the way we live, the way we do business and the way we interact with each other. We've seen businesses react in a range of different ways, and decided to use this time to share some inspiring stories of digital business who are innovating to survive and thrive. In this short mini-series, we'll share stories of how businesses are managing this from the coalface, how they've changed their product/strategy and how they've made it all happen with remot...
Covid-19 Mini-Series: Fresho
June 03, 2020 00:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MBCovid-19 has impacted us all. It's changing the way we live, the way we do business and the way we interact with each other. We've seen businesses react in a range of different ways, and decided to use this time to share some inspiring stories of digital business who are innovating to survive and thrive. In this short mini-series, we'll share stories of how businesses are managing this from the coalface, how they've changed their product/strategy and how they've made it all happen with remot...
Covid-19 Mini-Series: Covidence
May 28, 2020 23:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBCovid-19 has impacted us all. It's changing the way we live, the way we do business and the way we interact with each other. We've seen businesses react in a range of different ways, and decided to use this time to share some inspiring stories of digital business who are innovating to survive and thrive. In this short mini-series, we'll share stories of how businesses are managing this from the coalface, how they've changed their product/strategy and how they've made it all happen with remot...
Covid-19 Mini-Series: Smiling Mind
May 21, 2020 05:00 - 24 minutes - 17 MBCovid-19 has impacted us all. It's changing the way we live, the way we do business and the way we interact with each other. We've seen businesses react in a range of different ways, and decided to use this time to share some inspiring stories of digital business who are innovating to survive and thrive. In this short mini-series we'll share stories of how businesses are managing this from the coalface, how they've changed their product/strategy and how they've made it all happen with remote...
15. Startup Victoria with Judy Anderson
March 10, 2020 22:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBThe founder journey can be a lonely one. Sometimes you wonder if it's all worth it, but it it's also full of reward, joy and a profound sense of achievement. In this episode we talk with Judy Anderson, CEO of Startup Vic. Startup Vic is a not-for-profit organisation which nurtures the community of founders in Victoria so that their struggles and joys can be normalised and shared, helping give founders the best possible chance to succeed. Judy gives as a insightful look into the life of a ...
14. REA Group with Andrew Rechtman
February 26, 2020 01:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBCorporate innovation is hard. Much has been written about it and there are countless ways to go about it, but the benefits are tantalising. For some organisations, it means that they continue to live; they can reinvent themselves before it's too late. For others, it is an opportunity to grow beyond what they are; to leverage the social, brand, intellectual, monetary capital they have built up to create something new. In this episode, we get a first-hand look at a corporate innovation story ...
13. Oculo with Kate Taylor
February 11, 2020 23:00 - 47 minutes - 33 MBThe stories that inspired the creation of many of the businesses that we work with are pretty amazing, and we think the stories of Oculo and its founder and CEO, Dr Kate Taylor, are right up there with the best of them. Kate trained as a surgeon but discovered she had an allergy to surgical gloves and went to work at McKinseys where she founded the Global Health Initiative through the World Economic Forum. She eventually found herself having a conversation with a Professor of Ophthalmology...
12. Culture Amp with Doug English
January 28, 2020 22:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MB'Enabling organisations to be great places for humans to work' It's one of those aspirations that's easy to say and agree with, but yet seems to be a challenge for so many workplaces nowadays. After a number of attempts experimenting with different product ideas to help move organisations in this direction, the co-founders of Culture Amp decided to try again, this time without writing a line of code. Armed with hi-fidelity designs they pitched their idea to HR leaders of large organisation...
11. .ID with Lailani Burra
January 14, 2020 01:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBWhen .ID (Informed Decisions) was founded, the term startup didn't exist. The founder was Ivan Motley and after spending a period of time working within larger organisations, he thought that by starting his own business he could create the change in the world he wanted to see. It's a familiar story for many of us today, but one that was a little more unusual 20 years ago. .ID are all about harnessing data that tells a story, enabling those who are shaping our communities to make better deci...
10. Ynomia with Matt Lickwar
December 17, 2019 03:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBThe construction industry has risk pretty much built in, from safety risks to budgetary risks and risks that appear years after the building has been finished. In an industry with such tight margins and such big upfront costs, even small improvements can have a large impact. Ynomia is an Internet of Things start-up that is working with construction companies to help them make one such improvement, specifically around gaining clarity on where their building materials are at any given moment...
9. Indigitek with Liam Ridgeway
November 20, 2019 04:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBWhat would it look like if the technology we created was informed by the voices of many, and built solely to create positive outcomes? What would be enabled if careers in technology were more visible to indigenous communities: for the individuals who take up that career path; for the indigenous communities that are better served by technology; and more broadly for western and corporate Australia? Our guest for this week, Liam Ridgeway, is the co-founder of two organisations that together ...
8. Up Banking with Dom Pym
November 19, 2019 00:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBTo view the show notes for this episode, visit: cogent.co/podcast-8 Some products can only be described as beautiful, where the product just seems to nail it. Whether it's the considered details of design, deep learning enabling meaningful impact or the commitment the product shows to helping people to live better lives. We think that Up, Australia's first digital bank, is one of those beautiful products. We were full of excitement to talk with Dom Pym, co-founder of Up and Ferocia about h...
7. Chargefox with Marty Andrews
July 29, 2019 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBTo view the show notes for this episode, head to www.cogent.co/podcast-7 Marty Andrews was high on our list of people to talk with on this podcast. One of Melbourne's early adopters of the principles of Agile, Marty helped bring about changes to the way software products were created for digital businesses in this city. The primary means for this was through co-founding Cogent 11 years ago, the Melbourne-based consulting business which produces this podcast. And while Agile is an important...
6. Neighbourlytics with Jessica Christiansen-Franks
July 29, 2019 23:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBTo view the show notes for this episode, visit: cogent.co/podcast-6 It can be a difficult to turn a consulting business into a product business. The two require very different mindsets and the immediacy of consulting revenue can be tempting to pursue over the longer-term benefits of product creation. The founders of Neighbourlytics seem to have negotiated this path well, learning quickly after winning the She Starts program, creating a product that is loved by customers, and now with a tea...
5. Code Like a Girl with Ally Watson
July 17, 2019 15:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBTo view the show notes for this episode, visit: cogent.co/podcast-5 ___ The purpose of Code Like a Girl is as inspiring as it is clear: Liberating the talents of women and girls. Right now their primary way of doing this is through liberating the technical talents of women and girls through coding camps, internships and events. We thoroughly agree that this work is important, and some of the many reasons we admire this organisation. They do simply amazing work demonstrating the importance ...
4. GreenSync with Robert Postill
July 03, 2019 15:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBTo view the show notes for this episode, visit: cogent.co/podcast-4 __ A depth of empathy is something Robert Postill is a strong advocate for, and something he demonstrates in his interactions with people, the way he builds teams, and how and why he loves creating digital products. Having recently moved jobs, we spoke with Robert while he was working in his previous role as Acting Chief Engineering and Product Officer at GreenSync, where he brought his humour, empathy and depth of knowled...
3. The Conversation (Part 2) with Gin Atkins
June 19, 2019 15:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBThis is the second of two episodes we recorded with The Conversation. If you missed Episode 1, check it out first. In this episode, we go deeper into how the ethos of this organisation translates into the principles and practices of how they go about building their digital products. The Conversation describes itself as an "independent source of news, analysis and expert opinion, written by academics and researchers, and delivered direct to the public". Central to the way they deliver news...
2. EstimateOne with Andrew Ritchie
May 30, 2019 05:00 - 50 minutes - 23 MBThere must be a bunch of business around Melbourne just like EstimateOne: boot-strapped, profitable, medium-sized and thriving. EstimateOne is a ConstructionTech business based in Melbourne, helping builders, subbies and suppliers connect as they work on commercial construction projects. While EstimateOne is not yet a household name outside of the construction industry, they’ve been (relatively) quietly going about their business for the past decade, learning about their customers, buildin...
1. The Conversation (Part 1) with Lisa Watts and Misha Ketchell
May 30, 2019 03:00 - 22 minutes - 10.6 MBIt seems fitting that we kick-off this season with an organisation that shares Cogent’s commitment to transparency. The Conversation describes itself as an "independent source of news, analysis and expert opinion, written by academics and researchers, and delivered direct to the public". Central to the way they deliver news, The Conversation requires that every author reveal their area of expertise, how they get their funding and any conflicts of interest they hold. With over 10 million m...
Intro: Welcome to Cogent Conversations
May 30, 2019 02:00 - 1 minute - 802 KBCogent gets a pretty unique look inside digital organisations, which enables us to deeply understand what goes into make these types of business work well. We were thinking about this, and we were pretty sure there would be a bunch of other people that would like to hear about what we have learned both from us, and other people who are working in digital businesses around Melbourne. So was born the Cogent Conversations podcast. In the episodes that follow we talk with founders and leaders ...