Watch This Space Podcast
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S8E85 Hiatus Time for Watch This Space - Review of the Most Impactful Tech Since 2018, and What We're Watching for Next
While not quite The Last Waltz, all good things must come to an end, at least for now. This marks the final episode in our eight-year run doing Watch This Space, not because we’ve run out of spaces…
S8E84 Spotlight on Innovation with AI and Communications Technology
April was a busy month for industry events, and the main focus for this episode was Jeff Pulver’s vCon event, held in Hyannis, MA. Chris spoke at the event, with the main takeaway being that vCon is…
S8E83 Return to Office and Agentic AI Realities
March was another busy month, with Chris attending Leesman’s research event in NYC, and Jon doing the same for Enterprise Connect in Orlando, along with Cognigy’s Nexus event in Dusseldorf. On this…
S8E82 Future of Work Expo Review
February was a busy month, but the highlight was the Future of Work Expo, with Jon returning as Chair for the eighth year. Co-located with the big-tent ITExpo, the program covered a wide range of…
S8E81 AI Overload - DeepSeek, Deepfakes, Paul McCartney's Cautions, Churchill at War, Roadrunner, Agentic AI - Do Consumers Really Care?
With the out-of-nowhere DeepSeek news turning the world of AI upside down, we went into an extended discussion about what it is and what it means, along with concerns about a related topic,…
S8E80 2025 Outlook - Workspace Evolution, Small Language Models and AI Everywhere; Plus The MANIAC, AlphaGo and Our Analog Sensibilities
Season 8 of Watch This Space began with our look-ahead to 2025, where the main topics were how we see workplaces and workspaces evolving, why small language models will have their moment, and our…
S7E79 Book Review - With Folded Hands - Where is AI Talking Us? Where is Today's Bob Dylan?, Events Roundup, and 2024 Takeaways
We mixed things up for the December episode, with our first-ever book review. A novelette, actually, from the sci-fi genre, that we found to be very timely. Written by Jack Williamson in 1947, With…
S7E78 Takeaways From Fall Conferences - AI Evolution for EX and CX, Getting Workers Back to the Office, and Future of Work Expo Updates
With travel to industry events in full swing during October, we had a lot of ground to cover. Jon recapped both events from earlier in the month – Verint, British Telecom and UC Expo – along with…
S7E77 Fall Tech Conference Preview, Amazon's Return to Office Mandate, and Updates for Our Podcast
October marks the start of the busy season for technology events, and we provided a preview of what’s coming, namely Jeff Pulver’s new-and-improved VON event, Verint Engage, British Telecom’s Focus…
S7E76 The Joys of Summer - How Streaming Found Its Voice at the Paris Olympics, and How Conversational AI is a CX Game-Changer for Utilities
Our September episode began by talking about the best things that came from the summer. In terms of technology, the highlight was how good streaming has become, and how great a showcase the Paris…
S7E75 Workplace Strategy - It's a Thing, and Why It's an Opportunity for UCaaS and CCaaS Vendors
Our main focus for this episode was on the recent Leesman Corporate Real Estate Poll, and the emerging need for enterprise leaders to develop a workplace strategy. Senior management has numerous…
S7E74 HPE Discover and NICE Interactions - Reflections on Latest Industry Events
Both of us attended major industry events during June, with Chris at HPE Discover, and myself at NICE Interactions – both in Las Vegas, as it turns out. HPE and NICE are different companies in…
S7E73 The AI Revolution - Are We at the Beginning or the End? Reflections on Analyst Events from Zoom and Verint
With AI moving so quickly - yet without much ROI to speak of – it’s fair to ask if we’re at the beginning or the end with this revolution. For this episode, Jon shared insights from recent events…
S7E72 The Future is Digital - Exploring Innovation for Workplace Security and Visual Collaboration
For this episode, we explored what technology innovation looks like both in physical and virtual spaces. Just back from the ISC West event, Chris shared how technology is now being applied in the…
S7E71 Takeaways from Enterprise Connect, and How Did We Get Here with AI from the Days of PBX and Legacy Telephony?
Having returned from Enterprise Connect the night before, the time was right to talk about takeaways from the 2024 edition, of which there were many. Before talking about how AI has now become the…
S7E70 Takeaways From the Future of Work Expo, and Where's the Fit for AI, Apple and the Metaverse?
For this episode, Chris and Jon reflect on key highlights from the recent Future of Work Expo, where Jon serves as event Chair, and Chris was both a speaker and a moderator. The event provided much…
S7E69 What Constitutes Work in a Digital World, and Future of Work Expo Preview
We continue with Season 7 for Watch This Space, where the focus is my upcoming Future of Work Expo in Ft. Lauderdale. Our sessions will cover a lot of timely topics that should be familiar to our…
S7E68 2024 Outlook - How IT Leaders Need to Think About Deploying AI - an Analog Perspective
This episode marks the start of Season 7 for Watch This Space, and as always, is our look-ahead into the coming year. With AI becoming ever-more pervasive, Chris and I focused on how IT and business…
S6E67 Musings on Big Tech, Looming AI Backlash, and Takeaways From Verint’s Analyst Event
Our discussion for this episode centered on Big Tech, triggered by the recent rollercoaster with OpenAI. Aside from exploring concerns and implications about Big Tech’s market power, we parsed out…
S6E66 State of Play with Hybrid Work, and Jon’s World Tour Revue - London, Peru, Dubai and the US
Before getting to Jon’s travelogue of industry events, we reviewed how businesses are still facing challenges getting hybrid work right, and what vendors are doing to make the in-office experience…
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Watch This Space Podcast has published 66 episodes since January 2020, covering topics in Business, Management.
Watch This Space Podcast is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 32m.
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