Digital Culture Ideas with Hils Walton – Details, episodes & analysis

This is a special episode with my friend and work partner, Melanie Highet, Account Executive at Microsoft. Tune in to hear us discuss: - Mel's career path in Tech and Sales - Her guidence and top tips to businesses looking to embark on AI reinvention - How AI is impacting work and life, from personal experience

Listen in to hear Hils Walton a Tech Strategist at Microsoft and Scott McLiver, Partner at PwC New Zealand AI and Web 3.0, discuss putting AI into action and implementing and AI business transformation in 6 months.Scott is also impressively an Asia Pacific Generative AI Leader and he sits on the Global Generative AI Leadership Council for PwC.They will discuss together:- Scott's background and career in tech- PwC's approach to implementing AI into a businesses in 6 months, brought alive through Scott's experience of doing it both at PwC and with customers- a view out to the future in terms of the impact AI will have on business.

Lynne Jeffery is Managing Director of NextGen Group New Zealand.  

Lynne is extremely open during our conversation about some of the leadership experiences she has had good and bad.  

We talk about: 

- Lynne's background and how she got into technology. 

-  getting offered the CEO role for NextGen and some of her thoughts about when opportunity knocks, what you should do about that. 

- Managing things that don’t go to plan.  

- Leadership gems from the NextGen Leaders Forum and the responsibility of leadership in developing, nurturing and maintaining a culture that allows a company to thrive and outperform its peers. 

- What does hybrid looks like at NextGen.  

Lynne gives so many more tips and advice for organisations and I hope you enjoy this amazing conversation.  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynne-jeffery-82775b1/

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In this special episode, I talk with Leigh Foster the Space Systems Program Manager at Rocket Lab 🚀about how the business is taking ideas into space.  

Leigh is a former C-130 Hercules aviator, a 21 year Air Force veteran, leader, coach, and space zealot. He's an AY19 AWC graduate, has a Masters of Strategy, thesis on Space Strategy and a PGDIP Business from the University of Auckland 2020. 

We discuss: 

-  about Rocket Lab and taking ideas into space

- international space collaborations, and 

- space communications and cyber security

Hilary's Digital Culture Show:
- YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4dwoi3AqnpBmiaWvkac76w
- Podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/digital-culture-ideas-with-hilary-walton/id1511740317?uo=4

Jump into her Discord to ask more questions, or connect with her on the other social platforms:
- Discord: https://discord.gg/GMvNfKvN
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hilswalton/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilswalton/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/HilsWalton
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hilswalton

-CyberEd Board Profile: https://members.cyberedboard.io/users/1211902

- Pulse Profile: https://www.pulse.qa/profile/hilary-walton

Hilary is also an Artist and you can check out her Digital Culture Art NFT collection on Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/digital-culture-art

In this special episode, I talk with two NFT artists from the NFT community.   This episode is for people who want to know: -  what an NFT is,  - what they are all about, and also - for anyone creative or any business who needs to learn about how NFT's work in Web 3.0  

Lauchlan Robertson @littlelauchie is a Wellington-based, New Zealand NFT artist.  Where to connect with Lauchie: 

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/littlelauchie

- Opensea Art Projects: Lil Landscapes 

- https://opensea.io/collection/lil-lan... and Li Birds 

- https://opensea.io/collection/lil-birdz

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lit_lil_lan...

- Discord: https://discord.gg/35jYUqhw

Tim Livingston @VectorBotTim is a Florida based NFT artist.    

In this episode of the Digital Culture Show, I talk to talented people leader Misti Landtroop Managing Director of Palo Alto Networks New Zealand. We talk about: 

- Examples of leading with love and kindness 

- How to be known as that person who gets things done 

- Digital Culture at Palo Alto Networks 

- Top tips for keeping your kids safe online  

Misti gives some really concrete examples and strategies during our chat together that are great to have in your toolbox.

Hilary's Digital Culture Show:
- YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4dwoi3AqnpBmiaWvkac76w
- Podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/digital-culture-ideas-with-hilary-walton/id1511740317?uo=4

Jump into her Discord to ask more questions, or connect with her on the other social platforms:
- Discord: https://discord.gg/GMvNfKvN
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hilswalton/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilswalton/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/HilsWalton
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hilswalton

-CyberEd Board Profile: https://members.cyberedboard.io/users/1211902

- Pulse Profile: https://www.pulse.qa/profile/hilary-walton

Hilary is also an Artist and you can check out her Digital Culture Art NFT collection on Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/digital-culture-art

In this episode, I talk to Phil Howie CEO and Founder of Onwardly about:
- getting into startups
- what it's like to grow a business
-things he's learnt recently about the technology and security industry and
- how he's trying to help SMB's improve their security

Onwardly's website:
https://www.onwardly.io/

Hilary's Digital Culture Show:
- YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4dwoi3AqnpBmiaWvkac76w
- Podcast on Apple: https://lnkd.in/gJuzQjWn

Jump into my Discord to ask more questions, or check me out on the other social platforms: 

- Discord: https://discord.gg/GMvNfKvN

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hilswalton/

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilswalton/

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/HilsWalton

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HilsWalton

- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hilswalton

Also, check out her Digital Culture Art NFT collection on Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/digital...

In this episode, I talk to a huge influencer of mine, Vanessa Sorenson the Managing Director of Microsoft New Zealand.   

We cover: 

- her back story and how she got into tech and how she managed impostor syndrome

- her leadership style and her approach to diversity and inclusion and organisational strategies used at Microsoft

- how tech skills are for everyone and how Microsoft is leading the way 

- building a vision for the future then there are so many options, and - making your customers your fans, and why you should

Jump into my Discord to ask more questions and explore our discussion more, or check me out on the other social platforms: 

- Discord: https://discord.gg/GMvNfKvN

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hilswalton/-

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilswalton/-

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/HilsWalton

Or check out my Digital Culture Art NFT collection on Opensea: https://opensea.io/collection/digital-culture-art 

In this episode, I interview Kendra Ross - Entrepreneur l Dyslexic Thinker 💡l IFSEC Global Top 20 Cyber Security Influencer l Community & Ecosystem Strategist l Governance, Advisory & Investor.  

Whether it’s companies at scale, new communities or channel/ecosystems, Kendra has successfully built, exited and has created outstanding results in all these areas.  She now enjoys taking this knowledge and helping others.  She paints outside the lines, creating and innovating in areas that have seen no change for years.  

We discuss: 

- Kendra's background, overcoming dyslexia and how she made her way into IT/technology/ cyber. 

- The origins of the hugely successful '1stTuesday Club'  

- a networking group for senior professionals in Information Security, IT Risk, IT Audit and Law Enforcement. 

- How she set up her first business, Duo which is now a division of Sektor 

- How she helped build New Zealand first Information Security Awards (ISANZ) 

- what she is doing now as she moved from working within Duo to being on the board and her thoughts on where to from here . . .   

How to connect with me:

Join my discord to chat to me: https://discord.gg/H7kfUUTv 

Listen to the podcast version here: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/digital-culture-ideas-with-hilary-walton/id1511740317?uo=4 

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In this episode, Hilary Walton is a guest on 'Her Career' Leader Led Conversations Over Coffee with Rose-Marie (Rosey) Nathan.

Recorded 19 May 21, Hilary shares her leadership journey, to inspire empowered moments.

Accompanying article https://hercareer.org/leader-led-conversation-over-coffee-hilary-walton-from-kordia/

Her Career FB Community Hub https://www.facebook.com/groups/Intrepreneurs925

Rosey On Career & Recruitment https://bit.ly/rrcpodcast

Her Career https://linktr.ee/hercareer_ausnz  

Roseyhercareer https://linktr.ee/roseyhercareer  

She shares insights around:

• Knowing that you don’t have to choose an either / or option, you can have what you decide to put focus onto
• Career Challenges & Successes
• 3 tips for entry and mid-level women wanting to accelerate their career, money & network
  Be gutsy
  Say yes to opportunities
  You’ll never know if they will say yes if you don’t ask
  
• What success means to Hilary
• The next big career goal
• Behind the story take for her The Spinoff article titled “The niceness trap: Navigating the ‘rules’ for women leaders in the workplace”
• Why Hilary decided to venture into wider Social Media with Digital Culture Ideas, on YouTube and Podcast, overcoming naysayers, and sharing what impact digital has on us all
• Balancing her variety of roles
• Some great tips for mothers or those thinking of motherhood to balancing your corporate career climb