Catalyst Podcast
Catalyst, a Launch by NTT DATA podcast, puts humans at the front and center of digital transformation. Each week, we feature thought leaders who share their insights on reinventing digital experiences, enhancing customer journeys, and driving innovation in the enterprise. From platform transformation to the latest advancements in AI, our guests delve into the challenges and triumphs of digital transformation, emphasizing the critical role of human ingenuity and leadership.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 502
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Venturing Into America’s Prison Problem
How can a side-project become a multimillion dollar venture? How has San Quentin become a technology incubator? How can we work to curb America’s prison problem? Paul and Rich talk to Chris Redlitz a…
00:26:33 |
Tue 30 Jan 2018
A Good Omelet
Are we experiencing bitcoin’s tulip-mania moment? Do we need to care about the iPhone X? Is Russia our biggest threat? Paul and Rich talk about the top three letdowns of last year, and make predeicti…
00:21:39 |
Tue 23 Jan 2018
Dynamically Linked Library (of Congress)
For decades, the Library of Congress seemed to err on the side of keeping information on lockdown, but Kate and Abbey have changed that. We talk about digitizing archives, creating cultural memory, a…
00:34:26 |
Tue 16 Jan 2018
Getting on the Inside
What does product management really mean? How can you effectively couple design and engineering to bring a product to life? Paul and Rich talk about the difficulty in defining the discipline of produ…
00:25:12 |
Tue 09 Jan 2018
The Currency of Attention
How can you pitch your product without boring an investor? How have audio platforms won the competition for user attention? Paul and Rich talk to Matt Hartman about product development, chatbots and …
00:31:58 |
Tue 02 Jan 2018
A Battle for the Net (Again)
Check your shoes. Are you standing in shit already?: This week Paul Ford and Rich Ziade make the case that net neutrality was never enough. Of course, congress’ vote to to repeal net neutrality prote…
00:28:56 |
Tue 26 Dec 2017
Life in Code
Have we moved too far away from the mainframe? Do engineers need more empathy? Does technology have a woman problem? Paul and Gina talk to Ellen Ullman to find out how the past 20 years of tech are s…
00:28:19 |
Tue 19 Dec 2017
The Medium is the Mission
Words matter, writing matters and that mission is alive and well at Medium. Paul and Rich talk to Head of Product, Michael Sippey to find out more about making money in publishing, the importance of …
00:32:09 |
Tue 12 Dec 2017
Death in Feeds
Are we building the dystopian future we’re afraid of?: This week Paul Ford and Rich Ziade talk about Amazon, Facebook and other big-tech companies that have changed our basic human interactions. We d…
00:23:18 |
Tue 05 Dec 2017
Spreadsheets Are Off The Table
For decades, startups have tried to unseat the mighty spreadsheet, with no success. Does Airtable, a database for the web, have what it takes? And what did it take to make Airtable? Paul Ford and Ric…
00:30:26 |
Tue 28 Nov 2017
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: A conversation about Facebook
Is Facebook a monopoly? This week Paul and Rich tackle the 2-billion-user elephant in the room and go back and forth on two big questions: whether Facebook violates antitrust laws and should be broke…
00:39:34 |
Tue 21 Nov 2017
Matt Lieber has a Gimlet Eye
From the front lines of the podcast boom: this week Paul and Rich talk to Matt Lieber, co-founder of Gimlet Media, one of the most successful podcast studios in the industry. Topics covered include t…
00:41:25 |
Tue 14 Nov 2017
Paul and Rich Try to Talk About Something Else But End Up Complaining About LinkedIn Again
Is there a way to fix LinkedIn? This week Paul and Rich return one of their favorite hate-topics: LinkedIn is, in Paul’s words, “a remarkable affront to everything that we care about and believe in.”…
00:24:58 |
Tue 07 Nov 2017
Rob Dubbin Goes Off-script
From TV writing to scriptwriting software: this week Paul and Rich talk to Rob Dubbin, former writer and producer for The Colbert Report and The Late Show and current CEO of Scripto. They discuss Scr…
00:45:26 |
Tue 31 Oct 2017
Shutting Down
How do you pull the plug on a product people love? This week Paul and Rich talk about good and bad ways to shut a digital product, from giving people a path to export their data (good) to writing a b…
00:25:52 |
Tue 24 Oct 2017
Jenn Schiffer Relates to Developers
Building a community for developers: this week Paul and Gina talk to Jenn Schiffer, community engineer at Fog Creek’s Glitch, a platform for developers to write, share, and remix code that is, in Jen…
00:49:32 |
Tue 17 Oct 2017
Fighting the Hype
New technologies vs buzzwords: this week Paul and Rich discuss the challenge of sifting through trends in the technology world—and how they help clients separate what they need from what they think t…
00:35:15 |
Tue 10 Oct 2017
Glenn Brown on building a digital-first Obama Foundation
Building digital tools for active citizenship: this week Paul and Rich talk to Glenn Brown, the chief digital officer at the Obama Foundation. The conversation works through each major stop in his ca…
00:40:55 |
Tue 03 Oct 2017
Paul and Rich: Good Problems to Have
“The bad times, as a manager, are easier than the good times”: this week Paul and Rich discuss a “good problem to have”—managing growth as demand for your work grows. They talk about their personal e…
00:34:47 |
Tue 26 Sep 2017
Anna Holmes Stays on Topic
New horizons in digital media: this week Paul and Rich talk to Anna Holmes, the founder of Jezebel and current SVP of Editorial at First Look Media, where she recently launched the visual storytellin…
00:45:36 |
Tue 19 Sep 2017
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