Season 6, Episode 3 - When Digital Fails

In the last episode, Becky Hirst and Dan Ferguson explored AIin the room. This episode they flip the question: what happens when digital fails?They're joined by Darius Turner of Captivate Consulting, who runs the Community Engagement Summit Series and Engagement by the Beach events in Manly. The conversation ranges from the pandemic-driven shift to digital-by-default engagement, to the value (and fear) of face-to-face work, to what "reach" and "success" actually mean, to vibe coding, AI benchmarking, and where genuine innovation in community engagement needs to come from next.Before the main topic, Dan shares the news that Communiti Labs is winding down, and the trio reflect on what it built and what comes next for him.Content note: this episode briefly references suicide(around the 40-minute mark, during a discussion of gun culture and safety). Listener discretion advised.