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TechBurst Talks
by Charles Reed Anderson
TechBurst Talks cuts through the noise to bring you sharp, no-BS conversations with the people actually building technology, not just hyping it.Every tech trend promises to solve the world's toughest challenges—IoT will reshape cities, AI will change work forever, and smart cities will fix urban chaos. But why does reality so often fall short of the hype?Join host Charles Reed Anderson as he connects with industry insiders, innovators, and deep thinkers to unpack what's really working—and what's not.No vendor pitches. No sugar-coating. Just honest explorations of the ideas and products shaping our future.🎧 Available on all major podcast platforms.🎥 Prefer video? Watch every episode on YouTube: YouTube.com/@charlesreedanderson.
Episodes
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072: AI's Trust Problem: Deepfakes, Dwell Time & the Death of 'It Won't Happen to Us'
Cyber attackers aren't smashing down doors anymore. They're moving in, settling down, and learning the house before anyone notices. Host Charles sits down with Adam Basedow, CTO at VECTRA (an Ensign InfoSecurity company), to unpack why AI is accelerating cyber risk faster than most organisations...
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071: Hope is NOT an AI Strategy — Nathan Bell, Kearney
Your board has an AI strategy. It's probably rubbish. Nathan Bell has spent 25 years delivering transformation programmes inside the world's biggest telcos. Now a Partner at Kearney, he's the person companies call when the proof-of-concept graveyard keeps growing and the CFO starts asking...
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070: THE NEW WORLD ORDER: It's NOT a Transition, it's a RUPTURE!
The New World Order: It's Not a Transition, It's a Rupture The world's gone completely mental since Andy Staples left The Economist and launched GeoPol Asia. Turns out his timing was perfect - just in time for Trump's tariff chaos, military interventions, and the complete breakdown of the...
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069: TELCO'S SOPHISTICATION PARADOX: Brilliant Tech, Rotten Pitches
Telco's Sophistication Paradox: Why They Can't Explain Their Own Genius The Telco Century Club (100+ years of telco experience between us) is back with a brutal reality check on an industry that's mastered building brilliant technology but completely botched explaining why anyone should care....
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068: IoT Reality Check: Breaking Down the Latest Industry Benchmark Report
Here's the complete description with show notes for Libsyn: IoT Reality Check: Fresh Insights from the Latest Benchmarking Report - Matt Hatton from Transforma Insights Breaks Down What's Really Working In this episode of TechBurst Talks, I sit down with Matt Hatton, founding partner at…
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067: Why IoT Failed (And What's Finally Working) | Alistair Fulton on Microsoft Azure IoT, Semtech LoRa & Building IoT Ecosystems
Why IoT Failed (And What's Finally Working) - Alistair Fulton After 25 years in IoT, Alistair Fulton has watched the industry make nearly every mistake possible—and he's not holding back about what went wrong. From incubating Microsoft's Azure IoT platform to growing Semtech's IoT division to…
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066: BEYOND SILOS: PropTech, Gen AI & the Future of Real Estate
Antony Slumbers is a leading voice on the future of real estate, keynote speaker, and educator on AI for property leaders. Antony Slumbers doesn't just talk PropTech—he created it. Long before "PropTech" was even a word, he launched the UK's first commercial real estate website in 1995. Now he's...
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065: BUILDING IOT TOGETHER: From Hype to Reality
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064: CONNECTIONS vs COLLECTIONS: Why Telcos Keep Losing
_*]:min-w-0 !gap-3.5"> The Reality Check You Need Jeff Apcar spent 24 years as a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco and has zero patience for tech BS. After 46 years in the industry, he's watched every hype cycle crash and burn. What's Actually Broken 5G? Overhyped garbage that nobody can monetize....
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063: THE SHIFT TO SPACE: The Rise of Orbital Computing
Space-Based Computing Revolution: Building Data Centers in Orbit with Rob DeMillo From JPL to Orbital Computing: The Future of Space Technology In this episode of Tech Burst Talks, Charles sits down with Rob DeMillo — former JPL engineer, serial entrepreneur with 7 exits from 9 startups…
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062: TELCO'S FUTURE? Look to the Middle East, Not the West
Middle East's Tech Revolution: From Regional Ambitions to Global Leadership with Nokia's Danial Mausoof The Middle East's Rise as a Global Telecom Innovation Hub In this episode of TechBurst Talks, Charles sits down with Danial Mausoof, Vice President of Mobile Networks for the Middle East &…
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061: CORPORATE CROSSFIRE: Navigating the New Global Order
Corporate Survival in the US-China Crossfire: Geopolitical Intelligence for Asia Business Leaders Navigating Supply Chain Wars and Superpower Tensions with GeoPol Asia's Andrew Staples In this explosive TechBurst Talks episode, host Charles sits down with Andrew Staples, battle-tested…
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060: SMARTPHONES DISRUPTED: Tariffs, Trends & Turmoil
Global Tech Supply Chains Under Siege: Tariffs, AI Revolution, and the Race Beyond Smartphones Smartphone Industry Disruption and Manufacturing Pivot Strategies with Bryan Ma In this episode of TechBurst Talks, Bryan Ma joins Charles to unpack the seismic shifts reshaping the global smartphone…
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059: AI & Advertising: From MAD MEN to MACHINE LEARNING
AI-Powered Billboard Revolution: How Digital Out-of-Home Advertising is Disrupting Traditional Marketing Real-Time Ad Targeting Meets Street-Level Intelligence with Flow City's Dagny Lacka 🚀 AI is transforming advertising, and in this TechBurst Talks episode, we dive deep into how digital...
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058: The ART & SCIENCE of B2B Marketing: Delivering what Buyers VALUE
B2B Marketing Revolution: Creativity vs. Corporate BS in Tech Industry Portfolio Career Mastery and Authentic Personal Branding with Jon Buckthorp 🚀 Tech, Marketing, and a Football Obsession—What Could Go Wrong? In this episode of TechBurst Talks, Charles sits down with his old mate Jon...
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057: SAMSUNG'S GALAXY AI: Exploring Innovation, Security and Real-World Applications for AI on the Smartphone
Samsung Galaxy AI Revolution: On-Device Intelligence and Enterprise Mobile Solutions Next-Gen Smartphone AI Features and B2B Innovation with Samsung's Ian Chong In this episode of TechBurst Talks, Charles sits down with Ian Chong from Samsung Electronics to explore his work on the mobile B2B team...
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056: DEMYSTIFYING AI: The NO BULLSHIT Guide
In this episode of TechBurst Talks, we're cutting through the AI hype and making sense of the endless buzzwords flooding the industry. You've heard them before—AI, ML, DL, LLM, SLM, RAG, ChatGPT, Custom GPT, NLP—but what do they actually mean? Joining me is Bernard Leong, host of the Analyse Asia...
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055: TELCO TRENDS 2024: The 5G Profit Puzzle & Telco Transformation
In this episode of the Techburst Talks podcast, we delve deep into the current challenges and future prospects of the telecom industry. I'm joined by industry veterans Chris Lewis from Lewis Insight and Rob Jones, CEO of Bluefire, the discussion spans a wide array of topics including: the…
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054: IoT REIMAGINED: Practicality over Promises
TechBurst Talks Season 4 Episode 2 IoT Re-Imagined: Practicality over Promises In this episode of the Tech Burst Talks podcast, host Charles interviews Gerhard Loots, CEO of Kallipr. Gerhard discusses his transition from running the IoT business at Telstra, Australia's largest telecoms operator…
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053: The NO BULLSHIT Journey: Discovering Your True Self
The tech industry loves to talk about disruption, innovation, and the next big thing—but what about the one algorithm we still struggle to solve? Ourselves. In this episode of TechBurst Talks, we're shifting gears. No hype, no buzzwords—just a raw, honest conversation about life, purpose, and…
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052: THE MIDDLE EAST STARTUP ECOSYSTEM: The money is there, now what?
If you keep up to date with the latest technology news, you know that the momentum and investment has shifted from Asia to the Middle East. But gone are the days where countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE just import technology and talent - the new trend across the Middle East is how to create…
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051: AI, CHATGPT & FLYING TAXIS: How Government-led initiatives drive the Middle East's Innovation Ecosystem
In Part II of our Middle East Deep Dive, we talk with Carrington Malin to find out how the government's in the Middle East are driving unprecedented growth and innovation. But it's more than just the tech, they are up-skilling their workforces and training students on how to leverage emerging...
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050: RECESSION? WHAT RECESSION? How the Middle East is driving technology innovation and spend
This is the first in a series on Technology and Innovation trends in the Middle East. Things have gone quiet in Asia post-pandemic - and the global recession has not helped. However, the Middle East is thriving. Hardly a week goes by where there isn't another jaw-dropping announcement related to...
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048: Why RETURN TO THE OFFICE Strategies FAIL (Hint: FREE BEER is not enough)
We need to face the facts - our Return to the Office strategies are failing. Giving away free beer once a week is not enough to make our employees WANT to come back to the office. So what will make them? That's what we are going to discuss today. I'm joined by Helen Snowball, JLL's Global Head of...
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047: Driving INNOVATION and SUSTAINABILITY in the F&B Industry
One of the challenges with Sustainability is that while people like talking about it, it can be hard to find people driving real impact. But luckily for you, today's guest is one that it driving impact. In this episode of the TechBurst Asia podcast, we will speak to Adrien Desbaillets, the CEO…
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046: 2022 GADGET FIX: How APPLE's new SMARTPHONES & SMARTWATCH will impact the industry
Apple recently announced it's latest smartphones and smartwatch, so it's time to bring Asia's top device analyst - IDC's Bryan Ma - back onto the TechBurst Asia podcast to discuss what these launches mean to the industry. 00:45 Overview of the Apple Launch Event 02:00 Apple goes after the...
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045: Beyond ESG: Why IMPACT INVESTING needs to be the NEXT BIG THING
Just 10 years ago, today's guest (Rafael Aldon) worked in telecoms in the UK. But over the past decade, he moved to Singapore as he first transitioned to Private Equity, then early stage Venture Capital, and finally into Impact Investing. It's been quite a journey! He's also the co-host of 2...
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044: AR/VR and the METAVERSE: What's REAL and What's HYPE?
After a decade of struggling to live up to the hype, augmented reality and virtual reality are finally gaining traction in the B2C and B2B spaces. Today, we will sit down with Auggd's Matthias Krampe to discuss the 3 main reasons for this. First, the technologies and ecosystems that support AR &…
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043: SMART CITIES 2022: Unblocking the MEGA-BLOCKERS
As we approach the end of 2021, we enter into one of the tech industry's favourite seasons - 2022 Predictions. While all the industry evangelists will be predicting what mega-trends are going to transform our cities next year, I'm going to take a different approach. I'm going to focus on the...
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042: SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION: Reducing Emissions WITHOUT Increasing Costs w/ Ampd Energy's Brandon Ng
Over the past few years, delivering sustainable solutions and reducing carbon emissions have moved up the corporate agenda. But while many people like talking about it, few are ready to act. One reason that people claim that holds them back is that sustainability solutions come with a green…
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041: OpenRAN 2022: Can It Live Up To The HYPE? w/ Nokia's Terry McCabe
If you are a regular listener to the TechBurst Asia podcast, you'll know I love talking about OpenRAN, which is kind of strange. I have spent much of the past 20 years looking at the solutions that can leverage the latest and greatest networks, but I am far from an expert when it comes to what it...
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040: Emerging Trends Pt 3/3: CRYPTO, NFTs and What the Hell is going on in CHINA? w/ Analyse Asia's Bernard Leong
Welcome to the final episode of our 3 part series on Emerging Tech Trends with our guest, Analyse Asia's Bernard Leong. In part 2, we covered the latest developments in Drones, AI and digital transformation. For this final episode, we'll dig deep into what's going on with Crypto, what are NFTs…
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039: Emerging Trends Pt 2/3: DRONES, AI & DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION w/ Analyse Asia's Bernard Leong
In the first episode of this 3 part series, we did a role reversal, where I switched from being the host - to being the guest to share my views on the latest trends, opportunities and risks related to Smart Cities and 5G. For this episode, it's back to normal - I'll be interviewing Analyse Asia's...
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038: Emerging Trends Pt 1/3: SMART CITIES & 5G w/ Bernard Leong Interviewing CRA
Welcome to the first of a 3-part series on emerging trends in Asia's technology and innovation ecosystems. In this episode, we are going to look at how the Smart Cities & 5G are progressing - and we have a special guest to help us delve into that topic...me. That's right, the host becomes the…
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037: The State of SE Asia's VC and Startup Ecosystems w/ Cap Connect's Chris Tran
In a recent TechBurst Asia podcast, we delved deep into Singapore's startup and venture capital ecosystems. Not surprisingly, they are both evolving well. But what I wanted to do as a follow up is look at the wider Southeast Asia startup and venture capital ecosystems to see how countries like...
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036: Enterprise CONNECTIVITY SIMPLIFIED w/ Blue Wireless' Ivan Landen
We hear the hype about how great our mobile networks are, yet when I speak with enterprise customers, they always talk about the challenges they face to get fast and reliable connectivity across their global sites and operations. In this podcast, we are going to talk to a Singaporean-based…
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035: WATER moves up the SUSTAINABILITY Agenda w/ Xylem's Renee Peet
In recent years, Sustainability has risen to the forefront of the strategic objectives for companies and governments. What concerns me is that when I speak with some of the leaders in ESG, they say there is still too much talk...and too little action. Well, that's not the case for all companies.…
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034: The State of Singapore's DEEPTECH, VC & START-UP Ecosystems w/ NTUitive's David Toh
Keeping up with Asia's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems is challenging because the region's DeepTech, Venture Capital and Start-up ecosystems are incredibly complex and diverse. Today, we are going to try to break it down by focusing on the ecosystems in just one country - Singapore. We...
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033: From Cooking with FIRE to Embracing TECH w/ Burnt Ends' Dave Pynt
The global pandemic has wreaked havoc on many industries - with the Food & Beverage industry one of the hardest hit. Most countries, at some point, have had to ban dining in - and even once that restriction is lifted, they have limited the restaurant capacity to only 50-70% of the pre-pandemic...
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032: The PANDEMIC prevented you from attending MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS? Here's what you missed... w/ McKinsey's Ferry Grijpink
Last week, GSMA hosted Mobile World Congress 2021 in Barcelona. Because we are still in a pandemic, it was quite different from previous events. But what I want to know is what was the latest news and buzz coming out of MWC. And luckily, I know someone who attended the event in person - so let's...
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031: What the hell is OPENRAN? And how will it impact the future of 5G? w/ BlueFire's Rob Jones
There's a new tech industry buzzword floating around that I need to understand better - and that buzzword is OpenRAN. The reason I need to understand it better is because it seems like it has the capability to transform the way mobile operators purchase, deploy and support their networks. In the...
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030: Can TECHNOLOGY save HEALTHCARE? w/ Moss Adams' Craig Vercruysse
The pandemic put unprecedented pressures on the healthcare industry. Few countries were prepared for the crisis, which not only exposed the inefficiencies within the healthcare industry, but also led to many unnecessary deaths. The TRUTH is - many healthcare systems around the world are in...
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029: Your 2021 GADGET FIX: The latest trends in SMARTPHONES, WEARABLES & AIRTAGS w/ IDC's Bryan Ma
This TechBurst Asia podcast will give you your gadget fix for 2021. We will discuss Smartphones - which ones are doing well (Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi), which ones are struggling (Huawei, LG), and what features you can expect in the coming years. We will look at the smart wearables market to see if...
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028: The GENDER LEADERSHIP DIVIDE w/ VMWare & Lean In Singapore's Uma Thana Balasingam
In recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of initiatives that have raised global awareness about the importance of gender diversity, the challenge of the gender pay gap - as well as the issue of a lack of women in senior leadership positions. But while these initiatives draw more...
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027: Addressing AI's ETHICAL ISSUES w/ the former US Dept of Defense's Chief Data Officer Michael Conlin
The amount of data that we create, capture, and consume is growing exponentially. In fact, according to IDC, the amount of data we will create in the next three years - will be more than the data we created over the past 30 years. That sounds great, but it does raise a lot of questions. What are...
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026: The Post-Pandemic FUTURE of BUILDINGS & SMART CITIES Panel w/ Eight Inc, Bosch.IO & JLL
The global pandemic has impacted every industry, but one industry that will face more impact than most is the Real Estate industry. In this podcast, we'll look at the pandemic's impact on the Future of Buildings from the Design, Build and Operate perspectives. Guests: Tim Kobe Founder and CEO,...
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025: Leveraging 5G, IoT & AI to DIGITISE one of the World's Largest Conglomerates w/ True Digital's Michael Gryseels
We live in a world where the latest technologies, including AI, 5G, and blockchain, have the capability to truly transform the way we work, live and play. The problem is, they don't always live up to the hype. Far too often, the ICT industry pushes the latest technologies and solutions on the...
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024: Making SENSE...and CENTS...out of the 5G Market Opp w/ McKinsey's Ferry Grijpink
We recently have talked about the future of 5G - and today - we will take that to the next level. We'll discuss the models being used to fund 5G investments, the consumer and enterprise solutions and services that will help operators monetise those investments and discuss which types of operators...
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023: What's in store for Southeast Asia's Tech & Telecoms Industries in 2021 w/ PwC's Mike Graham
TechBurst Asia sat down with PwC's Mike Graham to discuss Southeast Asia's latest tech trends and the annoying buzzwords and catchphrases we have been forced to endure during the pandemic. We also talk about our predictions for what WILL - and WON'T happen in 2021. Show Notes 01:00 Intro to Mike...
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022: 5G is Dead, Long Live 5G! w/ Nokia's Danial Mausoof
In this podcast, we are going to take another look at 5G. In our last episode, we discussed whether Telcos will be able to monetise their 5G investments. We were pretty harsh in our criticism of the 5G ecosystem, but that doesn't mean that I don't think 5G will be a game changer. Rather, I just...
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TechBurst Talks cuts through the noise to bring you sharp, no-BS conversations with the people actually building technology, not just hyping it.Every tech trend promises to solve the world's toughest challenges—IoT will reshape cities, AI will change work forever, and smart cities will fix urban chaos. But why does reality so often fall short of the hype?Join host Charles Reed Anderson as he connects with industry insiders, innovators, and deep thinkers to unpack what's really working—and what's not.No vendor pitches. No sugar-coating. Just honest explorations of the ideas and products shaping our future.🎧 Available on all major podcast platforms.🎥 Prefer video? Watch every episode on YouTube: YouTube.com/@charlesreedanderson.
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