The Slipup

Ivor Beck

Human error shapes everything around us. It destroys careers and topples dictators. It chips your favorite mug. It discovers penicillin. All the tiny slipups that constantly happen around us have the potential to become the defining moment of a person, company or civilization. Understanding the mechanics of why and how humans make mistakes is elementary knowledge for anyone who leads. Knowing how to prevent it, and how to deal with the fallout, is often the difference between a great party story and the worst day of your life. read less

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#3 The Future of Cybersecurity

#3 The Future of Cybersecurity

Most experts in the cybersecurity field are also part of the cybersecurity market: they've found their niche and audience, and are pushing hard to sell what they have to offer. If you ask them what the future of cybersecurity is? They'll most likely tell you that it's their product. But there's also cybersecurity experts who are just starting their venture, who are still exploring; these are the ones where expertise is combined with an open mind. And we wanted to have these peoples' take on the future of cybersecurity. So during this year's Web Summit in Lisbon, we picked the brains of a handful of cybersecurity entrepreneurs, both seasoned and fresh-faced, that aren't set in their ways yet. You're in for a wild ride. These are the founders and companies we spoke to: Alan Jones is the CEO of YEO messaging.Nils Karn is the CEO of mitigant.Wojciech Grenda is the CEO of GDPR risk tracker.Nicolas Thomas is the CEO of Inkan Link. Their app is called sealfie. Here's the research paper that Nicolas mentions in the episode. If you'd like to receive new episodes straight to your email inbox, you can subscribe for free at: slipup.substack.com

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#3 The Future of Cybersecurity

#3 The Future of Cybersecurity

Most experts in the cybersecurity field are also part of the cybersecurity market: they've found their niche and audience, and are pushing hard to sell what they have to offer. If you ask them what the future of cybersecurity is? They'll most likely tell you that it's their product. But there's also cybersecurity experts who are just starting their venture, who are still exploring; these are the ones where expertise is combined with an open mind. And we wanted to have these peoples' take on the future of cybersecurity. So during this year's Web Summit in Lisbon, we picked the brains of a handful of cybersecurity entrepreneurs, both seasoned and fresh-faced, that aren't set in their ways yet. You're in for a wild ride. These are the founders and companies we spoke to: Alan Jones is the CEO of YEO messaging.Nils Karn is the CEO of mitigant.Wojciech Grenda is the CEO of GDPR risk tracker.Nicolas Thomas is the CEO of Inkan Link. Their app is called sealfie. Here's the research paper that Nicolas mentions in the episode. If you'd like to receive new episodes straight to your email inbox, you can subscribe for free at: slipup.substack.com

#2 Measuring Behavior

#2 Measuring Behavior

The behavior of one single individual is almost impossible to predict, but the behavior of groups can be anticipated with amazing accuracy. It's not even that hard: it's similar to how it's almost impossible to predict the movement of a single snowflake, but quite doable to predict a snowstorm. Here's the website of the specialists who designed the »STAR WARS™ Identities« exhibition. If you click on »scientific committee« you can clearly see what the focus was. In this YouTube video (starting at 21:26) you can get a sense of how exhibition visitors interacted with the various terminals across the venue. Here's the wikipedia entry for computational sociology. If you'd like to receive new episodes straight to your email inbox, you can subscribe here for free: ⁠⁠slipup.substack.com And here's a reminder to hydrate.

So is human risk just any risk brought on by the presence of humans? Of course not, and we explain why. If you'd like to receive new episodes straight to your email inbox, you can subscribe here for free: slipup.substack.com Also, here's James Reason's seminal paper on human error management.