{"id":141926,"date":"2018-11-07T06:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=141926"},"modified":"2018-11-07T06:29:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T11:29:03","slug":"ictp-030-community-chat-emerging-innovations-reaction-incumbent-players-e-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2018\/11\/ictp-030-community-chat-emerging-innovations-reaction-incumbent-players-e-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"ICTP 030: Community Chat on emerging innovations and the reaction of the incumbent players, and e-waste"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Bianca Welds and Angus Steele, the panel discusses: emerging innovations, the industries being disrupted and the reaction of the incumbent players, and the state of electronic (e-)waste in the Caribbean.<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/iframe><\/p>\nThis episode is also available in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast\/id1373550291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple iTunes<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stitcher<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\nInnovation.\u00a0 It is an attribute that has become valued and lauded; and countries, including those across the Caribbean region, have been eager to promote it among their citizens. However, advocating for greater innovation, and fostering its realisation and the changes that inevitably would eventuate, are two completely different things.<\/p>\nMost Caribbean countries have struggled to support innovation when it comes knocking on their door, although it is something for which they have been advocating. To a considerable degree, the needed policy and legislative framework have not been put in place, and so the enabling environment \u2013 to truly foster innovation \u2013 does not exist. Further, the incumbent players tend to be severely opposed to innovation in their industries, as they are not only protecting the status quo, but their bread and butter as well.<\/p>\nOn the other hand, whilst innovation has been a buzzword across the region for the past few years, very little has been said about electronic (e-)waste. In most Caribbean countries, old televisions, smartphones, laptop and desktop computers, to name a few, are being placed in garbage dumps and landfills, without taking into consideration the impact not only on the environment, but also on our water supply, along with plant and animal health.<\/p>\nHowever, the absence of policies addressing e-waste tends to speak to a larger issue:\u00a0 the extent to which Caribbean countries are environmentally-minded \u2013 through the policies that have been established; the emphasis on recycling; and the attendant support for innovation, as part of a wider waste management framework.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"141934\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2018\/11\/ictp-030-community-chat-emerging-innovations-reaction-incumbent-players-e-waste\/bianca-welds-bwelds\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bianca-Welds-BWelds.jpg?fit=428%2C353&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"428,353\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Bianca Welds (BWelds)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bianca-Welds-BWelds.jpg?fit=300%2C247&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bianca-Welds-BWelds.jpg?fit=428%2C353&ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-141934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bianca-Welds-BWelds.jpg?resize=250%2C206&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bianca-Welds-BWelds.jpg?w=428&ssl=1 428w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Bianca-Welds-BWelds.jpg?resize=300%2C247&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>The above is context for the two topics discussed in this Community Chat, which were submitted by our guest panellists:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/biancawelds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bianca Welds<\/a><\/strong>, who is based in Jamaica. She is a long-time coder, and the Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/lattitudestudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L\u2019Attitude Studios<\/a>, which provides web design services for those in the creative space, and <a href=\"http:\/\/creativelattitude.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative L\u2019Attitude<\/a>, the associated consulting arm. Bianca is also the Local Director for <a href=\"https:\/\/fi.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Founder Institute Jamaica<\/a>, which is a launch accelerator for tech start-ups, and the topic she submitted for discussion was Emerging innovations, the industries being disrupted and the reaction of the incumbent players<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_141929\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141929\" data-attachment-id=\"141929\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2018\/11\/ictp-030-community-chat-emerging-innovations-reaction-incumbent-players-e-waste\/angus-steele-a-steele\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Angus-Steele-A-Steele.jpg?fit=639%2C647&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"639,647\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Angus Steele (A Steele)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"Angus Steele<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Angus-Steele-A-Steele.jpg?fit=296%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Angus-Steele-A-Steele.jpg?fit=639%2C647&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-141929\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Angus-Steele-A-Steele.jpg?resize=250%2C253&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Angus-Steele-A-Steele.jpg?w=639&ssl=1 639w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Angus-Steele-A-Steele.jpg?resize=296%2C300&ssl=1 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Angus Steele<\/p><\/div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/angus-steele-30992a58\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angus Steele<\/a><\/strong>, a telecoms industry veteran, who has held positions such as General Manager of LIME St Vincent and the Grenadines and LIME Grenada, both of which now operate under the brand, Flow. Currently, he is the Managing Partner of Island Consultancy Services in Grenada, which offers project management, advisory and planning services, network design and implementation services, to name a few.\u00a0 Angus was keen for us to discuss the state of Electronic waste in the Caribbean<\/em><\/strong>, a topic that he himself had been giving considerable thought.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWe would love to hear your thoughts!<\/p>\nDo leave us a comment either here beneath this article, or on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ICTPulse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ict-pulse-consulting-limited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> pages, or via Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICTPulse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ICTPulse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<h2>Select links<\/h2>\nBelow are links to some of the organisations and resources that either were mentioned during the episode, or otherwise, might be useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forbes article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chunkamui\/2018\/10\/24\/state-farm-mocks-lemonades-use-of-ai-doubles-down-on-48000-human-agents-not-a-great-idea\/#346ec6ec6f3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Farm Mocks Lemonade’s Use Of AI, Doubles Down On Human Agents–Not A Great Idea<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Forbes article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chunkamui\/2014\/02\/20\/these-6-technologies-will-make-or-break-every-information-intensive-company-including-yours\/#5e5a1661244f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These 6 Technologies Will Make or Break Every Information-Intensive Company — Including Yours<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Invest Barbados article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investbarbados.org\/newsmain.php?view=Barbados%20%20Leading%20the%20Way%20in%20Fintech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbados – Leading the Way in Fintech<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>News article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caribbean360.com\/business\/new-regulations-coming-for-fintech-firms-in-barbados\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Regulations Coming for Fintech Firms in Barbados<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/startupgrenada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Startup Grenada<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ICT Pulse article, <a href=\"https:\/\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/2013\/07\/big-deal-e-waste\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is the big deal about e-waste?<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>ICT Pulse article, <a href=\"https:\/\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/2011\/09\/where-do-our-electronic-devices-go-to-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Where do our electronic devices go to die?<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dosomething.org\/us\/facts\/11-facts-about-e-waste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11 facts About E-Waste<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nImage credits:\u00a0\u00a0alles (Pixabay);\u00a0 B Welds; A Steele<\/em><\/p>\nMusic credit:\u00a0 Ray Holman\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Bianca Welds and Angus Steele, the panel discusses: emerging innovations, the industries being disrupted and the reaction of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[355],"tags":[71,90,205,204,359,15],"class_list":["post-141926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-businesses","tag-e-waste","tag-entrepreneurship-2","tag-innovation-2","tag-panel-discussion","tag-trends","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wireless-microphone-mic-alles-Pixabay.png?fit=1024%2C540&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2iE1G-AV8","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141926"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141960,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141926\/revisions\/141960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}