‘I Think Therefore AI’ with Naveed R. Parvez.

In this week’s episode of Gut The System I am walking and talking with the wonderful Naveed R. Parvez.

I first met Naveed in a small town in Italy of all places, whilst we were on a walk, so it seems extremely fitting to be coming together again, on a walk around the majestic Regents Park.

This conversation comes at quite an important junction in this series. Over the last few episodes we have talked at length about systems thinking, about how to scale change in our current systems and why we need systems that considered the whole rather than individual parts. However, we haven’t discussed a more foundational and or philosophical positioning on what systems thinking is, which Naveed and I touch upon during the first part of this episode. Naveed, at his centre is a systems thinker and has a really talent for condensing and simplifying complex topics.

Also, in this episode we go into Naveed’s backstory as an entrepreneur and innovator in the healthcare sector. We discuss why innovation can be so hard to successfully deploy in the NHS, even when the results are an improvement on the status quo and why we need to make sure we use data in a impactful way.

Naveed has always been an innovator at the cutting edge of technology and we analyse how now he’s working with AI, to accelerate the pace of change. We haven’t spoken much about AI in this series so far but given the monumental change it will and is bringing, not only in the way we interact with each other day to day but also run businesses and how we reward value, it is important to pay it proper attention.

Speaking to Naveed, not just during this episode but throughout the time I’ve known him has been a series of eye-opening events for me. I greatly enjoying this walk and talk and I hope you do too!

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"Taking back control" of our food with Nick Jefferson:

In this week's episode, I'm walking and talking to the engaging and amusing Nick Jefferson.

Nick came onto my radar through LinkedIn after posting a very alarming article which connected the levels of anti-depressants in river water to the mental health of salmon. From there on out, I was hooked on Nick’s extremely illuminating, and sometimes provocative, posts (I don’t think he'd mind me saying that)!

By no means is Nick just a keyboard warrior, spending his time highlighting how broken our food system is. Nick has created a solution to help everyday shoppers reconnect with high quality produce and, if not more importantly, put the producers, be they farmers, fishermen or fisherwomen, back in the driver's seat.

Along with his co-founder Ella, Nick launched Wylde Market back in 2023 and it's been growing a dedicated following ever since. Wylde Market serves as an online platform that brings the best of local markets to the masses. Or as Nick would say, Wylde is a rebellion against big food and a celebration of Selon le Marché (according to the market).

I really enjoyed talking to Nick as we wandered around the beautiful Kew Gardens and as a user of Wylde Market myself, I can say from experience how fantastic it is. I hope you enjoy listening.

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Show notes:

Wylde Market

Petition to put food and farming on the nation curriculum

Dark Matter - Dr James Kinross

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• Harry Farnsworth - Host
• Ned Sedgwick - Producer
• Rosanna Farnsworth - Content

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