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From the award‑winning team behind Cloud Realities, Realities Remixed explores what happens when people, culture, industry, and technology collide, because real breakthroughs rarely come from technology alone.

In each episode, hosts Dave Chapman, Esmee van de Giessen, and Rob Kernahan dig beneath the surface of innovation to understand what’s truly shifting. They speak with leaders, practitioners, vendors and thinkers across industries to explore how technology reshapes human behaviour, organisational culture, and society, for better and sometimes for worse.

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Our hosts

Together, Dave, Esmee and Rob have over 70 years of cloud and transformation experience and act as our guides through a new reality each week.

Dave Chapman

Vice President, Cloud Evangelist

Vice President, Cloud Evangelist and Influencer with 25 years’ experience as CIO, CTO and transformation leader, driving strategy, enterprise transformation, and executive technology programs. Host of Realities Remixed, shaping thought leadership at the intersection of cloud, digital innovation, and industry transformation.

Esmee van de Giessen

Principal Consultant Enterprise Transformation and meaningful change.

Principal Consultant Enterprise Transformation Capgemini, specializing in transformation, leadership, and organizational development. Co‑host of Realities Remixed, passionate about unlocking team potential, culture and meaningful change.

Rob Kernahan

Vice President Chief Architect for Cloud

Vice President Chief Architect for Cloud, driving cloud, sovereignty, and go‑to‑market leadership across regions. Co‑host of Realities Remixed, bringing strategic insight on digital platforms and enterprise transformation.

Season 6

Episode 193 – RR004: The trust gap with Dr. Tim Currie, Author | March 2026

Realities Remixed, formerly know as Cloud Realities, launches a new season exploring the intersection of people, culture, industry and tech.

After years of remote‑first work built on swift trust, companies are asking a harder question: what does a organization really stand for when people rarely show up together? As AI accelerates change, leaders are rethinking presence, team design, and collaboration to fuel trust, innovation, and growth.

This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob are joined by Dr. Tim Currie, disruptor, author, innovator, and advisor, to examine transformation versus trust, the role of AI, and whether organisations can truly build culture without deeper human connection.

TLDR:

  • 00:42– Introduction
  • 01:10 –  Hang out: New film releases
  • 07:17 – Dig in: The trust gap in remote work
  • 17:57 – Conversation with Dr. Tim Currie
  • 54:07 – The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere in Las Vegas and staying connected

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Realities Remixed, formerly know as Cloud Realities, launches a new season exploring the intersection of people, culture, industry and tech.


Business messaging is transforming customer engagement by enabling brands to move conversations into familiar, always‑on messaging platforms. The result for customers is greater convenience, quicker resolutions, and more meaningful, personalized interactions.

This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob are joined by Kathleen Tandy, Global Director and Head of Business Messaging Marketing and WhatsApp for Business at Meta, to explore how companies are using messaging platforms to engage customers, what customers expect from these experiences, and the challenges of scaling messaging in tech.

TLDR:

  • 00:35 – Introduction
  • 01:00 –  Hang out: The new Remarkable
  • 05:25 – Dig in: Using messaging to enhance customer experiences
  • 20:49 – Conversation with Kathleen Tandy
  • 55:26 – The passion for college football and championship weekend!

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Realities Remixed, formerly know as Cloud Realities, launches a new season exploring the intersection of people, culture, industry, and tech.

Energy transportation is a deeply local business, safely delivering gas and electricity, more and more from renewable sources, directly to the communities it serves. Technology and AI help make that possible by strengthening safety, bringing companies closer to customers, and enabling teams to build the future together.

This week, Dave, Esmee, and Rob are joined by John Koerwer, CIO of UGI Corporation, to explore explore why “the business” and tech still struggle to speak the same language, nd what helps close the gap.

TLDR:

  • 00:35 – Introduction
  • 01:17 – Hang out: new toys and coffee
  • 07:55 – Dig in: the business – tech divide
  • 21:07 – Conversation with John Koerwer
  • 59:40 – The amazing AI technology in The Sphere’s version of The Wizard of Oz

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Realities Remixed, formerly know as Cloud Realities, launches a new season exploring the intersection of people, culture, technology, and society. Hosts Dave Chapman, Esmee van de Giessen, and Rob Kernahan unpack 2026’s defining trends, from AI and sovereignty to adaptability and automation, offering fresh insight, candid reflections, and forward‑looking conversations shaping the year ahead.

TLDR:

  • 00:20 – Introduction of Realities Remixed
  • 02:30 – Why the show evolved?
  • 04:50 – Dig in with the team: Predictions for 2026
  • 06:40 – Macro trends
  • 13:00 – Sovereignty 
  • 17:40 – Agentic AI
  • 22:17 – Human–AI interaction
  • 26:06 – Cloud trends
  • 30:42 – AI scaling, domain‑specific models
  • 35:03 – Adoption lag
  • 39:34 – Physical AI
  • 43:47 – Quantum computing
  • 48:21 – Hardware acceleration
  • 50:30 – Cybersecurity
  • 52:38 – Season outlook
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On Cloud Realities, the real insight rarely came from technology alone, it emerged at the intersection of People, Culture, Industry, and Technology. In the remix we bring back familiar voices and topics while going deeper into the wider impacts, influence, and potential of today’s tech across society.

The 2026 season trailer, arriving a little later than planned, opens with this renewed focus and sets the stage for Episode 1, launching on February 19. Here’s a quick trailer to get you ready!

TLDR:

  • 00:11 The emergence of insight from Cloud Realities
  • 01:00 Where the magic happens
  • 01:42 The real impact on People, Culture, Industry and Tech
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September 2024 – August 2025

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January – August 2024

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September – December 2023

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January – August 2023

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Season 1

November – December 2022

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Credits

In addition to the hosts, thanks also go to Marcel Van Der Burg and Dave Chapman for production, and Ben Corbett and Louis Corbett for sound.