Digital Disruption

Digital Disruption is a Podcast for Business leaders and Tech Entrepreneurs. Each episode of the Podcast I will bring you the stories of founders, CEO’s, innovative thinkers and the people at the grass roots level inside organisations driving through digital transformation, disrupting industries with technology and driving change. Sharing their stories, lessons learned and how they are successfully leveraging technology, to disrupt and drive through change.

About your host: Chris Williams has been helping enterprises and brands to innovate and adopt emerging technologies, driving through digital transformation and change for almost 20 years. Building new revenue streams and defining cutting edge solutions to complex problems. Chris founded and built one of the first management consultancy firms dedicated to supporting organisations going through Digital Transformation, servicing clients across multiple sectors in the UK, USA and Europe.

Pete Gatenby & Alastair Thornton on Proof of Concept and AI Capability

Dec 12, 2025

In this November micro-edition of the Digital Disruption Podcast, Pete Gatenby, AI Practice Partner at Novus Strategy, is joined by Alastair Thornton, Director of Growth at Yopa. Together, they explore how Horizontal Digital Integration (HDI) is reshaping the property sector - and what estate agents can do today to...

Pete Gatenby and Robert Thickett on AI and Innovation in the Building Society Sector

Dec 3, 2025

In this month’s micro-edition of the Digital Disruption Podcast, Pete Gatenby, AI Practice Partner at Novus Strategy, is joined by Robert Thickett, Digital Policy Manager at the Building Societies Association. Together, they discuss how building societies are approaching digital transformation, the role of AI, and...

Claire Van der Zant & Mat Hahn on The Future of Estate Agency: HDI and Digital Readiness

Oct 15, 2025

In this micro-edition of the Digital Disruption Podcast, Claire Van der Zant (Novus Strategy) is joined by Mat Hahn, Head of Estate Agent Partnerships at the LMS.

They explore:

Why 2025 marks a turning point for digital progress in estate agency
How Horizontal Digital Integration (HDI) is reshaping the property...

Chris Williams & Paul Broadhead on the Next Era of Mortgages

Oct 9, 2025

In this micro-edition of the Digital Disruption Podcast, Chris Williams (Novus Strategy) is joined by Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage and Housing Policy at the Building Societies Association.

They explore:

Why 2025 has brought renewed momentum to the mortgage market
The role of regulation in enabling (or...

Agentic AI & the Future of Homebuying: Unlocking £400B in UK Property Innovation

Jun 4, 2025

In this episode of Digital Disruption, we explore Agentic AI and its potential uses for the UK homebuying and property sector.

Host Pete is joined by Novus Strategy’s new CEO, Claire van der Zant to discuss how AI is evolving beyond chatbots and automation – now capable of taking initiative, making decisions, and...