Greg Richardson has spent decades where AI and cybersecurity meet, long before they became major headlines. Former engineer, former executive, advisory CISO at BlackBerry and Palo Alto Networks. He also founded 6 Levers AI Consulting and Coaching and has spent years translating all of this into language that actual humans can understand and act on.

This week on patch we are getting into both sides of it. The threat and the tool. Why small businesses are the hottest targets in cybersecurity right now and why they are also the ones rushing into AI the fastest without a real plan. The coffee shop, the nonprofit, the boutique. In the crossfire on both fronts and most of them have no idea.

This is the patch:

• think red, act blue: the attacker mindset framework that changes how you defend everything
• why your small business has a bigger target on its back than a bank and what to actually do about it
• the difference between an AI tool and an AI agent and why getting that wrong is costing people real money
• one person with AI agents now has the reach of an entire organization. what that means for whoever is on the other side

We close with the lifestyle segment: the truth behind Greg's consistently sharp fits, the style crew keeping him looking good, and a story that had me genuinely laughing.

All views expressed are my own.

This week I'm getting into the woman behind the tool you probably used to make your last pitch deck. Melanie Perkins is the co-founder and CEO of Canva, and her story is one of the most interesting in tech right now. We get into how a frustrating Photoshop class at a Perth university became a design platform used by 170 million people, how democratizing design means that a freelancer in Lagos or a student in São Paulo now has access to the same professional tools as anyone in New York or London, and why she got rejected by over a hundred investors before anyone said yes.

This is the patch:

• from Perth to everywhere: how Melanie built a billion dollar company with no Bay Area network, no fancy connections, and over a hundred no's
• the yearbook company nobody talks about and why it built the foundation for everything Canva became
• 92% of business leaders now expect design skills from every employee, not just creatives. what that means for your career right now
• the grandmaster move: why chess grandmasters are making deliberately imperfect moves to beat AI, and what that means for anyone building a creative career

We close with the lifestyle segment: Melanie used to work seven days a week and has been open about how unsustainable that was. We get into her 100km walking habit, her AI walks with AirPods, and why the most ambitious women in tech are starting to talk about rest as seriously as they talk about results.

All views expressed are my own.

This week I'm breaking down one of the most important conferences in the tech world. RSAC 2026 is happening right now in San Francisco, and even if cybersecurity isn't your world yet, I think this one is worth your attention. We get into how a single room of cryptographers (the people who figured out how to keep your data private using math) in 1991 became a 40,000-person global institution, why AI has completely taken over the conversation this year, and the three trends that are going to be defining headlines for the next decade.

This is the patch:

• why RSAC is the one conference the whole industry actually pays attention to
• agentic AI: who owns it when no one does
• post-quantum cryptography and why the time to prepare is now, not later
• CTEM: the shift away from checking for threats every few weeks to having a live, always-on view of where you are exposed

We close with the lifestyle segment, and this one is for my listeners who are constantly on the move for work. I get into why I stopped bringing a carry-on and never looked back, why this Korean skincare product is my ultimate travel companion, and why a trench over a TNA butter set is the only airport outfit you will ever need.

All views expressed are my own.