BookClub
Welcome to the BlueTech Book Club Podcast—where water meets the written word. Hosted by Paul O’Callaghan, joined by Lily Chen, this is the only podcast dedicated to exploring the books that are shaping how we think about water.
Each episode features conversations sparked by a book—conversations that uncover the ideas, innovations, and stories behind water technology, sustainability, and the people driving change in the sector. From recent titles by academic powerhouses to big-vision narratives from filmmakers, founders, and futurists, we dive deep into what makes these books matter.
This isn’t just a podcast for water experts. It’s for the curious, the committed, and everyone in between—whether you’re just dipping your toes in or already knee-deep in the water space.
You’ll discover books that challenge and inspire new thinking in the sector, hear directly from authors, innovators, and thought leaders, and explore the human stories behind water technologies and movements. It’s also a way to stay connected to emerging trends, research, and radical ideas shaping the future of water.
BlueTech Book Club is brought to you by BlueTech Research. Join us—and bring a book.
BookClub
The Dynamics of Water Innovation: A Conversation with Dr. Reinhard Hübner, CEO, Skion Water
At BlueTech, innovation in the water sector is our favourite subject to discuss.
Did you know that just under 10% of water technology innovations have a successful application and even then the impact is often disappointing. If you are wondering why this is the case than this is certainly the podcast episode for you!
Towards the end of last year Paul O’Callaghan the CEO and founder of BlueTech Research was awarded his PhD at Wageningen University on the Dynamics of Water Innovation.
The PhD aims to provide insights into the rate of adoption, diffusion and success of innovative water technologies globally. As well as discussing what makes certain innovations successful in his PhD, he also presented the water technology adoption model. Which can be used to monitor the spread of innovations.
In this highly anticipated podcast episode, Paul will speak to one of the challenges of his PhD, Dr Reinhard Hübner, the CEO at Skin Water. In this episode Paul and Reinhard will unpack the different types of innovation, rates of success, adoption and give some very valuable advice to start ups in the water industry.
💡 Got a suggestion for a book or author we should feature? Drop us a line at lily.chen@bluetechresearch.com
📘 Paul’s book The Dynamics of Water Innovation is available at braveblue.world/book—Lily will personally make sure it wings its way to you.
🔗 Connect with Lily and Paul on LinkedIn, and visit bluetechresearch.com and braveblue.world to learn more.