--- title: "PODCAST: The impact of digital disruption with Somi Arian" description: Chris Thompson talks to the filmmaker and marketer, Somi Arian, about the impact digital disruption has had on different generations. image: https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/hubfs/.06%20Podcast%20Banners/2020%20Podcast%20Somi%20Arian.png --- [![Wellers Logo](https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/hubfs/.09%20Wellers%20Logo/Wellers%20Logo%20-%20Landing%20Pages.svg "Wellers Logo")](https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk) This is a search field with an autosuggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ![](https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/aWellers_2017_Images/Wellers%20Images/What%20Do%20You%20Need%20Images/search-icon.png?width=600&name=search-icon.png) ****** ![bannerImage.png](https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Wellers%20%20Blog%20Assets/bannerImage.png?width=1129&name=bannerImage.png "bannerImage.png") ## Beyond the numbers podcast - [Personal Tax (3)](https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/blog/topic/personal-tax) - [Business insight (1)](https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/blog/topic/business-insight) - [Tax News (1)](https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/blog/topic/tax-developments) - [Hospitality (1)](https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/blog/topic/hospitality) # PODCAST: The impact of digital disruption with Somi Arian [**Chris Thompson](https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/podcast/author/chris-thompson) **Apr 30, 2019 2:26:14 PM **3 minute read [**](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/podcast/impact-of-digital-disruption-with-somi-arian) [**](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/podcast/impact-of-digital-disruption-with-somi-arian) [**](https://twitter.com/share?url=https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/podcast/impact-of-digital-disruption-with-somi-arian) Somi Arian is a documentary filmmaker, the owner of a marketing agency, and a LinkedIn Top Voice of 2018. In this episode, we explore her origins and the implications of [**digital disruption**](https://www.wellersaccountants.co.uk/free-practical-growth-guide-to-financing-business-expansion-lp) on consumption, society, workplace behaviour, and generations.  By tuning in you'll gain insight into: - How young people can harness personal pain as a source for motivation and to develop **resilience** - Why smartphones and social media have become an **addictive distraction** that results in **procrastination** - The threat to the **middle classes** as the internet matures and new technologies emerge** ** - The areas for young people to focus on and the **skills to develop** for the careers of the future [![Find the finance to recruit and retain employees in the age of digital disruption](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2284600/eb2bdd47-b9fd-46c5-9461-ac5167f02445.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2284600/eb2bdd47-b9fd-46c5-9461-ac5167f02445)   FOLLOW Somi Arian WEBSITE:  [smartcookiemedia.com](http://smartcookiemedia.com/) & [careerdrive.co](https://careerdrive.co/) INSTAGRAM: [www.instagram.com/somiarian/](https://www.instagram.com/somiarian/) TWITTER: [twitter.com/somiarian](https://twitter.com/somiarian) LINKEDIN: [www.linkedin.com/in/somiarian/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/somiarian/)   FOLLOW Chris Thompson TWITTER: [twitter.com/thompsoncst](https://exit.sc?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fthompsoncst) LINKEDIN: [www.linkedin.com/in/chrisstephenthompson](https://exit.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Flinkedin.com%2Fin%2Fchrisstephenthompson) INSTAGRAM: [https://www.instagram.com/talesofthomo/](https://www.instagram.com/talesofthomo/)   FOLLOW Wellers LINKEDIN: [linkedin.com/company/wellers-accountants](https://exit.sc?url=http%3A%2F%2Flinkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fwellers-accountants) TWITTER: [twitter.com/WellersSME](https://exit.sc?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FWellersSME) INSTAGRAM: [www.instagram.com/wellerssme/](https://exit.sc?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fwellerssme%2F)   [![Raising finance to retain and train staff through digital disruption](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2284600/56034a0c-7347-473d-b5a3-9bdc70a275cc.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2284600/56034a0c-7347-473d-b5a3-9bdc70a275cc)    The content of this post is up to date and relevant as at 30/04/2019. 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