#186 - The Amazing CTO's Missing Manual: Guide to Managing Tech Teams - Stephan Schmidt
“Where the CTOs usually struggle is holding people accountable. The other things are leadership, strategy, vision, and being an executive. Most of the CTOs are swamped with work from their day-to-day ...
5 Aug 202451min
#185 - The Transformed Organization: A Blueprint for Moving to the Product Operating Model - Chris Jones
“The three change dimensions of the product operating model are changing how you build, changing how you solve problems, and changing how you decide which problems to solve." Chris Jones, Partner at S...
29 Juli 202459min
#184 - Contract Testing Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide - Lewis Prescott
“Contract testing is a form of testing where you are verifying two systems have the same shared understanding about the expectations." Lewis Prescott is the coauthor of “Contract Testing in Action”. I...
22 Juli 202453min
#183 - Mastering Team Leadership by Embracing Conflicts and Building Resilience - Hari Haralambiev
“Strong teams embrace conflict. They use it as a tool, and they have their great way of handling disagreements." Hari Haralambiev is co-founder of SoftSkillsPills.com and author of the leadership news...
15 Juli 20241h 2min
#182 - Building a Quality-Driven Culture: Enhancing Quality Practices Using QPAM - Janet Gregory & Selena Delesie
“We have 10 different aspects of quality, and testing is just a subset of activities in the overall quality culture. You need to have a good testing practice, but it’s just a tiny part of quality cult...
8 Juli 202454min
#181 - Engineer Your Career and Your Life: Timeless Career Advice and the Power of Small Bets - Louie Bacaj
“Engineers make this mistake of thinking that if they just do the work, they’re going to be rewarded. But it’s just not how it happens. Be heads down, add the value, do great work, but don’t forget to...
1 Juli 20241h 2min
#180 - Becoming a Distinguished Engineer, Public Speaking, and Early Retirement - Kelsey Hightower
“Learn the difference between activities and impact. Sometimes we spend our career trying to get really great at activities. Always ask yourself, what is the impact of the work I’m doing?” From Google...
24 Juni 20241h
#179 - Bottlenecks of Scaleups - Tim Cochran & Kennedy Collins
“As a startup, as a scaleup, you often get one chance. If the first impression is something that’s slow, doesn’t work, is down entirely, people will move on and go find some other way to solve that pr...
17 Juni 202451min
