Here’s your chance to get a small peek under the covers of Google. Paul Lawrence joins us from San Jose, California, to share his story and his work life at this prestigious company. In this podcast episode, Paul share about being selected to join Google, the onboarding process, and then what it’s like to be immersed in the Google culture. Don’t miss this treasure trove of insights from inside one of the most iconic tech companies out there. Key takeaways are: • Lessons for tech leaders from ins...
Mar 22, 2021•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast A technology leader's needs from a city - How the right cities can drive innovation and growth The environment can make a huge difference on culture. In turn, culture can make a huge difference to an organization's energy around Agility, innovation, creativity, and synergy with other seemingly unrelated industries. So we often talk about the environment and culture on a micro and macro level (teams and organizations). These always seem to be under the microscope, and for good valid reasons. What...
Feb 23, 2021•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Technology leaders sit in an incredibly important organizational seat in this day and age. Their role is to deliver technology and give the business the capability to compete, innovate, and stay relevant. Our guest on this CTO Confessions Podcast speaks to this subject. In particular, leadership plays a huge role in how their people go about their tasks and the incumbent culture their work emerges from. Key takeaways from the Podcast are: - The fundamental role of tech leaders and why it's not j...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Warby Parker is a big name in the spectacle industry, so it was exciting to have Sung Choi, their Senior Director of engineering, come onto the show and share his wisdom. Sung is a true Agilist and seated in a company that seems to create the perfect environment for the values and principles of Agile to thrive. The key takeaways from the Podcast are: - The power of leading with Integrity - Aligning around values and principles to deliver customer-centric business value from the technology space ...
Feb 23, 2021•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast IT Labs takes pride in finding and speaking to CTOs with fascinating tech journeys. Well, here's another interesting one that started in the military and ended up at the helm of an organization's tech function. Charles White, CTO at Foretnix, shares his journey and insights into areas that he is passionate about, from leadership to security and novel architectures. It would be safe to say Charles covers much wisdom-filled ground in this podcast. One particularly striking aspect of Charles's voya...
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast There is much talk about AI and ML (Machine learning). The terms are misused, and the hype around them creates much confusion. So what can they offer in real terms, if anything? Well, Felix Hovsepian joins us on CTO confessions to clear up the subject and explore some interesting use cases. Key takeaways from the Podcast are: - Why ML and AI are not the same things - Examples of AI and ML - Generative design - AI at the Edge - Being a tech leader in R&D Felix is a colorful character with interes...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Lessons of Amazon: Tech Leadership Tips from an Insider It's always interesting when you meet people that have navigated from one field into another. In this episode, we speak with a scientist that did a spectacular, successful, and exciting jump into the tech world. You may have heard of the company that our guest, David Glick, ended up in; Amazon! David Glick got emersed into the "Amazonian" culture, describing how it moulded his tech leadership. Now CTO at FLEXE (a flexible on-demand ware...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast SME tech leader tips, from a successful serial startup CTO - Creating a startup culture in SME organizations for hyper-growth, innovation, and business survival One of the consistent things we see here at IT Labs through our 'Teams as a Service' (TaaS) and Business Agility consulting is companies' need to have a startup mindset. Especially if they are in a phase of innovation to get one step ahead of competitors. Some of you may be thinking when wouldn't this be the case :) Well, many SMEs know ...
Dec 07, 2020•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Leading technology with a toothbrush - How to create customer-centric innovation and market disruption Tech leaders sit at the heart of an organization. They are the enablers of the businesses in this digital world we live in. Decisions they make, impact the present, and mold the future. In this episode of CTO Confessions, we speak to the tech leader of a very niche business. They have taken the simple toothbrush and added an impressive dimension to it. Marrying the world of personal preventativ...
Nov 23, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Humanizing AI - The future is not all AI dystopia & terminator (creating technology ethics, transparency, and fairness) You hear a lot about AI. It's a bit of a buzz word, right?! Often misused and misreported. One area that is starting to get a lot of debate space is the ethics around this mystifying and still futuristic technology. It's an important subject that is starting to have an impact on our everyday lives. As we all know, the world we live in is full of data, and it's creating more and...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast A new shiny large-scale simulation tool for the SME toolbox - Democratizing super-computing power that's easy to use, low cost, and on tap Whenever one reflects on huge steps in innovation, we usually see some disruptive democratizing of capabilities. Where the tools of the elite, and those with deep pockets, become available to the masses. Well, that's what this Podcast is about! It's about democratizing this ability to have the capabilities of large super compute platforms, brought to the tool...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Tech-ing up the construction industry - Lessons from a construction industry CTO Do you think the building industry is tech-savvy? It's a good question. To some degree, it's yes and no. Through this Podcast, we shine a light on the current state of affairs. It seems that the industry is on the cusp of a step-change. Its finally making attempts to bring technology and infrastructures that have advanced so many other sectors into its arena. Bringing technology, new tools, and the use of big data t...
Sep 29, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 11: CTOs voice from the Banking as a Service Industry With Taylor Lilley CTO's voice from the Banking as a Service Industry - Setting up high performing resilient remote teams and architectures Tech leaders today are multi-faceted. There is the obvious requirement to understand technology, at least from a high level, but also a need to be business-minded and understanding what creates the best high-performing teams in one's leadership scope. In this episode, Taylor Lilley joins us to giv...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast CTO's role in driving revenues for SaaS Companies - In sales, seemingly small things can make a huge difference. Selling is an art, and like any art, we can use techniques to improve or suppress the probability of creating the desired result. In the modern world and COVID19 crisis, interactions in the digital world are becoming the norm rather than the exception. The normalities of face to face meetings have, at least for the short term, turned into a rarity. Thus, impacting the ability to devel...
Sep 14, 2020•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast CTOs as Champions for Innovation - Providing innovation to enterprises in uncertain times Large cooperation's attempt to innovate internally, sinking vast amounts of money, balancing high levels of risk, and rarely succeeding in achieving the innovation opportunities they crave. So what can tech leaders within these organizations do? Jeremy Basset, Founder and Managing Director of CO:CUBED, joined us for a conversation on how CTOs and tech leaders can be the champions of innovation by taking a r...
Aug 31, 2020•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Transformation for Innovation with Deal Daly: Technical leaders part in the Innovation Game As a tech leader, how do you transform your organization for innovation? And why you need to be involved in the first place? Deal Daly, Field CTO at Hammerspace (https://www.linkedin.com/company/hammerspace/), joined us for an enlightening conversation on the subject. With many years in mergers and acquisitions, looking at technology from the outside-in. His journey gradually led him to lead infrastructur...
Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome again for another tech leader's confessions. That right its a CTO Confessions podcast. This episode focuses on the journey of CTOs and, in particular, the expedition of Charles Griffith. An experienced CTO with an interesting passage from: - Gaming industry - To working at Amazon in the formative years - And then to a Startup … and Exit Be inspired to find the path for your journey and see how making it varied can lead to long term success. Creating a well-rounded tech leader. Investing ...
Jul 24, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Greetings again for another installment of the CTO Confessions podcast. This episode focuses on the important role CTO's play in driving Sales and Marketing alignment. Our guest is LaCosta Lolly from GrowthSmart Consulting. Key takeaways from the Podcast are: How technology leaders can take Sales and Marketing to the next level! The importance of tools and data strategy to support (not hinder) Sales and Marketing. How a lack of alignment in sales and marketing can lead to disjoints in other part...
Jun 15, 2020•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Once again, greetings, ladies and gentlemen. Jardena London joins me for a riveting discussion on Leading Transformations. On how exciting they are, and at the same time how painfully challenging they can be. In short, It's not for the faint-hearted. Some of you may recall Jardena from a previous IT Labs Webinar: "Creating Structural Agility with Living Systems.", jointly presented with Sally Breyley Parker. In this talk, we dig deeper into the role of CTOs in organizational transformations. We ...
Jun 02, 2020•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 4: DonorTrends Success story (from Innovation to conception, and a lovely happy exit) Greetings again ladies and gentlemen, and variations thereupon. We have a special episode for you this time, the first in a series. We are calling them “Client confessions” where we invite current and previous clients of IT Labs to talk about their projects, businesses and where they are with them. The aim is to deliver insights and stories of success (and maybe even failures), this all being in in the ...
May 14, 2020•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hello, again, people. I hope you are keeping safe out there with the continuing Coronavirus drama. It turns out our next CTO Confessions podcast is in part once again related to the subject of navigating an organisation during these times. Eugene Kovshilovsky (Евгений Ковшиловский), Senior Vice president of Engineering at US Auto parts, joins me for a discussion around how the automobile eCommerce industry is handling the Coronavirus storm. Eugene has vast experience across many sectors and carr...
May 06, 2020•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 2: Principles for the foundation of technology-driven organisations - Herding the kittens in technology Hello People. I hope you are managing to navigate yourself, your people and your organisation through these mind-boggling times. Our next CTO Confessions podcast is highly related to this subject of navigating an organisation in general, particularly in these times. That's leading others and includes leading yourself. Banne, CEO and co-founder of IT Labs is joining me in a warm discuss...
Apr 23, 2020•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hi my name is TC, and I’m honoured to be hosting the CTO Confessions podcast brought to you by IT Labs. So let’s talk about our first episode (drum roll…) “Business Agility in the context of the Corona Virus challenge“. Snappy title right? As if the world was not complicated enough with businesses having to navigate fast, dramatic changes in the market place, and also internally to the organization. Along comes a devastating pandemic that has us all disrupted in so many ways. So as a business le...
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