A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

About Joshua Joshua is a successful serial entrepreneur, technology executive and investor. He has started multiple businesses, helping scale them to 150+ people and $100m+ in revenue. Today, he is CEO @ Mindstone and a Venture/Limited Partner @ Emerge Education, focusing on building a platform that helps people learn faster, remember more and get things done. Previously, he was Co-Founder & Chief Product / Technology Officer at SuperAwesome the biggest kids technology company in the world, acquired by Epic Games in the summer of 2020. Before that, he was a Co-Founder & CEO @ Targetz, as well as CJ Online Works and worked for Richemont International to build their Intellectual Property database systems across multiple continents. He was born in the Netherlands, attended High School in Switzerland and speaks five languages. After studying Computer Science at King’s College London, Joshua took his MBA at the Open University and has since completed MOOCs ranging from the Science of Learning to the application of Artificial Intelligence. After such a varied educational journey, and having been underwhelmed by many of his educational experiences, he founded Mindstone to help change that. Today We Talked About Joshua's background Entrepreneurship How we learn Resume building Portfolio Learning from YouTube Connect with Joshua Website LinkedIn Twitter I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About John John Estafanous is the founder and CEO of RallyBright, a SaaS team development platform that helps business leaders improve team performance, dynamics and inclusion. John helps business leaders build high-performing, inclusive teams. He works with executive teams and leaders of teams of all sizes and levels at organizations ranging from startups to unicorns, to enterprise tech companies and household names in healthcare and media. He also partners with organizational people leaders interested in measuring inclusion and collaboration. As a repeat founder with extensive digital transformation, marketing, and operations experience, John leverages his executive leadership and technology background to build solutions that drive business impact and are easy to use Today We Talked About John's background Early coding Data Team building inclusiveness and belonging How do we get it done Code Dimensions Connection Attitude Direction Alignment Performance Safety Mindsets Fixed Abundance Growth Shared Purpose and Vision Empathy and Fairness Respond and not React Accountability Measuring performance and KPIs Connect with John LinkedIn Twitter Website I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Private Internet Access I’ve been a customer of Private Internet Access for over 3 years now and I love this service.  I was at a security conference a few years ago and I connected to the hotel wifi.  Immediately my endpoint protection software began to alert me of hacking attempts.  I launched my VPN from Private Internet Access and all of the attempts were stopped. My data and internet connection was secure.  Another great use of the VPN service is connect from different geo locations, which is very helpful when testing DNS and CDN caching. To get a your VPN account starting at $3.33 per month, please visit https://ageekleader.com/vpn

About Jerome Jerome joined Narativ in 2007 after the founders, Murray Nossel and Paul Browde, handed him a shoebox full of notes and said, “we think there’s a company in here.” Jerome had recently left a position at BNP Paribas, Hong Kong, and came to New York to pursue a career in filmmaking. He jumped at the challenge—and so began Jerome's story with Narativ. At Narativ, today Jerome helps companies leverage the power of story-telling by teaching them how to craft and tell stories that resonate through a repeatable and scalable method. Narativ offers listening and storytelling training programs, one-on-one coaching, and virtual work-shops for sales, team building, leadership development and onboarding. For over a decade, Jerome has worked closely with clients as diverse as CIGNA, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Janssen Pharma, and Warby Parker to craft business-relevant personal stories for sales, leadership, and team building. He regularly lectures at Parsons New School of Design in New York City on The Art of Storytelling.   Today We Talked About Jerome's background Why Storytelling How to tell a good story The science of knowledge transfer and how it becomes part of the company's ecosystem Listen to yourself How are others listening to you Just tell the actions, not the feelings What happened?  and The Story Arc.... Know the ending Obstacles for listening The methodology of a great story Every employee has a story and why it matters for your organization Connect With Jerome Twitter LinkedIn Narativ website Book Podcast I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Private Internet Access I’ve been a customer of Private Internet Access for over 3 years now and I love this service.  I was at a security conference a few years ago and I connected to the hotel wifi.  Immediately my endpoint protection software began to alert me of hacking attempts.  I launched my VPN from Private Internet Access and all of the attempts were stopped. My data and internet connection was secure.  Another great use of the VPN service is connect from different geo locations, which is very helpful when testing DNS and CDN caching. To get a your VPN account starting at $3.33 per month, please visit https://ageekleader.com/vpn

About Rick Rick Maurer is a speaker, author, consultant, and expert on helping leaders avoid resistance to change period since the publication of his book Beyond the Wall of Resistance in the 1990s, Ricks opinion has been sought by The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, NBC Nightly News, Fortune, and many other media outlets. Some of the largest companies in the world ask for his advice on ways to avoid resistance to change and ways to build strong support for changes and other big projects. Today We Talked About Rick's Background Why do people support us? Why do they resist us? Transparency Respect Communication Q & A Fear Trust Seizing Moments of Possibility: Ways to Trigger Energy and Forward Momentum on Your Ideas and Plans Connect with Rick LinkedIn Website Book Twitter I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Private Internet Access I’ve been a customer of Private Internet Access for over 3 years now and I love this service.  I was at a security conference a few years ago and I connected to the hotel wifi.  Immediately my endpoint protection software began to alert me of hacking attempts.  I launched my VPN from Private Internet Access and all of the attempts were stopped. My data and internet connection was secure.  Another great use of the VPN service is connect from different geo locations, which is very helpful when testing DNS and CDN caching. To get a your VPN account starting at $3.33 per month, please visit https://ageekleader.com/vpn

About Chans Chans Weber is the Founder and CEO of Agile & Co. Backed up by ten plus years of experience in digital marketing & entrepreneurship, Chans is known for his skill in transforming companies’ visions and goals into tangible revenue. He is responsible for guiding the strategy and evolution of Agile & Co. Through Agile & Co’s transparent, analytics-driven tactics, businesses are now realizing the effectiveness of inbound marketing. Chans consistently strives to create cutting-edge and innovative strategies that enable companies to gain top market share in their respective industries. Chans built Agile & Co (formerly known as Leap Clixx) from the ground up using inbound marketing principles. Prior to becoming a full-service inbound marketing company, Agile & Co used SEO as the driving force behind their success and the success of their clients. Chans is also a husband, father, and an Arête Syndicate OG. Today We Talked About Chans background Hiring Onboarding Bonuses One-on-one Culture Quarterly bonus Salaries Turnover Pandemic Pricing Connect with Chans Twitter LinkedIn Website I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Swizec Swizec is a software engineer, author, and indie hacker from Slovenia. His career in high growth San Francisco startups changed how he thinks about code and he likes to share those lessons as the senior mindset. Today We Talked About Sr. Engineer Do the annoying stuff for your engineers Perspective Getting Experience Going downhill for a little bit Rest and Vest Why? How to get there? What's wrong with Tutorials? Serverless Handbook Senior mindset Connect with Swizec Twitter LinkedIn Website YouTube I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Luke Over the last fifteen years, Luke Arrigoni has worked with some of the top brands in the United States building machine learning and data science programs, even before there was such a term. He worked with companies such as UPS, J&J, Getty, AT&T, Stryker, Goldman Sachs, CAA, FOX, Sephora along with others. Luke has media experience explaining to audiences at Bloomberg, WIRED and others on topics such as data’s impact on politics, machine learning, blockchain and other ways that technology intersects in a big way in everyone’s day-to-day life. He built and sold an econometrics business in the past and also has experience with Sino-American trading relationships. He worked with several companies such as J&J and Samsung making him familiar with how to do business with technology and raise products in China. Luke enjoys getting people excited about otherwise dry topics like data by creating a meaningful narrative around how it applies to everyone, even if you don’t know how it impacts you. Luke would make an excellent guest to discuss technology and its impacts on industries. Today we Talked About AI Machine Learning Self-Driving Cars ML vs. AI Facial Recognition Minority Report AI/ML for Law enforcement Job Threats Neural Nets Embedding Spaces Language advances Connect with Luke Website Twitter LinkedIn I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Matthew MATTHEW STIBBE is a serial entrepreneur, marketing maven, writer, pilot, and wine enthusiast. But not necessarily in that order. He created marketing strategies, content and campaigns for clients including Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn and HP and contributed to Wired, Forbes and Popular Science. Currently, he is CEO at Articulate Marketing, a UK marketing agency specializing in the technology sector. Also, his geek credentials are strong. Previously, he was founder and CEO at Intelligent Games, a 70-person computer games company where he designed games for LEGO and produced two games based on Dune. Matthew also has his commercial pilots license and an advanced wine diploma. (Have you seen the film Somm? Like that!) At some point in the previous millennium, he studied history at Oxford University. These days, he blogs about modern management at www.geekboss.com, about marketing at www.articulatemarketing.com and wine at www.vincarta.com.   Today we talked about Intelligent Games Planetary Society Geek Boss Add Passion Traction - Book Hire for Attitude Peter Principal Fear of Failure Nothing should come as a surprise Giving Surprises and Getting Surprised Managing your boss OKRs Share what we learn Servant Leadership Connect with Matthew Twitter LinkedIn Blog Website I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Yair Yair Riemer is CEO at Intoo, a leading career mobility solution provider for the HR, higher education, and workforce sectors. He has 15+ years experience as a founder/operator in the PeopleTech and EdTech industries building innovative career development solutions. Yair previously served as a President at CareerArc, a leading HRtech company focused on employer brand. Prior to that, he was a founding team member and Chief Marketing Officer at Internships.com, the world’s largest student-focused internship marketplace, which was successfully acquired by Chegg. Earlier in his career, he was a founding team member at Amuzu, a SaaS mobile solution for higher education institutions, where he led product, marketing, and business development efforts. Yair is a frequent contributor to HR- and technology-focused publications and has led studies on numerous HR topics including employer branding, workplace flexibility, internships, and the rise of social media in recruitment. He holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv. Today We Talking About Yair's background Intoo Career Coaching Mentors Authenticity Honesty Retention The Great Resignation Referrals Speed Innovation Collaboration Caring Over Communicate Recognition Chain of Recognition How to start Career Pathways Connect With Yair LinkedIn Twitter Intoo I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2

About Michael Michael King, founder and CEO of TEAMS.COACH, LLC is a highly sought-after Executive and Business Leadership Coach. He helps business leaders clarify and execute at high levels through his proprietary T.E.A.M.S. Methodology to develop measurable business growth and company-wide collaboration. Michael has close to twenty years of hands-on experience, leading teams, and organizations. In the past five years, he worked with a wide range of clients, from solo entrepreneurs to top company executives. Michael has a unique ability to combine critical thinking and sense of humor which makes his style of coaching a lot more engaging, effective and digestible through systems, strategies, and structures necessary to navigate business growth and change. Michael is married to his wife of 23 years, Beth. They have 3 amazing kids, Chloe-15, Amelia-13 and Emerson-10. Today We Talked About Michael's Background 360 reviews People over Products Engagement Transparent Leadership Attract what you make visible Burnout as a leader Wednesday Wakeup TEAMS approach to achieving goals Target Engagement Action Momentum Synergy Why Coaching? What is getting in the way of your success? Do you have the authority to make changes? Connect with Michael LinkedIn Twitter Website Cell: 763-245-4984 I’ve been using A2 Hosting for several years.  They offer state of the art SSD hosting for all of their plans.  Their sites are super fast and easy to setup.  I rarely need support, but when I was migrating my sites to a larger plan I used their support services and they were phenomenal.  I highly recommend A2 hosting for all of your hosting needs.  And I also recommend everyone to have a personal website. If you’re in technology and looking for a job and don’t have your own website, I probably wouldn’t hire you.  Just sayin’. Please use my affiliate link when signing up. https://www.ageekleader.com/a2