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

About Diana Diana Wu David is the author of Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration and works with global leaders to enhance their ability to adapt, contribute, collaborate and grow. Formerly an executive with Financial Times, she is also an adjunct professor at Hong Kong University Business School and EMBA Global program focused on leadership and interpersonal dynamics. Her clients have included the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, the World Bank, Expedia, AXA, Randstad and JP Morgan. Today We Talked About: Diana's career Future Proof Things are moving faster Living Longer Globalization experiment and reinvent yourself upgrade yourself Virtual teams Personal User Manual Trust Speed of Trust - book Values David Brooks TedX Talk Connect with Diana: Twitter Website Book LinkedIn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBObnvIZGwE Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show. Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years.  Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none.  I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again!

About Dan Dan Mulroy spent 14 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL working the most elite individuals there are in the military. Amongst these elite few, he saw how effective leadership and teamwork can enable you to accomplish any mission, no matter the odds. After leaving the military, he saw how these same principles, and the lack thereof, affected an organizations' abilities to accomplish their own missions. As a leadership and business coach, Dan is devoted to bringing the knowledge, skills and experiences he has gained over the years to you and your organization through leadership development programs and coaching. His goal is to enable you and your entire organization to operate at the highest levels of efficiency, productivity and goal achievement. As a Navy SEAL, Dan has led a wide range of cross-functional teams in complex operations around the world, designed and implemented three-year training programs for foreign nation special operation forces, managed multi-million dollar budgets, and worked with foreign military and governments to develop local real estate projects for security purposes. After leaving the military, he was partner and VP of Operations at DebtMaven Inc., a debt-financing startup. He has also been a consultant to companies in healthcare and CPG. Through these experiences he brings to you the knowledge, skills, training and coaching that will enable you to build and lead effective teams and organizations. Today We Talked About How to think about becoming a better leader Difference between a manager and a leader Managing is controlling Leading - the process of influence of leading through motivation and inspiration How leadership looks different at different levels How coaching can help leaders Hiring Vets Changing Perspectives Understanding people and communication Humility Honesty Ask for Feedback Military Leadership Putting your ego aside Relationship Legacy book Setting Examples 373 North Leadership (why 373??) Connect with Dan LinkedIn Website I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 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 Dave Dave McKeown helps individuals, teams, and organizations achieve excellence by doing the ordinary things extraordinarily well. He is the CEO of Outfield Leadership and author of the upcoming book The Self-Evolved Leader - Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down.  He has a wealth of experience in connecting individual and team performance to improved business results with a particular focus on fast-growing, complex organizations.   Dave started his career as a Consultant at Accenture, quickly moving to become the COO and then President of Predictable Success, a boutique consultancy focussed on helping complex businesses achieve scalability.  Whilst at Predictable Success he also ran Inc. Consulting, a joint venture with Inc. Media which helped companies on, or aspiring to be on, the Inc. 5000. achieve consistent, scalable growth. As Founder and CEO of Outfield Leadership, Dave now speaks, coaches and trains on moving from execution to excellence. His goal is to help organizations build a culture of real, authentic but ultimately results-driven leadership. He has shared his leadership strategies at the Inc. 500 and Growco conferences, Bank of America, for the British Government, Entrepreneur's Organization, Bamboo HR and countless others. And has worked with leaders at Spectrum Health, Renewal by Andersen, Akamai, NYSE and many smaller, fast-growing organizations. Dave is the host of the podcast 'Lead Like you Give a Damn' and writes a weekly column for Inc.Com. A native of Ireland, Dave now resides in Southern California with his wonderful wife, Paris and awesome Staffie, Maggie. Today We Talked About Dave's leadership journey What is a self-evolved leader Take control of your own growth Leadership Essentials Vulnerability Empathy Locus of control Vision Pulse Discipline attention management facilitating team flow symbiotic conversation supporting your team building shared accountability Setting Goals Attention Listening to your team Celebrating success The 1st 90 days Book 90 day sprints Sustaining Leadership Success Connect with Dave Book Website Twitter LinkedIn Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show. Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years.  Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none.  I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again!

About Charlie Charlie Gilkey is the founder of Productive Flourishing, a company that helps professional creatives, leaders, and changemakers take meaningful action on work that matters. He is internationally recognized as a thought leader on productivity, planning, strategy, and leadership for creative people. Charlie is the author of the forthcoming Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done (Sounds True, September 2019) and The Small Business Life Cycle and is widely cited in media outlets including Inc., Time, Forbes, the Guardian, Lifehacker, and more. He’s also an Army veteran and near-PhD in philosophy. Today We Talked About: Getting Things Done Productivity Stories we tell ourselves Making time or your not SMART Goals What if I succeed Need to be creative Most courageous next step Breadcrumbs from project to project Focus Blocks Thrash Crash Funday Friday Task Productive Procrastination Project Pyramids Blocks and Tasks (90min and 15min) Finding Focus Time Habits, practices, and routines Atomic Habits Success Packs Connect With Charlie: Productive Flourishing Podcast Book - Start Finishing Twitter Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show. Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years.  Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none.  I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again!

About Paul Paul Powers is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Physna, Inc. In 2019, Powers was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the brightest young entrepreneurs in the United States as a Forbes 30 Under 30 winner. Powers has been featured in publications around the world including Forbes and Fortune, various news programs such as Lou Dobbs of Fox Business and dozens of others. Paul Powers has presented on the TED Talk stage, at various tech summits and at various tech conferences such as PLMx, StartUp Grind and Startup of the Year at SXSW. Powers co-founded Physna in 2015, creating industry-leading software to bridge the gap between software and the physical world by normalizing 3D data and applying machine learning. Physna's proprietary technology is patent-pending in over 120 countries and is increasingly used as an industry default for cybersecurity, protecting the integrity of 3D designs in aerospace, automotive, medical devices, etc. from otherwise untraceable manipulations from cyber attacks. Physna is also used to increase efficiency with CAD design, reduce supply chain / procurement costs, optimize inventory, and make quality control predictions immediately upon design. Physna technology can compare and analyze millions of 3D models in seconds. Paul Powers graduated from Ruprecht-Karls- Universität Heidelberg, Germany, earning his law degree and passed the bar with more than twice the required points. Paul has been featured in numerous news articles in Germany and the US highlighting his unique approach to global technology challenges. Today We Talked About Paul's background Physna - Physical DNS GitHub for 3D models Cost savings for manufacturing Machine Learning AI CAD modeling Cyber Security Connect with Paul Physna LinkedIn Twitter I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 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 Rhonda Insightful ... humorous ... entertaining ... even contagious ... words that are often used to describe Rhonda Scharf. A speaker with the uncanny ability to look at the normal and see something quite different. Rhonda is a Professional Speaker and member of the Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame, Trainer and Author, based in Ottawa Canada. She has spoken to tens of thousands of people in dozens of different countries. She knows how to make you laugh and she knows how to get you to question why you do what you do. Her natural warmth and sincerity are balanced by a healthy sense of the absurd, a combination that is useful in any situation. Rhonda has written eight books, with her latest "Alexa is Stealing her Job" and her best-seller "Common Sense is NOT Common Practice" still available. Rhonda's professional speaking career began at age two... when her mother would offer her 25 cents to be quiet for five minutes! Today We Talked About Rhonda's background AI - Artificial Intelligence Jobs Trainers, Sustainers, Explainers Stop flying under the radar Add Value Tons more! Connect with Rhonda Twitter LinkedIn Facebook Book - Alexa is Stealing Your Job Website Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show. Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years.  Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none.  I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again!

About Laurel Laurel Lau is a digital nomad and executive coach, as well as founder of Six Atlas, where she activates organizations to disrupt stagnant business models and take advantage of innovation for immediate impact and competitive advantage. Born in Hong Kong but educated in the United States, Laurel has spent her life navigating changing environments and cultural expectations. Her mission today of helping organizations shift and adjust against rapid innovation & changing technology was largely shaped by her lifelong journey of constantly shifting to “fit in” and best contribute to her colleagues, her employer, or the country in which she found herself. Laurel found clarity at age 22, and carved her own path to discover as much as she could about the human mind and conscious leadership, leveraging both to successfully manage a team or organization facing a disruptive market. Today, Laurel facilitates curated workshops for organizations around the world, creating customized strategies designed around industry trends and each company’s unique internal capabilities. Working with leaders and teams within each organization, Laurel develops a balanced innovation portfolio for the firm, enabling them to stay true to their DNA while building a culture where innovation thrives and success is a given.   Today We Talked About Laurel's background Consulting Entrepreneurship Conscience Leadership Leadership Tips How you talk about your business Develop the culture of innovation Understand your Why Being a Digital Nomad Goal Setting Leadership Mistakes Connect with Laurel Twitter LinkedIn Six Atlas Book - Upside-Down I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Private Internet Access I’ve been a customer of Private Internet Access for 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 Michael Michael K. Levine is an expert on lean and agile software development and information technology He conducted international trade negotiation at the US Commerce Department, was a corporate banker for First Bank System, and became divisional CIO at Norwest Bank. After a stint at Wells Fargo he joined US Bank to deploy a new branch banking system (bringing lean and agile to a highly structured waterfall environment), then became technology lead for US Bank Home Mortgage. He now leads all consumer lending and business banking technology. His previous books are Tale of Two Systems: Lean and Agile Software Development for Business Leaders, and Tale of Two Transformations: Bringing Lean and Agile Software Development to Life. His third book is People Over Process: Leadership for Agility (Productivity Press, September 30, 2019). He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with his wife, Holly Lindsay. Learn more at TheTalesofAgility.com   Today We Talked About How Michael got to where is now Lean vs. Agile Leadership Tips Meetings Agile vs. Scrum How important People are to leadership Develop people to do the right kind of work Chief Engineer - not in scrum but in Lean product development Rigor, Efficiency, Alignment Frameworks A3 framework Amazon Approach Behaviors Provide Options Helps teams to learn How to do a good meeting Meetings to Plan for meetings Make them valuable Respect people's time Informal meetings Coffee or Beer meeting Listening and building relationship Management by walking around Why write this book? - People over Process Leadership Models Facilitative Leadership Creative Software Development Valuing People and their autonomy Balancing Autonomy and Responsibility Agile is not an excuse not to plan Biggest Mistakes in Technology Management Misunderstanding of the nature of the work Is it creative? Career Advice Think about what is valuable to the market Develop your leadership skills Make good decisions Be Efficiency Align with the business Connect with Michael Tales of Agility Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show. Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using. Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years.  Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none.  I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again!

About Rockford Rockford Lhotka is CTO at Magenic and is the creator of the open source CSLA .NET development framework. He is the author of numerous books, and regularly speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is a member of the Microsoft Regional Director and MVP programs.   Magenic (www.magenic.com) helps you deliver your digital products to market faster. For more information go to www.lhotka.net. Today we Talked About Language Learning College Life Career Paths Speaking Being a CTO Thought Leadership Team Recognize what you're doing Be intentional about your work Seek to become good at leadership Get a mentor Connect with Rockford Twitter Linkedin CSLA.NET Lhotka.net I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show. Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using. Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years.  Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none.  I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop

About Steven Steve is a serial entrepreneur that has had great success moving from the corporate world early in his career to the startup world. He will share lessons learned in over 30 years for how young professionals or those that feel stuck in the corporate world can earn a great living doing what they love by igniting their career in a technology startup. Steven Mark Kahan has successfully helped to grow six start-up companies from early-stage development to going public or being sold, resulting in more than $3 billion in shareholder value. He is currently CMO at Thycotic, which will become the seventh. Steve inspires teams and their organizations to take on the impossible and succeed. He has just written a book published by Wiley and Audible and available on Amazon.com  called "Be a Startup Superstar.  The book teaches those graduating college and young professionals how to earn a great living doing what they love by igniting their career at a tech startup. Today We Talked  About Getting Started with Startups Startup vs. Corporate environments How to get a job with a Startup How to be prepared for an interview Embrace accountability Good Communicators (Communication for Geeks) "We" people vs. "I" people Hard workers Attention to Details Persistent Questions to ask before joining a startup Why is now the time for your company to exists What milestones have you achieved What do you love about your team Why is this company the one to solve the problem Where will your growth come from Tell me about your 1st paying customer How much has your company raised? who are your investors If you weren't building a startup what would you be doing? Negotiate Salary, Education, Equity, Growth, etc. Being a Superstar at a Startup No substitute for Hard Work Less people doing impactful things Don't fear making wrong decisions Challenge the status quo Growth Requires Change Acknowledge the elephant in the room Exude Positive Energy and Optimism Don't Sweat the small stuff To be at your best, you must live at your best Put family first Defend your calendar Connect with Steven Website: www.beastartupsuperstar.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevekahan/ Book: Be a Startup Superstar I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show. Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years.  Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none.  I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop