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

About Mike Burrows Agendashift founder Mike Burrows is known to the Agile and Lean-Agile communities as the author of Kanban from the Inside (2014) and Agendashift (2018), the creator of the Featureban and Changeban simulation games, a keynote speaker at conferences around the world, and as a consultant, coach, and trainer. His new book Right to Left: The digital leader’s guide to Lean and Agile is published August 15th, 2019. Today We Talked About Our Last Episode The new book! How it relates to previous books Definition of Done Express in outcome oriented terms What it means for Agile (“My kind of Agile”: people collaborating over the rapid evolution of working software that is already beginning to meet needs) What I think about the framework wars (or however you would like to describe “framework vs framework”) Following on from that, scaling Leadership Servant Leadership Clarity around outcomes and goals Experience before Explanation Connect with Mike Twitter Book AgendaShift Website LinkedIn 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!

About Corey Corey Blake began his storytelling career as an actor, starring in one of the 50 greatest Superbowl commercials of all time (Mountain Dew, Bohemian Rhapsody) and in campaigns for American Express, Miller Beer, Mitsubishi, Wrigley’s Gum, Hasbro, and other name brands. Today, Corey is the founder and CEO of Round Table Companies (RTC), the publisher of Conscious Capitalism Press, and a speaker, film director, artist, and storyteller. He has been featured on the cover of the Wall Street Journal and his work in storytelling has been quoted/featured in the New York Times, USA Today, and Inc., Forbes, and Wired Magazines. Corey pioneered the business comic book, packaging and publishing dozens of titles—including best sellers by Tony Hsieh, Marshall Goldsmith, and Robert Cialdini, and has spent over a decade helping CEOs, founders, and thought leaders to electrify their brand using the storytelling mediums of books, films, podcasts, and art installations. His work has yielded 15 Independent Publisher Awards, a Belding, a Bronze Lion, and a London International Advertising Award. His articles have been published in Writer Magazine, and on FastCompany, Forbes.com and The Huffington Post. He is the creator of the Vulnerability Wall—whose clients include Microsoft, ADP, Marketo, and Workday—and the Vulnerability is SexyTM card game. His documentary of the same name won 2017 ADDY and HERMES awards for branded content, and his TEDx talk,  has over 20,000 views.  Corey travels around the country delivering keynotes and facilitating storytelling workshops for organizations of all sizes. Today we talked about Vulnerability Leading with Love Leaning into Learning Ownership Vulnerability Elevate to Brilliance Energy of the Room Presence Self Relationship Safety Truth – Trust comes from transparency Humanity in the workplace Guided Experience – pup Connect with Corey Twitter Website LinkedIn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5niHkcxNhY 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!

About  William William Ammerman is the author of The Invisible Brand (McGraw-Hill, June 2019), about marketing in the age of artificial intelligence.  He is currently the Executive Vice President of Digital Media for Engaged Media where he manages digital publishing for a dozen consumer magazines. Formerly, as Global Head of Advertising for Frankly Inc., he managed digital advertising for hundreds of television stations, including their websites, mobile apps, and connected television (OTT) platforms. Prior to that, he was Tribune Media’s Vice President of Programmatic and Data-Driven Revenue and held senior advertising positions with Hearst Television and Capitol Broadcasting.  He has a master’s degree from the UNC School of Media & Journalism and has completed post-graduate work in artificial intelligence at MIT. Learn more at www.wammerman.com. Today we Talked About AI Machine Learning Data Privacy The Impact of AI on all businesses Trends with AI Advertising Personalized Information Persuasion (A/B Testing) Machine Learning is tying these things together Talking to devices with natural language processing Mass Communication is now Mass Customization Social Media’s impact on elections. PsychoTechnology Geolocation data CCPA – California Consumer Privacy Act GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation Regulation of Data Connect with William Book – The Invisible Brand Website Twitter LinkedIn YouTube 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!

About Jeff Jeff Dalton is Chief Evangelist at AgileCxO, a research and development organization that studies organizational agile performance. He is an author, conference speaker, blogger, coach, and technology leader with more than thirty years in the software development industry as a CIO, CTO, and Director of Product Development.  Jeff is author of Great Big Agile: an OS for Agile Leaders (Apress (c) 2018) and A Guide to Scrum and CMMI: Improving Agile Performance with CMMI (CI Press (c) 2016). In his spare time, Jeff plays bass in a jazz band and builds experimental aircraft.  He can be reached at jdalton@agilecxo.org. Today We Talked About Digital Transformation Agile Transformation Discipline Agile Leadership Scrum Culture and Process Trust Oversharing and Transparency Waterfall vs. Scrum Waterfall can be agile Values Traceability The Secrets of Consulting: A Guide to Giving and Getting Advice Successfully Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World Great Big Agile: An OS for Agile Leaders Personal Agile – Trello Connect With Jeff Website LinkedIn 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!

About Tony Saldanha Tony Saldanha is president of Transformant, a consulting firm specializing in assisting organizations through digital transformations. During his twenty-seven-year career at Procter & Gamble, he ran both operations and digital transformation for P&G’s famed global business services and IT organization in every region of the world, ending up as Vice President of Global Business services, next Generation services. He is an advisor to boards and CEOs on digital transformation, a sought-after speaker, and a globally awarded industry thought leader. His new book is Why Digital Transformations Fail: The Surprising Disciplines of How to Take Off and Stay Ahead (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, July, 2019). Learn more at transformant.io. Tony is a globally recognized information technology and shared services executive; a progressive business leader with a breadth of experiences ranging from Disruptive IT/ Shared Services Strategy, Shared Services Outsourcing, Consulting, CIO roles, Technology-enabled business building and IT Systems integration during company acquisitions, among others.  He is geographical experience from having lived in Asia, Europe and the US – including both developed and developing markets. Tony is known for delivering concrete business outcomes and organization results, a champion of creating new, relevant business and technology models to stay ahead of disruptive technology capabilities. He enjoys working on tough problems using creativity and disciplined execution. He has a track record of leading change and was a Program Manager for the ~$8Bn outsourcing deal with HP, IBM and Jones Lang LaSalle – the largest Shared Services deal ever in 2003. As interim-CIO at the Gillette Company, was responsible to assimilate systems and the IT organization, for one of the most successful integration projects. Tony was named among Premier 100 IT Professionals on the 2014 Computerworld list and Loves learning, travel, history, home improvement, parodies and funny commercials. “Fortune favors the prepared” Today We Talked About Digital Transformation Why most Digital Transformations fail? What leaders are doing wrong bringing the business with you for digital transformation The fourth industrial revolution AI and block chain in the enterprise Reverse Mentoring Field Trips Applying ideas in a different context Solve problems with the outcome in mind Digital Literacy Fortune favors the prepared Be discipline Checklists Connect With Tony LinkedIn Twitter Website Book 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!

Expectations and Frustrations In this episode I talk about how having unrealistic expectations can lead to frustrations and disappointments. Many of us are frustrated and disappointed in our careers, work, and in the things that we achieve.  There are many reasons we are disappointed, but I think our expectations are probably one of the biggest culprits. In this episode I talk about setting realistic expectations and trying to align our expectations in a way to reduce disappoint without being super negative.  We want to maintain the “cup is half full” mentality, while still understanding that our expectations are not always going to be fulfilled.  One thing that I’ve learned that helps with this is gratitude.  I’ve talked a lot about gratitude on this podcast, and even had A.J. Jacobs on to talk about his book, Thanks a Thousand. Gratitude is a key when dealing with and preventing disappointment.  When we discover that our expectations are not being fulfilled the way we hoped, we need to turn our mindset around and figure out what things came from this unfulfilled expectation that we can be thankful for. In this episode I’ll talk about: Setting proper expectations Using gratitude to recover from disappointment How to keep a positive attitude Rationally thinking your way out of a negative mindset Dealing with frustration   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!

About Jason As a Co-Founder, Jason Shropshire provides technical leadership in cyber security as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at InfusionPoints. Mr. Shropshire leads security initiatives for InfusionPoints’ clients, specifically focusing on the development, deployment and operations of security programs and infrastructure in complex commercial organizations, government agencies and non-governmental organizations.  His experience includes serving as Information Systems Security Officer for the Dell Cloud for US Government / NTT DATA Cloud For Government, as Security Architect for Lowe’s Companies, and in program support roles for Dell Services Federal Government, HPE, Army, Department of the Treasury, The World Bank Group and PepsiCo. Mr. Shropshire’s expertise spans the full life-cycle of Information Security programs including planning, architecture, design, development, testing, deployment and transition to operations.  Mr. Shropshire also serves as a team leader, providing project management support for the large-scale system integrations, by leveraging his broad set of professional experiences across IT and information security disciplines derived from over 12 years of industry experience.  With an industry background that broadly spans the IT domain, he provides the breadth necessary to lead complex Information Security programs. With over 12 years of information technology and consulting experience across manufacturing, retail and government industries, Mr. Shropshire dedicates himself to an information security philosophy of continuous improvement through risk identification and prioritization, the definition of the controls required to reduce risk, and the evaluation of control execution to assure effectiveness. Mr. Shropshire holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and holds US Patent, 6756049. Today We Talked About Jason’s early days in tech How he got into cyber security Starting a cyber security firm hiring talent Build, Test, Defend Leadership Reluctant leader Shortage in cyber security Ransomware cyber security chaos monkey Connect with Jason Twitter LinkedIn 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!

About Brian: Brian Dixon is a podcaster, conference speaker, and business coach. He believes that each of us were made for a purpose. You will discover that purpose by clarifying your calling, discovering your audience, and creating your products, which will help you navigate a clear path to impact and income. Brian is passionate about helping authors, speakers, and aspiring messengers create a sustainable business through growing their platform, and creating compelling online courses. He is the co-founder of hope*writers, a membership site of over 2,000 working writers. Brian has a doctoral degree from the University of San Diego. He and his wife Julie live in Charlotte, NC with their three young children. Today We Talked About: Why your family actually helps you succeed at work, and how to see your kids as a legacy instead of a liability The counter-intuitive method to increase your income (without quitting your job) Little-known secrets to convert your under-performing team to a powerful dream team Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care write down details Start with Your people Write a manual for your employees KOLBE Test Enneagram Test Love Languages Strength Finders 2.0 – Episode with Tom Rath Focus on People, not Purpose, Practice or Profit Connect with Brian: Twitter LinkedIn Website YouTube Instagram Book – Start with Your People 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!

About Michael If anyone is passionate about digital technologies and their impact on our future, it’s Michael Gale. In 2001, Michael founded and sold two companies, Strategic Oxygen, a leading data toolset for marketers in the technology industry and Pulsepoint group. He has been a group partner at Monitor Group and was the chief web officer/GM at Micron Technology. Michael is a Forbes contributor, a global top 10 A.I. Influencer, and the lead-author of The Wall Street Journal and Amazon best-selling book on digital transformation: The Digital Helix. The #1 selling book on digital transformation in 2018, The Digital Helix is a powerful blueprint to guide executives and business owners in developing a digital culture from the ground up—making it part of their organizations’ DNA. This is a $2 trillion industry (IDC). As the host of Forbes Insights Futures InFocus podcast, Michael’s experience and passion for digital tech are evident. He engages in conversations with global visionaries and leaders who are thinking about our world 10 years from now, helping us design for it, and guiding us toward it in a way that allows us to thrive. Nothing is certain about the future except the need to design differently for it than the world we live in today. Only 29% of Americans think about the world of 10 years from now and only once a week (Institute of the Future research 2017), yet 95%+ of us will be living in a world dominated by different ways of working, entertaining, eating, transporting ourselves, educating and raising our families. How the digital technologies now dominating our world will change how we think about the world that is far closer than we realize should be a question we each get insight on each week Michael brings together visionaries who are charged with the responsibility to help guide and stimulate the thinking necessary to drive design and actions that will change the world we’ll be living in 10 years from now. Our future will be identified and defined by decisions, ideas, and practices that we start putting into play today. Through his conversations with CEOs of startups, Global 2000 executives, academics, and innovative thinkers, Michael hopes to spark new ways for us to do anything and everything right now to help prepare us to thrive in the future. Today We Talked About Digital Transformation IT to explain things in a business language 7 components of digital transformation Get comfortable getting uncomfortable Its not all or nothing Crypto with Facebook – Article on Forbes Blank with circle in the middle – story about our industry… good for us, bad for us What do we stop doing, what do we do differently, what do we do for the first time. Connect with Michael Podcast Website Book – Digital Helix Twitter LinkedIn 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!

About Tom Schwab Tom Schwab knows how to build an online business. He’s done it successfully several times, and now helps others find online success with podcast interview marketing. Marketing at its heart is starting a conversation with someone who could be an ideal customer. Tom helps thought leaders (coaches, authors, speakers, consultants, emerging brands) get featured on leading podcasts their ideal prospects are already listening to. The Interview Valet system then helps them to turn listeners into customers. The author of Podcast Guest Profits: Grow Your Business with a Targeted Interview Strategy, Tom is also Founder/CEO of Interview Valet, the category king of Podcast Interview Marketing. Today we talked About: Tom’s past Inbound Marketing Marketing yourself Obscurity Breaking through the noise… Being an expert Public Speaking Video messaging – Loom How to get Booked on Podcasts 1000 true fans The higher you go, the deeper the relationships need to be. Message, Market and Machine How to scale a service based business Count to 7 before saying anything The bottle neck at any bottle is at the top Masterminds Outliers Book How to Win Friends and Influence Others Book The Miracle Equation Book   Get the checklist for interviews, Free Podcast Guest Profits Book interviewvalet.com/geekleader   Connect with Tom: Twitter LinkedIn Website Book I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to iTunes and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again!