The Future Of The Future

In today’s globalized world, you can find talent anywhere, literally anywhere.But, how do you lead distributed teams? People come from different backgrounds, share different cultural traits and connect at different time zones… plus you can’t really see them working, and you can only do so many video calls every day. Are distributed teams better or worse than co-located teams? How do you find the right people? How do you communicate with them and set up objectives? How do you learn if they are happy or not? How do you motivate them?These are some of the questions I asked when I interviewed Nick Halm, an amazing Tech Leader with almost 20 years of experience in the industry, who has led various distributed teams over the past and knows exactly how to leverage the international talent pool and the diversity that comes with it, to build amazing products.If you are in IT, and if you lead distributed teams or are curious about it, this is a must listen.I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

When Tim Padgett got started in the Title Insurance Industry, things looked very different to what they do today.He would spend his day driving from courthouse to courthouse, reading through property title files, filling manual forms, recording documents, calling back to the office using a payphone (remember those?)... and then getting together at the local bars where all the industry key players would be; The Attorneys, the Abstractors, the Brokers, Clerks, etc.36 years later, he is still in the industry, but his job looks very different.He has a Consulting Firm and he helps Companies in the Real Estate Industry build, expand or improve their Title Insurance Practice, while he leverages cutting edge technology to improve the process for all stakeholders through automation powered by RPA or AI, or other available techniques.How did he transform over time? How did he embrace new technologies? What drives him? Where is he going?Join me as I interview Tim to learn more about these questions and his personal story.I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.

He had an idea for a board game. He knew he got something good going on.But for 20 years, he just thought about it. Then he created a prototype. And he started playing the game with other people. Feedback flowed, and all the moving pieces started falling together. Why is prototyping so important for the creative process? How do you start? How fast do you iterate? When do you stop iterating? Are board games still a thing? Is everyone so hooked to screens that they rarely get together to play with physical cards? or not really? I talked to Andrew Innes, the inventor of Anomia, a board game that sold over a million copies in the last years and has been translated to a dozen languages around the world, to learn about his story and the answers to these questions. If you are a creative person but you have a hard time bringing your ideas to life, this is a must listen! Enjoy.

What does a teacher, a pastor and a product marketing professional have in common?Well, ideally, they all try to make the complex simple. They are all experts in explaining products, in a simple, yet effective and compelling way…Let’s get real. Product marketing is hard.How do you stand out from so many other products out there?How do you create content that is helpful, usable, actionable and specific, all at once?How broad do you go? What buyer personas do you target? Do you talk about benefits? features? everything? nothing?I interviewed Anthony Pierri, to learn more about these questions. He is a partner at Fletch PMM, where he helps early stage founders position their products and translate that to website messaging. He and his partner have worked with over 60 startups already, iterating and improving their product marketing model as they go, and sharing amazing content in linkedin and their website along the way.If you want to learn more about product marketing, don’t miss this one!Enjoy!

Some people love traveling internationally and relocating.Some people dread it.Why?For those who love it, what do they love? How do they go about it? How do they adjust to different places, climates, foods, languages and cultures? Do they ever feel homesick? I interviewed my good friend Mirko Consolascio, to learn the answers to these questions, through his personal story. He is what I like to call a Global Citizen. Born in Switzerland, he relocated 13 times in his life, and visited over 40 countries in his career. He is an accomplished executive with an impressive track record in the banking and financial services sector, and a sports enthusiast with an unparalleled need for speed and adrenaline.Enjoy!

You have a software product. Money is tight. Investors are nowhere to be found. All of the sudden, an opportunity knocks on your door. An acquisition opportunity.You start a due diligence. And you get asked about assets. More specifically, about artifacts. Architecture type diagrams.Do you have them? Can you produce them in time? or is all of this in someone’s head?Do prospect buyers care about people, or artifacts? or is it both?Join me as I interview Brad Beiermann, an experienced Software Architect and CTO with over 20 years of experience in the industry, to talk about Software Architecture, Artifacts, and most importantly, its impact in your ability to get deals through the finish line.

Augmented Reality is not the same as Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality. All of these technologies are somehow related and provide for many different applications. But they are not exactly the same.AR overlays digital information on real-world elements. AR keeps the real world central but enhances it with other digital details, layering new strata of perception, and supplementing your reality or environment. Getting AR right is a massive challenge. Especially the hardware. But the way the media talks about AR only creates more confusion about where this technology is, and where it can go next.So I sat down with David Bonelli, to talk about what AR really is, what its applications are today, what challenges exist, and where it is going from here.David is a  Subject Matter Expert with regards to (brace yourself): Mechanical, Optomechanical, System Level Architecture, Nano-Projectors, and Display Technology for AR Head Mounted Displays(HMD), Near-eye Displays (NED), and HUD. He is the CEO of Pulsar, a Network of Augmented Reality and Optics Engineering Experts - consulting to bring products to life and projects to fruition, and has consulted for projects ranging from AR for pilots training, to workspace visualization, to Real Estate design visualization and many more.He loves his craft, he is equal parts a scientist and an artist, and he shared very valuable knowledge during our interview.Learn where AR is, beyond the hype.Enjoy

You are coming out of the ocean after an early morning surf session. You feel energized and ready to start your day.You go to your camper and grab a cup of freshly made coffee and have breakfast looking at the beach, maybe a companion is there with you sharing the experience.You get ready for work, open up your laptop, and get connected. Your clients don’t really care what beach you are in, or if you are heading up to the mountains next, or crossing a desert. You are your boss. You create the rules. You decide your working schedule.Too good to be true?Not really… not today. The amount of solopreneurs in the world keeps growing and technology enables connectivity and empowers productivity like never before.I interviewed Chris Roche to talk about his story as a Solopreneur and how he is shifting towards larger scale entrepreneurship. He got connected from his camper somewhere in Florida, while he was getting ready to travel up north. He has no office, hires people all over the world, and leads Catalyst Consulting, a growth focused demand generation company he founded as a solopreneur, that continues to scale and push the boundaries of his wildest dreams.Join me as I interview Chris, to learn more about what it means to be a Solopreneur, how he got there, and what comes next.

Developers should specialize in a few given languages and frameworks. This will make them more employable. It will also help devs command higher salaries, that will only grow as they continue to accumulate experience and become better specialists.Sounds familiar?This seems to be a common theme for developers. Open up any job req online and you will see requests for X amount of years of experience (usually more than 5) in such and such language and framework (even if the language has only been around for so long…).Talk to hiring managers and you will often hear concerns about lack of experience with X version of a language or framework, with no mention of the candidate’s ability to adapt and evolve.Well… Oshri Cohen is here to tell us this is wrong. This is the biggest problem in our industry. He will also tell us why this happens, what are the consequences of this problem, how to fix it, and what are his thoughts for the future of the Software Developer profession.He is a Rockstar Fractional CTO and influencer at LinkedIn, with over 20 years of experience in the industry, and a knack for very honest, funny, out-there opinion type posts that only get funnier once you are able to meet him directly and interact with him.I laughed, I thought and I learned a lot, as Interviewed him for this episode.Go for it. Enjoy!

Running operations is tough. Things are not supposed to break, but they do.Complex operations involve large teams, many moving pieces, and lots of customers relying on you, externally, and internally.Managing time, setting up goals and ensuring the flow of information, keeping track of all your teams,  putting down fires, managing stress, managing customer expectations…It can be a lot.Yet, great operations leaders manage to not only survive, but they excel at these high pressure work environments, and know how to alleviate pressure for their teams, and put things into perspective.Joe Aurilia is one of the great. He is an Operations Executive at a cybersecurity company, and manages 270 people across 7 different countries, leading various functions in his ever expanding role. He built his US team from scratch and interviewed 500 people in a period of just a few months, all the while keeping existing operations under control.I interviewed him to talk about what it takes to run complex operations. I learned very valuable lessons that I am certain you can learn them as well.💡 Discover more about Joe’s background, speaking engagements, and advisory work at joeaurilia.com