The Confident Commit

In the finale episode of season 2, our podcast producer Julia McClellan turns the tables on Rob to see what he's really learned from interviewing 18 top tech leaders in 2022.Rob reflects on how to grow, communicate, and change our ways from experiencing failure. Tune in today to hear Rob share his most catastrophic failure and catch a special preview to season 3. Have a topic you want us to discuss? Reach out to us on Twitter at @CircleCI!

How do you not take failure personally, but instead use it as a tool for growth?Shailesh Kumar, SVP of Engineering at ClickUp, sits down with Rob to share his experiences being a part of numerous organizations on the brink of major growth. As head of engineering, Shailesh has had to manage his teams through difficult circumstances like platform stability challenges with a healthy dose of trial and error.He's become adept at working through complex problems and keeping the teams motivated even when it feels like they're falling more than they're succeeding. Have a topic you want us to discuss? Reach out to us on Twitter at @CircleCI!

What reliability factors does Turo have to consider when it comes to transportation and real-world objects?Avinash Gangadharan, CTO of Turo, joins Rob to discuss the complexities involved in managing software for a car sharing marketplace. He shares valuable strategies and mindsets Turo has adopted to become the leader of their industry. You’ll learn how using your own product can give meaningful insights into what matters most for the user experience.If there’s something you want us to hear discussed on a future episode, reach out to us on twitter at @CircleCI!

We all love a good “aha moment” story, where an innovative product comes by a moment of brilliance. But most successful ventures involve a continuous journey of testing to see if something works. Justin Bauer, Chief Product Officer at Amplitude Analytics, joins Rob and shares valuable insights on how we can lean into experimentation and put the “aha moments” in their proper place.Have a topic you want us to discuss? Reach out to us on Twitter at @CircleCI!

Is it possible that the new tech and clever ideas can get in the way of adding value to our business?Bryan Finster, Distinguished Engineer at Defense Unicorn, sits down with Rob and shares how his perspective on solving business problems with code. Learn valuable insights on how we can keep the end user in mind while using technology to make their lives better.Have a topic you'd like us to discuss? Someone you want us to interview? Reach out to us on Twitter @CircleCI!

In this episode, Rob is joined by Optimizely CTO, Aniel Sud, to discuss the importance of experimenting for growth. Entrepreneurship and innovation require courage, but having courage can bring on emotions that make it difficult for us to experiment objectively. How do we hold our strong opinions loosely to press forward with new information?Have a topic you want us to discuss? Reach out to us on Twitter at @circleci!

How do you restructure your team, language, and practices so that your team can grow from failure?Lisa Gelobter, CEO of tEQuitable sits down with Rob to share her mission: helping companies create culture that works, for everyone. In this episode, Lisa explains how learning to shift perspective on failure allows you to create a company culture based on collaboration, not competition.Have a topic you want us to discuss? Reach out to us on Twitter at @CircleCI!

In this episode, Rob is joined by Thomas Hazel, founder and CTO of ChaosSearch. Every software company has tons of data to manage. Have we set ourselves up for failure? How do we recover from a data mess? Learn how Thomas embraces chaos to tackle big data problems by taking risks and embracing failure.Have a topic you want us to discuss? Reach out to us on Twitter at @CircleCI!

Chainguard co-founder, Kim Lewandowski joins Rob to discuss the ways she presses forward in the fear-driven world of software supply chain security. In any kind of mistake or failure, security breaches have to be something that we can learn from. On the other hand, particularly during investigation, there are often walls of trust and other factors affecting fully transparent communication. Does this impact our ability to learn? Is there something we have to do differently to get better at it?Tune in to this episode to hear Kim share valuable insights on how to educate through moments of panic and how to help others focus on the next step.Have a topic you want us to discuss? Reach out to us on Twitter at @circleci!

This season we've been talking about dealing with failure, so we decided to bring in an expert to explain how she communicates about failure. Rob sits down with CircleCI's VP of corporate communications, Emma Webb to dive deep on:Learning from a failed startup journeyHow to communicate failure inside and outside your organizationWhat they've learned from communication failures during failuresEmma's best advice on communicating when experiencing failureHave a topic you'd like us to discuss? Someone you want us to interview? Reach out to us on Twitter @CircleCI!