The People Stack Podcast

Jen Bunk

We explore the intersection of Tech Leadership & Dream careers. We do this by creating inspiring podcasts - including interviews with amazing individuals in the tech leadership space.
Dr. Jen Bunk earned her Ph.D. in I/O Psychology (a.k.a. The Science of Work). She is a retired Associate Professor and an accomplished speaker & researcher. As the CEO of the People Stack, she’s used her decades of experience to coach hundreds of tech leaders to create their dream careers - and the dream lives that go with them.
Rob Allen (Jen’s husband) is a 20+ year software industry veteran who moved from IC to Leadership in 2010, where the focus has always been on helping the technical folks who worked for him live their best lives. In 2019, he broadened that to the tech community as a whole by joining Jen full-time at The People Stack as her Co-CEO.

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Apr 15, 2019 • 44min

Episode 71: Founder, CEO and Investor Adrian Enache talks about the differences in the startup environments of eastern and western Europe, how his company Angels Den Funding maintains a high number of successful businesses years on and more

Founder, CEO and Investor Adrian Enache (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianenache87) talks about the differences in the startup environments of eastern and western Europe, how his company, Angels Den Funding (https://www.angelsden.com/), maintains a great percentage of 5-year+ businesses and more Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Adrian Enache.

Apr 1, 2019 • 46min

Episode 70: Speaker, Advisor and Export Champion Russell Dalgleish talks about his work with the Scottish Business Network like connecting Scots across the globe, the differences between a diaspora organization and a networking group, how you overcome the resistance to connect with people you don't know and more

Russell Dalgleish (https://www.linkedin.com/in/russelldalgleish) is on a mission to create the largest network of people with a common interest in the country of Scotland through the Scottish Business Network (https://www.sbn.scot/). Russell talks with us about connecting Scots across the globe, the differences between a diaspora organization and a networking group, how you overcome the resistance to connect with people you don't know and much more. Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Mar 17, 2019 • 48min

Episode 69: Leadership coach, speaker, author, and passionate advocate for inclusion and diversity Karen Catlin talks about how to be a better ally, how her career grew in this direction, her reluctance to be on video and more

Leadership coach, speaker, author, and passionate advocate for inclusion and diversity Karen Catlin talks about how to be a better ally, ways to improve inclusion in meetings, meeting more people at conferences, how her career grew in this direction, her reluctance to being on video and more Karen's latest book is Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces (https://amzn.to/2Y2I5fu) and get the tweets which built the book at her @betterallies twitter account: https://twitter.com/betterallies You can see more about Karen at her site: https://karencatlin.com/ Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Karen Catlin.

Mar 3, 2019 • 48min

Episode 68: Author and Technology Leadership Expert R. Michael Anderson talks about the difference between a job, a career, a calling and a legacy, finding your purpose, where love comes from and more

Author and Technology Leadership Expert R. Michael Anderson (https://www.rmichaelanderson.com) stops by the People Stack to talk about the difference between a job, a career, a calling, and a legacy, finding your purpose, where love comes from and more Twitter: https://twitter.com/RMAElevates LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tallmikey/ Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: R. Michael Anderson.

Feb 17, 2019 • 45min

Episode 67: Katie Womersley, the VP of Engineering at Buffer.com talks about the manager ReadMe, game face, being 100% remote and more

Katie Womersley, VP of Engineering at Buffer, champions remote work and inclusive environments. She shares her unique journey of never working in an office and the importance of a manager ReadMe to foster open communication. The discussion touches on the challenges of leading a fully remote team and the need for authentic leadership. Katie highlights maintaining mental health awareness in remote settings and strategies for mitigating loneliness, emphasizing the value of personal connections through meetups. Tune in for insights on navigating the evolving landscape of remote work!

Jan 28, 2019 • 51min

Episode 66: Sexual Harassment Researcher Vicki Magley talks about the life of an IO Psych professor, the myths around harassment, how far we've come, how far we've yet to go and more

Sexual Harassment Researcher Vicki Magley talks about the life of an IO Psych professor, the myths around harassment, how far we've come, how far we've yet to go and more Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Vicki Magley.

Jan 14, 2019 • 46min

Episode 65: CEO and Leadership expert Claire Lew talks about the 3 things needed to be a better leader, how teaching makes her run her business more effectively, and the limitation of software in making better leaders

CEO and Leadership expert Claire Lew from https://knowyourteam.com/ talks about the recent pivot her company made in order to focus on helping managers instead of just CEOs, the 3 things leaders needed to be more effective, how teaching makes her run her business better, and much more Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Claire Lew.

Dec 31, 2018 • 47min

Episode 64: Jared Spool, Maker of Awesomeness at CenterCentre and UIE, talks about data, design and how understanding our users as people makes the best of both

Jared Spool, Maker of Awesomeness at CenterCentre and UIE (http://uie.com), talks about the four stages of learning and how they lead to bad designs, how easy it is to manipulate data through design, the overall impact and need for good design and how understanding our users as people makes the best of both Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Jared Spool.

Dec 16, 2018 • 39min

Episode 63: IT Consultant and Podcaster Phil Burgess talks about what he's learned in 100 Podcast Episodes, the future of the IT industry, Productivity, Personal Branding and more

IT Consultant and Podcaster Phil Burgess talks about what he's learned in 100 episodes of the IT Career Energizer Podcast (https://itcareerenergizer.com/), the future of the IT industry, Productivity, the myths of Multitasking, the necessity of personal branding, how to rise above the noise and more Phil's Productivity article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/8-things-highly-productive-people-do-differently-phil-burgess/ Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Phil Burgess.

Dec 3, 2018 • 51min

Episode 62: Manager of Developer Experience Ainsley Robertson talks about building her amazing role, nearly doubling Clio's gender diversity, career paths for individual contributors and more

Ainsley Robertson, the Manager of Developer Experience at Clio.com, talks about building her amazing role from her strengths, nearly doubling Clio's gender diversity when growing their engineering team, building and protecting non-manager career paths for individual contributors and more Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Ainsley Robertson.

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