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.
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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Nov 18, 2018 • 58min
Episode 61: Founder, Coach and Speaker Jocelyn Miller talks about having impact, expanding boundaries, rightsizing process, saying F'it when overcoming fear and more
Founder, Coach and Speaker Jocelyn Miller talks about her time at Amazon and Google, what those experiences taught her about having impact, changing from engineering to product, expanding her boundaries, rightsizing process, and when to say "fuck it" while overcoming fear (like when starting your own badass company).
See more about Jocelyn at her website: https://www.jocelynmariemiller.com
Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Jocelyn Marie Miller.
Nov 4, 2018 • 51min
Episode 60: CEO and Co-Founder Andrea Goulet talks about Menders and Makers, Org Smells, Conway's law and how it impacts your tech debt and more
CEO and Co-Founder Andrea Goulet of the tech-debt fixing company, https://corgibytes.com stops by the People Stack to talk about building a community of Menders (https://www.legacycode.rocks/), knowing when and when your org needs Menders vs Makers, the Org Smells that show dysfunction in your org, how Conway's law impacts your tech debt and more.
The book Andrea refers to in this episode is "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable" by Patrick M. Lencioni. Here is an Amazon link to it: https://www.amazon.com/Five-Dysfunctions-Team-Leadership-Lencioni-ebook/dp/B006960LQW
Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Andrea Goulet.
Oct 21, 2018 • 50min
Episode 59: Founder, Speaker and Startup Advisor April Wensel talks the definition of compassion and how to bring it to your code, your team, and your life
April Wensel, the founder of Compassionate Coding (https://compassionatecoding.com), stops by the People Stack to talk about what compassion is as well as how to bring it to your code, your team, and your life. April discusses her journey and where she is now, how Compassionate Coding helps organizations bring more humanity to their work and more.
Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: April Wensel.
Oct 7, 2018 • 49min
Episode 58: Founder, Author, and Communication Expert Steph Holloway talks about the Ping, the Flip, 4 styles of communication, tipping points when you mix those styles and more
Founder, Author, and Communication Expert Steph Holloway stops by the People Stack to talk about her concept the emotional Ping, how she identified the fourth style of communication, what happens when you have groups of different styles together tipping points when you mix those styles, the technique she calls the "flip" which can get your communication back on track.
Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Steph Holloway.
Sep 23, 2018 • 44min
Episode 57: Marketing Strategy Expert Wes Kao talks about all of the places where marketing matters that you're not thinking of, and ducks
Marketing strategy expert Wes Kao stops by the People Stack to talk about the myriad ways in which failing to market your ideas, work, and value effectively prevent you from being heard. She also covers the importance of psychological safety in communication, making difficult conversations easier and more.
Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Sep 9, 2018 • 49min
Episode 56: QA Director Joe Yuska talks about Quality Control and Assurance, the role of QA in your org, counting fish, office politics and more
QA Director Joe Yuska stops by the People Stack to talk about the difference between Quality Control and Quality Assurance, the role QA plays in your org, how the best QA engineer he's worked with used to count fish for a living, dealing office politics in addition to US Politics and more
Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Joe Yuska.
Aug 26, 2018 • 49min
Episode 55: Business of Software Conference CEO Mark Littlewood talks about curating a conference for tech leaders, what he's learned from a decade of BoS, who buys software and more
Business of Software Conference CEO Mark Littlewood talks about curating a conference for tech leaders, what he's learned from a decade of BoS, who buys software and more.
The 2018 Business of Software Conference is October 1st through 3rd in Boston. Get your ticekts here: https://businessofsoftware.org/register/
Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Mark Littlewood.
Aug 12, 2018 • 47min
Episode 54: Conrad Holloman talks about his leadership learnings from the US Army, helping former military personnel get into tech, coaching startups and more
Conrad Holloman talks about his leadership learnings from the US Army, helping former military personnel get into tech through Operation Code (https://operationcode.org), coaching startups with the accelerator Tech Stars (https://techstars.com), the different kinds of diversity, where diversity is needed, the additive model of leadership, and a lot more
Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Conrad Holloman.
Jul 31, 2018 • 52min
Episode 53: CEO and Founder Russ Ruffino talks about motivation, recruitment, pay, selection for the best candidates, mindset and much more
CEO and Founder Russ Ruffino of Clients on Demand (https://www.clientsondemand.com) stops by the People Stack to talk about the top 4 things that help you advance faster, motivation, recruitment, pay, selection for the best candidates, mindset, the power of really care about your people and much more.
Intro music is "I'm Going for a Coffee" by Lee Rosevere, which is licensed under CC BY 4.0Special Guest: Russell Ruffino.
Jul 15, 2018 • 50sec
Episode 52: Coach and Podcaster Jen Bunk goes on vacation
Coach and Podcaster Jen Bunk leaves the People Stack to go on vacation for 2 weeks, which means no new episode today. You don't want to miss the next episode, publishing on July 29th 2018, when Jen interviews her business mentor. See you then!
