Technically Leadership

Technically Leadership


Latest Episodes

TL016: When It Comes To Product Design, Don’t Trust Your Gut
June 19, 2025

People consistently overestimate their ability to predict whether a new product or feature will be a success. Instead of blithely going forward with a project that takes up lots of resources and

TL015: Continuous Reinvention With Brad Maltz
June 05, 2025

Reinvent or die is an apt adage for the ever-churning technology industry. Brad Maltz joins us to share his insights on what he calls continuous reinvention and how that relates to his own career

TL014: Scaling Your Leadership with Dr. Brad Topol
May 22, 2025

On todays episode, we are joined by Dr. Brad Topol, Distinguished Engineer and Director of Open Source Technologies at IBM, to talk about how to scale your leadership. We explore the process of h

TL013: The Process Communication Model: An Algorithm for Effective Communication
May 08, 2025

On this episode of Technically Leadership, were joined by Aleksandra Lemaska to learn about the Process Communication Model (PCM), a framework for enhancing communication. Alex calls PCM an al

TL012: Weighing the Cost of Team Interventions
April 24, 2025

On this episode of Technically Leadership, Chris Leonard joins to talk about the costs of intervention in a team discussion, whether thats to bring a team back to a topic or to make a decision that

TL011: Getting the Entire Team to Speak
April 10, 2025

On todays episode were joined by Daniel Ward to get a sneak preview of his talk on Getting the Entire Team to Speak, which hell give at DevOpsDay Austin. His addresses the challenges of getting pe

TL010: Leading With Influence Rather Than Mandating
March 27, 2025

How do you lead with influence rather than mandate? On todays show, we talk with JJ Asghar from IBM. JJ shares his extensive experience in managing open-source namespaces like GitHub and npm for I

TL009: Shifting to a Growth Mindset for Organizational Success
December 12, 2024

A growth mindset not only advances you, but can help to advance those around you. Today we delve into the concept of a growth mindset with guest Sasha Czarkowski. We contrast the growth mindset with

TL008: How to Hire Top Performers
November 21, 2024

Hiring is never an easy process. On todays show, guest Brian Hogan and host Laura Santamaria explore the intricacies of hiring top performers in the tech industry. Brian talks about how to set up a

TL007: Hot Takes on Technical Leadership
November 07, 2024

Everyone has their own hot take or bit of wisdom to share regarding technical leadership. Today, host Laura Santamaria weaves these insights on communication, collaboration, decision making and