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The Leadership Exchange — 98 episodes

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How Should Business Leaders Approach AI Adoption Across Their Organization?

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Prisma Is Ditching Rust for TypeScript & Going All-In on AI-Native Dev

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Leading Software Teams in a Zero Downtime Organization

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Data and Product Roles are Changing with Generative AI

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React Wasn’t Supposed to Win. Here’s Why It Did.

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AI Wrote His Code While He Ran the Company

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How to Scale Your Influence in an Engineering Organization

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The Engineering Team Leadership Mindset for AI Readiness

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What Web Developers Can Bring to Artificial Intelligence at their Organizations

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Leadership Mindsets to Promote High Performing, Profitable Businesses in the AI Age

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Promoting Cross Functional AI Adoption Across Your Organization

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Tech Investor Explains What He Looks for in Great Founders

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How to Score (& Keep) a Government Software Contract + Lead with Authenticity | Leadership Exchange

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Why Engineers Should Be Involved in Strategic Planning with Karyn Mullins, Fractional CTO

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Understanding AI for the Business Leader in 2025

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How to Scale AI Initiatives That Deliver

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Balancing IP Protection and Equitable Access in Healthcare Technology

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The State of the Biotech and Medtech Ecosystem: AI Impacts, Innovation Pipelines

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Career Specialization in AI Software Engineering with Swyx

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How is AI Changing the Renewable Energy Industry?

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How to Build a Tech Startup that Lasts

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What is “Industry 5.0”? Predictions on Human/ Machine Cooperation

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How AI is Impacting Healthcare and Changing the Medical Field

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What Engineers Get Wrong About Product Development

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Revenue Quality Matters More than Closing Deals: Startup Sales Realities

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Are AI Regulations Stifling Innovation or Safeguarding Human Rights?

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How to Bring a Medical Device to Market (Why 90% of Products FAIL)

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Product Management vs Project Management. Is there a difference?

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Why You Should Become an Engineering PM in 2025

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The Future of Hybrid Work: Leadership, AI, and the Dreaded Return to Office

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The DevCycle Story: Moving Beyond A/B Testing to Smarter Deployments

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Building and Scaling High-Performing Engineering Teams: Insights from Hubstaff CTO Alex Yarotsky

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Boosting Software Release Velocity: Strategies for Reliable and Efficient Software Delivery

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Shipping Faster: Vercel CTO Malte Ubl on Iteration Velocity, AI Tools, and Scaling Software

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Reshaping U.S. Manufacturing with AI Software & Robotics

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Managing Change Fatigue in Remote Organizations with Leadership Coach Noa Ronen

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Data Optimization, Quality, and Governance: Aligning Innovation with ROI

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Cultivating Startup Success: Jeremy Edberg on Vision, Motivation, and Dev Community Growth

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Situational Awareness is the #1 Leadership Soft Skill in 2025 with Pat Clarke, Lumen Learning

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Socially Responsible Leadership in the AI Age with Celest Hall

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People Problems vs. Tech Problems: Engineering Leadership’s Balancing Act with Ben Nadel

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Launching a Healthcare Tech Startup in the AI Age: Lessons from CIO and Entrepreneur Bradley Dick, ZeroDivide.ai

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How Workplace DEI Strategies Impact Team Culture and Customer Engagement with Nina Bryson Fleming

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Data Privacy and Ethical Considerations for AI Adoption with Eric Doherty

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Generative AI in the Global Payments Industry: Insights from Dondi Black, CPO of TSYS

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AI Leadership: Data-Driven Decision Making & Avoiding "Analysis Paralysis" with Jerry Reghunadh

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Fostering a Culture of Optimization and Continuous Improvement with Scott Roehrenbeck

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Lessons from Building Netlify with Matt Biilmann, CEO at Netlify

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How a First Reddit Engineer Builds Strong Engineering Cultures with Jeremy Edberg

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The Future of Healthcare Delivery Models with Anita Ballaney, Founder of MyHealthQ

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Aligning Product Teams and User Goals with Stacie Frederick, CPO at Stanza

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Cybersecurity Entrepreneurship: Scaling, Partner Models, & Managing Relationships with Dr. Mike Saylor

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How User-Centric Design Motivates Developers with Paul McCollum

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Challenges of Growing into a Software Leadership Role with Gant Laborde

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Translating Developer Needs into Business Objectives with Sam Julien, Director of Developer Relations at Writer

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Systemized Problem Solving in Engineering Leadership Using Data with Ankur Jain

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Hype Cycles and How Teams Should Be Organized with Jimmy Jacobson, CTO at Codingscape

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The Impact of AI on Testing with Ivan Barajas Vargas, CEO + Co-Founder at MuukTest

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Unlocking AI's Potential: Data Strategies with Jan Zirnstein

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How to Make the Most of Your Software Documentation with AD Slaton

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Are We in a Bubble? The State of Silicon Valley Tech with Scott Budman from NBC News

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Psychologically Safe Workplaces with Krystal Smith-Moore

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How to Attract and Retain Engineers in a Distributed Remote Working World with Brandon Tolbert

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The Human and Organizational Work Behind AI Adoption with Joni Roylance and Jean Roberts

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How to be an Effective Technology Leader in an Agile Startup Environment with Daniel Chopson

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Building Bulletproof Teams: Why Blame Is Your Worst Enemy with Leon Revill

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The Key Elements of Effective Software Engineering Leadership with Revathi Pillai

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Revolutionizing Pharma using Cutting-Edge Digital Innovation with Lee Dash

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Transforming Auth in an AI World with Rod Boothby

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Transforming Platform Engineering Through Chargeback Programs with Shuchi Mittal

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You Can’t Mentor Junior and Senior Engineers the Same with Dan DiGangi

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The People Pillar Mental Model of Management with Hima Pingili

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How to Expand Your Influence Beyond Your Engineering Team with Adrianna Bailey

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Empathy Driven Leadership with Joseph Bironas

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Detoxify Your Team Culture with Angela Nelms

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Are Product Roles Going Away? with Maggie Pint

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The Pros and Cons of Scrum-ming Effectively with Sheldon McGee

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Optimizing for Tangible Business Outcomes in Engineering with Nael Alismail

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The Transition from Engineer to Manager with Emma Bostian, Engineering Manager at Spotify

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The Art of Feedback and Blameless Cultures with Kelly Vaughn

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Ethical Design for AI with Dr. Christine Dee at IBM

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Side Projects Make You a Better Leader and Human with Cory Minton, Field CTO at Splunk

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The Adoption Path for Generative and Predictive AI with Jean Roberts, Field CTO of DataRobot

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5 Tips for Leaders Adopting Technology with Rob Ocel & Tracy Lee

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Bad Ideas are Good Ideas with Cassidy Williams, CTO of Contenda

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Are Engineering Leaders Hiding Behind the Data? with Rob Ocel & Tracy Lee

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Cybersecurity Leadership 101 with Dr. Joye Purser

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Innovation is NOT JUST Creating Something New: Dylani Herath, FinTech Leader

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Is Becoming an Engineering Manager a Career Ladder Climb or Detour? A Discussion With Charity Majors, CTO at Honeycomb

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Building a Championship Team: Lessons from Sports, the Kitchen, and Software Orgs with Joe Essey, Director of Engineering at Popmenu

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From Vision to Results Quickly with Rapid Prototyping: Insights from Salesforce CTO Charlie Isaacs

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Being a CTO at Any Level: A Discussion with Kathy Keating, Co-Founder of CTO Levels

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Software Team Leadership: Risk Taking and Decision Making with David Cramer, Co-Founder and CTO at Sentry

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Embracing Risk and Doing Your Part in Open Source: Lessons from Platformatic CTO Matteo Collina

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How to Cultivate a Culture of Innovation, Intent, and Mission-Focus with Shanthala Rao, Chief Digital Development Officer at Primerica

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Agile vs. Waterfall: Finding the Right Mix in Software Engineering with Dustin Goodman, Engineering Manager at This Dot Labs

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Navigating Engineering Challenges in the Embedded Space: Insights from Heather Giovanni

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How to Interpret Software Developer Performance Metrics with Jimmy Jacobson, CTO of Codingscape