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LEAD Podcast

The podcast for leaders in Engineering, Architecture & Development

This podcast emphasizes the significance of software in modern businesses and highlights the necessity for companies to adapt to the digital landscape. It aims to share success stories and insights from industry leaders and influencers. The podcast explores various aspects of building a prosperous software company, including people, processes, technology, tools, and culture. It also seeks to address the continued reliance on outdated practices like Excel sheets in business operations. Each episode features a guest with expertise in engineering cultures who discusses their experiences, lessons, and challenges. The podcast is part of the Lead Community, a global network of leaders in Engineering, Architecture, and Development.

Episodes

S01 / E26 - 19 December 2024

In this episode, Geert and Rene wrap up a year of the LEAD Podcast. They welcome Rob Heckel from Toyota Connected, who shares insights into transforming Toyota's North American division into a tech-forward organization. Rob discusses the challenges and opportunities of building internal developer...

S01 / E25 - 05 December 2024

In this episode, Geert and Rene explore the latest State of DevOps report from DORA, diving into key trends shaping the industry. They discuss the impact of AI, the rise of platform engineering, the importance of developer experience, and the role of transformational leadership. Along the way, th...

S01 / E24 - 21 November 2024

In this episode, Geert and Rene explore the complexities of becoming cloud-native, addressing why companies are drawn to Kubernetes and whether it’s always the right solution. They discuss the origins of Kubernetes, its evolution into a standard for container orchestration, and its role as the “O...

S01 / E23 - 07 November 2024

In this episode of the LEAD Podcast, Geert van der Cruijsen and Rene van Osnabrugge explore how cultural issues like misalignment, siloed work, and lack of trust prevent companies from executing their digital vision. Inspired by Patty McCord’s Powerful, they discuss building a culture of trust an...

S01 / E22 - 24 October 2024

In this episode, Geert and Rene dive into the concept of building a learning organization and why it's crucial for companies to encourage continuous learning among their employees. They discuss how technical debt can impact talent retention and how outdated technology can push engineers to seek m...

S01 / E21 - 10 October 2024

In this episode Geert and Rene investigate the art of communication. Why is it so hard to convey the message you want to convey. Even if people want to achieve the same goals, it still is hard to make yourself clear, or to understand the other one. They will dive into a number of issues they enco...

S01 / E20 - 26 September 2024

In this episode, Geert and Rene dive into the dilemma of app modernization, discussing whether companies should rebuild or refactor their applications. They explore the complexity of this decision, highlighting the importance...

S01 / E19 - 12 September 2024

In this episode, Geert and Rene are joined by Casper Jensen, Engineering Director of Enterprise Architecture at Pandora, to explore the pursuit of a single, unified tech solution in large organisations. They dive into the fallacy of the uniform tech stack and why chasing "one generic system" ofte...

S01 / E18 - 29 August 2024

In this episode of the LEAD Podcast, Geert van der Cruijsen and Rene van Osnabrugge dive into the concept of high-performing teams. They challenge the common perception that technical skills alone define a high-performing team, questioning the idea of the "10x developer" and comparing it to the d...

S01 / E17 - 15 August 2024

In this episode we're taking a Quantum Leap in the future. What will the impact of Quantum Computing be for our IT industry and society?Is it something so complex it's hard to grasp for most or can we try to comprehend it without knowing all the technical details like we have now with gene...

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About LEAD Podcast

We think software & it plays an important role in every company. Software is eating the world and companies need to adopt to this to survive.

In this podcast we want to share stories of successful people/companies, industry leaders & influencers for others to learn from.
Being a great software company means more than just having a great software architecture & cloud infrastructure (although this is part of it). In this podcast we want to focus on all things related building a successful software company, from people, process, technology & tools to culture
The world is still running on excel sheets and we’re scared of that. Let’s help every company improve in the way they run their digital business by sharing knowledge of how others did this. Every week a new guest, with expertise on a certain area of engineering cultures, will join hosts Geert &Rene to talk about this and to share their stories, journeys, learnings & pitfalls. 
The lead podcast is part of the lead community, an international community of leaders in Engineering, Architecture & Development.

If you have any questions or remarks, contact us at info@lead-podcast.io

We are part of the LEAD Community 

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