Podcast

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 It also seeks to address the continued reliance on outdated practices like Excel sheets in business operations.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 / E09 - 25 April 2024

In this episode of the LEAD Podcast, Geert van der Cruijsen and Rene van Osnabrugge delve into the escalating costs of cloud services and the emerging discipline of Financial Operations, or FinOps. They discuss why some companies are shifting from cloud back to on-premises data centers due to cos...

S01 / E08 - 11 April 2024

In this episode of the LEAD Podcast, Geert and René explore the impact of generative AI on the tech industry with special guest April Edwards from GitHub. They discuss the evolving role of developers, architects, and technical professionals in an AI-assisted future. April shares insights on how A...

S01 / E07 - 28 March 2024

In this episode of the LEAD Podcast, hosts Geert van der Cruijsen and Rene van Osnabrugge talk about the often overlooked challenge of cultural resistance in the face of technical changes within organizations. They dive into the concept of a DevOps and growth mindset and the role this plays in en...

S01 / E06 - 14 March 2024

In this episode, Geert and Rene delve into the challenges and strategies of starting a tech company with limited resources. They are joined by Harald Tryti Rieber, co-founder and CTO of Atlas (formerly known as Enernite), a company focused on renewable energy and map automation. Harald shares his...

S01 / E05 - 29 February 2024

In this episode of the LEAD Podcast, Geert van der Cruijsen and René van Osnabrugge tackle the evolving landscape of the tech industry, focusing on the shift from operations roles to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). They embark on a journey to demystify SRE, tracing its origins back to Google...

S01 / E04 - 15 February 2024

In this episode of the LEAD Podcast, hosts Geert van der Cruijsen and René van Osnabrugge delve into the evolving concept of Developer Experience (DevX), a term gaining momentum in the tech world for its focus on enhancing the productivity and satisfaction of developers. This episode feat...

S01 / E03 - 01 February 2024

In this episode of the LEAD Podcast, hosts Geert van der Cruijsen and René van Osnabrugge explore the dynamic world of DevOps and platform engineering. Addressing the provocative notion that "DevOps is dead," they delve into why this is a misconception fueled by marketing trends. The discussion c...

S01 / E02 - 18 January 2024

In this episode of the LEAD Podcast, Geert van der Cruijsen and René van Osnabrugge engage in a fascinating discussion with Gullik Jensen, a Product Director from Kongsberg Digital, focusing on the transformation of traditional industries through digital innovation. They delve into the challenges...

S01 / E01 - 04 January 2024

In this first episode of the LEAD Podcast, hosts Geert van der Cruijsen and René van Osnabrugge embark on an insightful journey exploring the intricacies of IT success in companies. They delve into why some businesses excel in IT while others struggle, regardless of their size or industr...

S01 / E0 - 19 December 2023

Geert van der Cruijsen and Rene van Osnabrugge are excited to announce their new venture in 2024: the LEAD Podcast. This innovative podcast is designed specifically for leaders in engineering, architecture, and development.

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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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