Pragmatism in Practice

A recent study shows there is a close correlation between technology proficiency and business growth. How does your organization’s level of digital proficiency compare to competitor brands in your market? How can you build technology as a culture into your organization at all levels? In this podcast, we discuss the advantages that lie in technology proficiency existing beyond the office of CIO and the impacts in business growth across regions.

Technology proficiency: the new imperative for business growth

With the advent of big data analytics, powered by the ease of moving data to the cloud, the pressure on companies to get data right to make million-dollar decisions in a few seconds has become paramount. How can organizations set themselves up for success when it comes to data? What are some of the foundational elements to have in place? In this episode, Jason Hare shares the principles of establishing a data governance plan for forward-thinking organizations.

Data governance: The foundation of data-driven organizations

Companies are looking to AI/ML to deliver better customer experience, improve productivity, or keep up with the competition. Beyond the popular use of replacing tedious and repetitive tasks with automation, Principal Consultant Jarno Kartela explains the more creative and strategic opportunities to solve business problems and improve product innovation. This episode is for modern decision-makers who want to become more data-enabled, data-informed and science-backed in their operations and strategic planning.

The value of creative AI

UNICEF USA implemented a technology strategy to create a consistent donor experience and put the supporter at the center of their operations. Their technology work meant that during a crisis like COVID, the nonprofit could quickly adapt their operations, workforce and donor relations. Andy Rhodes, CIO for UNICEF USA, shares details of their digital journey, how it has helped increase their social impact and tips for executives leading transformation efforts.

CIO Interview: A digital mission for social impact

Cloud infrastructure has been universally praised for its simplicity, an intuitive, scalable, and cost-effective alternative that promised to transform how we approach IT infrastructure. But as offerings from the major public cloud providers have become more sophisticated, cloud is becoming increasingly complex. Listen to this episode with Max Griffiths, Principal Infrastructure Consultant, to learn more about productizing this part of the business, preparing teams for the skills shift to this new paradigm, ensuring cost savings and enabling the business with product thinking.

Product thinking in the new era of cloud

Teamed up with my best friends in the world And The Moneynotes and did a few songs from  "Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas" for Christmas 09

Aint No Hole In The Washtub (Emmett Otter Cover)

Teamed up with my best friends ever And The Moneynotes to cover some songs from my favorite Christmas movie Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas

Barbeque (Emmett Otter Cover)

Teamed up with my fav music buds And The Moneynotes to cover some songs from my fav Christ movie Emmett Otter's Jug Band Christmas. Kevin Hambrick plays toughguy organ on this too!

Riverbottom Nightmare Band (Emmett Otter Cover)

Dan McClure is the Innovation Design Practice Lead at ThoughtWorks. In this interview, by Johannes Thöenes, Dan discusses definitions of and misconceptions about innovation.

Innovation With Dan McClure

In this episode, we talk about the role of a tech lead and how Pat Kua is helping new tech leads on their journey. We talk about the responsibilities of a tech lead and how this can be very overwhelming in the beginning. We also discuss the importance of a technical vision, what distinguishes a technical vision from an architecture and how we can teach tech visioning.

Every tech lead has his own style, so Pat tells me. So if you are new to the job, you will need to develop your own style. 

So, what should a participant in a tech lead program take out of it, I ask. Pat responds: “I would like to take the participants to say that they are comfortable [...] with the many responsibilities a tech lead has to deal with. I’m not expecting them to be experts in every skill.”

We close by talking about Pat’s Book “Talking with Tech Leads”, with interesting interviews from tech leads all over the industry.

Training Tech Leads

Functional programming has a lot of concepts which have to be yet discovered by mainstream programming. One, known especially from the Haskell programming language, are Lenses. 

Johannes Thönes met Chris Ford, Software Developer and ThoughtWorker from London, during XConf in Hamburg where he gave a talk on implementing Lenses in Clojure. In this 23 minute interview, Johannes talks with Chris about his experience with Lenses in Clojure. First they define what a Lense is and what you would want to do with it. Then they talk about the specifics of implementing Lenses in a programming language introducing the terms Functor and Function. We close the episode by talking about the possibility to implement lenses in other programming languages such as Java 8 or JavaScript.


Lenses in Clojure

Putting a transformation plan into action isn't easy. Craig Miller, Chief Digital and Chief Information Officer of Planet Fitness shares his vision for creating a digital wellness platform, designed to expand the member’s experience and connection with their brand beyond the walls of the gym. If you are a business or tech leader needing practical advice for executing an ambitious change mission, this is the podcast for you.

Digital Transformation: Disrupting the World of Fitness

Our mission is to create an extraordinary impact on the world through our culture and technology excellence.

Digital Transformation: Disrupting the World of Fitness

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