A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

About Tristan Tristan White is the founder & CEO of The Physio Co, a unique healthcare business that ranked #1 on BRW’s list of Australia’s 50 Best Places to Work in 2014. The Physio Co has ranked as one of Australia’s 50 Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years (2009-2018), along with being named one of the Best Workplaces in Asia from 2015-2018. Tristan believes we spend such a huge par...

About David David’s stated mission is to impact an entire generation of leaders. In his spare time, Dr. David Arrington enjoys watching movies, TV shows and, listening to great music. When he’s not watching a great (or terrible) movie, noddin’ his head to old school rap, or spending time with his family, he coaches and practices transformational leadership. David holds a doctorat...

About Kim Kim Bohr is the CEO of The Innovare Group, a company renowned for diagnosing and repairing organizational and leadership disconnects. She works with companies and leaders to help them assess, align, and accelerate their strategic priorities that impact talent, execution, and business growth. As the founder and chief strategist of The Innovare Group, her mission is to make business better...

About Coach The Leadership Killer: Reclaiming Humility in an Age of Arrogance CAPT John “Coach” Havlik, U.S. Navy SEAL   (Retired),  led special operations teams around the world during his 31-year naval career, to include the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, the SEAL’s most elite operational unit. CAPT Havlik was a nationally-ranked swimmer, and is a member of the West Virginia University...

About Gonçalo Gonçalo Silva is obsessed with building the workplace of the future. That’s why he joined Doist almost a decade ago, and it’s why he remains there today as CTO, helping to build tools like Todoist and Twist that help over 13 million people worldwide be more productive. Today we talked About: History with technology Doist Growth Remote work Leading remotely Motivating Remo...

About Gregg Gregg Ward is the CEO of the Gregg Ward Group, a management consulting, training and coaching firm that focuses on helping leaders develop their Respectful Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Executive Presence skills. For over 25 years, Gregg has worked with Fortune 100 and 500 organizations around the world to inspire respect and leadership, emphasizing the measurable, bottom-lin...

About Diana Diana Wu David is the author of  Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration  and works with global leaders to enhance their ability to adapt, contribute, collaborate and grow. Formerly an executive with Financial Times, she is also an adjunct professor at Hong Kong University Business School and EMBA Global program focused on leadership and interpersonal dynamics. Her cli...

About Dan Dan Mulroy spent 14 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL working the most elite individuals there are in the military. Amongst these elite few, he saw how effective leadership and teamwork can enable you to accomplish any mission, no matter the odds. After leaving the military, he saw how these same principles, and the lack thereof, affected an organizations’ abilities to accomplish their own...

About Dave Dave McKeown helps individuals, teams, and organizations achieve excellence by doing the ordinary things extraordinarily well. He is the CEO of Outfield Leadership and author of the upcoming book The Self-Evolved Leader – Elevate Your Focus and Develop Your People in a World That Refuses to Slow Down .  He has a wealth of experience in connecting individual and team performance to...

About Charlie Charlie Gilkey is the founder of Productive Flourishing, a company that helps professional creatives, leaders, and changemakers take meaningful action on work that matters. He is internationally recognized as a thought leader on productivity, planning, strategy, and leadership for creative people. Charlie is the author of the forthcoming Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done (...

About Paul Paul Powers is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Physna, Inc. In 2019, Powers was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the brightest young entrepreneurs in the United States as a Forbes 30 Under 30 winner. Powers has been featured in publications around the world including Forbes and Fortune, various news programs such as Lou Dobbs...

About Rhonda Insightful … humorous … entertaining … even contagious … words that are often used to describe Rhonda Scharf. A speaker with the uncanny ability to look at the normal and see something quite different. Rhonda is a Professional Speaker and member of the Canadian Speaking Hall of Fame, Trainer and Author, based in Ottawa Canada. She has spoken to tens of thousand...

About Laurel Laurel Lau is a digital nomad and executive coach, as well as founder of Six Atlas, where she activates organizations to disrupt stagnant business models and take advantage of innovation for immediate impact and competitive advantage. Born in Hong Kong but educated in the United States, Laurel has spent her life navigating changing environments and cultural expectations. Her mission t...

About Michael Michael K. Levine  is an expert on lean and agile software development and information technology He conducted international trade negotiation at the US Commerce Department, was a corporate banker for First Bank System, and became divisional CIO at Norwest Bank. After a stint at Wells Fargo he joined US Bank to deploy a new branch banking system (bringing lean and agile to a highly s...

About Rockford Rockford Lhotka is CTO at Magenic and is the creator of the open source CSLA .NET development framework. He is the author of numerous books, and regularly speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is a member of the Microsoft Regional Director and MVP programs.   Magenic ( www.magenic.com ) helps you deliver your digital products to market faster. For more information g...

About Steven Steve is a serial entrepreneur that has had great success moving from the corporate world early in his career to the startup world. He will share lessons learned in over 30 years for how young professionals or those that feel stuck in the corporate world can earn a great living doing what they love by igniting their career in a technology startup. Steven Mark Kahan has successfully he...

About Gleb Known as the Disaster Avoidance Expert, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky is on a mission to protect technology leaders from dangerous judgment errors known as cognitive biases by developing the most effective decision-making strategies via his consulting, coaching, and training firm Disaster Avoidance Experts. A cognitive neuroscientist and behavioral economist, Dr. Tsipursky writes for  Inc. ,  Time...

About Sidar Sidar is an executive coach and renowned independent management consultant in IT strategy, and founder of IQoach . He helped dozens of professionals to multiply their value in the job market, and capture that value personally by becoming a freelancer, getting promoted, getting raises, etc. His clients are no less than fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Fujitsu, et...

About Brian Brian Prince (President, Board of Directors)  has been an international speaker and community leader for over fifteen years. He is one of the founders of CodeMash, and is the current President. Brian is as an Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase. He is the co-author of  Azure in Action , published by Manning Press. Brian holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science and Physics f...

About Neil Neil Sahota (萨冠军) is an IBM Master Inventor, United Nations (UN) Artificial Intelligence (AI) subject matter expert, Faculty at UC Irvine, and author of Own the A.I. Revolution . With 20+ years of business experience, he works with organizations to create next generation products/solutions powered by emerging technology. His work experience spans multiple industries including legal s...

About Nader Nader Mherabi, senior vice president and vice dean, chief information officer, is responsible for all information technology (IT) activities for NYU Langone Health and for information technology’s development as a strategic organizational asset. He previously was vice president for IT product solutions and chief technology officer for NYU Langone, responsible for technology strat...

About Angelic Angelic Gibson joined AvidXchange in October 2018 as the Chief Information Officer. Angelic has spent over 20 years in Information Technology serving the following industries: Higher Education, Wholesale Distribution and Logistics, Retail and Manufacturing in public, private equity and IPO models; including Technekes, LLC, American Tire Distributors (ATD), Estee Lauder, Inc, Sleepy’s...

About Liz For 30 years as a management consultant, executive coach, and facilitator, Liz Kislik has helped clients such as American Express, Orvis, The Girl Scouts, Comcast, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and Highlights for Children solve their thorniest problems while strengthening their top and bottom lines. Her specialty is developing high performing leaders and workforces. She is a frequent contribu...

Being a leader demands bravery. In this episode I talk about overcoming FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real) and leading with confidence. I list and explain these 4 steps for dealing with fear: Play it out. What’s the worse that can happen? What’s the likelihood of that thing happening? How can you reduce the likelihood of that happening? If the worse happens, how can you recover?   We need t...

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” — Jim Rohn In this solo show I talk about the people you spend the most time with. I’ll dig into the importance of networking with leaders at your level and above at other organizations.  I’ll talk about how to meet those leaders then tell you about a special project I’m working on, https://techlea...