Leman Tech Leadership Podcast

▶︎ #151 | Your Team Is Using AI More. So Why Does Everything Feel Harder? In this solo episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra Lemańska addresses a paradox that's quietly spreading across tech teams in 2026: AI tools are being used more than ever, output is up, speed is up, and yet people are more stressed, more exhausted, and more uncertain than before. Alex's diagnosis is precis...

▶︎ #150 | From Hard Trends to Bigger Bigs: Turning Disruption Into Certainty w/ Daniel Burrus Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for a thought-provoking episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as she engages in a compelling conversation with Daniel Burrus, one of the world's leading futurists on global trends and disruptive innovation, and a New York Times bestselling author. In this episod...

▶︎ #149 | Your Team Isn't AI-Resistant. They're Waiting for You. In this solo episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra Lemańska tackles one of the most common frustrations she hears from tech leaders right now: "We bought the licenses, we ran the onboarding, and my team still isn't using AI. "Her opening statement is deliberately confrontational: your team is not AI-resistant. They...

▶︎ #148 | Leveraging Incubators, Building Products & Thriving Startup Team w/ Fiona Bao @Genpulse Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for an insightful episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as she engages in a dynamic conversation with Fiona Bao, the visionary Founder and CEO of Genpulse. This startup is pioneering a network where health data fuels personalized AI agents and accelerate...

▶︎ #147 | Change Is Not Going to Stop — But Your Team's Suffering Can Every tech leader asks the same question eventually: "When will it slow down? When will I finally have time to think, plan, and breathe?" In this episode, Alex gives the answer that nobody wants to hear — and the reframe that makes it survivable. It won't slow down. Constant adaptation isn't a phase. It's the new permanent state...

▶︎ #146 | From Big 4 Consulting to Building a FemTech Startup w/ Maggie Lusk @ex-KMPG, @ex-Deloitte, @Seala Sync Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for a compelling episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as we engage in a conversation with Maggie Lusk, an experienced consultant and Founder of Saela Sync, a pioneering FemTech Startup. Maggie shares her journey from her consulting days at KP...

▶︎ #145 | 70% of Tech Change Initiatives Fail — And It's Not a Technical Problem Seventy percent of organizational change initiatives fail to meet their intended outcomes. That number has been consistent across industries and decades — and in almost every case, the failure has nothing to do with the technology involved. It's a people problem. A communication problem. A leadership problem. In this...

▶︎ #144 | Directions of Tech Teams Transformation, Meaning of "AI Natives" & Creating Thriving Startups w/ Punit Jajodia @Programiz Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for an insightful episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as we engage in a conversation with Punit Jajodia, an experienced Startup Co-Founder and the current CEO at Programiz. Punit shares his journey of starting a startu...

▶︎ #143 | The IT Burnout: 6 Categories That Are Quietly Destroying Your Team The data is already alarming: 62% of IT professionals feel physically or emotionally drained, 47% of tech leaders feel that way every single week, and only 21% can be considered genuinely healthy when it comes to burnout risk. But the bigger problem isn't the scale — it's that most leaders are treating burnout as one thin...

▶︎ #142 | From Legal Practice to Technology Program Delivery w/ Deborah Kaminetzky @DeFacto PM Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for an enlightening episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as we sit down with Deborah Kaminetzky, a seasoned lawyer turned tech entrepreneur. As the Founder of DeFacto PM, Deborah delivers comprehensive technology program delivery for ERP, SaaS, and infrastruct...

▶︎ #141 | Nobody Wakes Up Wanting to Ruin Your Day: The OK-OK Matrix Every Tech Leader Needs Most team friction isn't malicious. It isn't even intentional. It's the result of people operating from belief systems they developed as children and have never consciously examined — and a leader who understands that will respond to difficult behavior completely differently than one who takes it personall...

▶︎ #140 | Scaling Nations, Building Ecosystem & Building Leadership Lifelong Learning w/ Ajit Shah @YPO, @Lotus Holdings Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for an enlightening episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as she engages in a rich conversation with Ajit Shaw, a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience across diverse business sectors. Currently serving as the Dire...

▶︎ #139 | You Can't Debug a Human: Why Your Developer Skills Are Failing You as a Leader You were exceptional at your job. Then you got promoted — and suddenly the skills that made you great started working against you. In this episode, your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, breaks down the most common and most costly transition in tech: moving from expert individual contributor to people leader, and why...

▶︎ #138 | AI Community, Building Thriving Startups & Dev Teams Change w/ Oleksandr Paraska @ Togal.ai Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for a compelling episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as she sits down with Oleksandr Paraska, an experienced Machine Learning Engineer and CTO, currently leading as the CTO at Togal.ai. In this insightful conversation, Oleksandr sheds light on the...

▶︎ #137 | Rethinking 1:1s — From Status Updates to Real Conversations Most 1:1 meetings in tech are glorified status updates. The manager asks what you worked on, you give a quick summary, maybe flag a blocker, and fifteen minutes disappear without anything meaningful happening. It's become a checkbox — a ritual with no real substance. And the frustrating part is that the 1:1 is actually the singl...

▶︎ #136 | Entrepreneurship Transformation, Courage and Interior Design (!) in Leadership w/ Aga Olszewska @LeadAsU Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for an inspiring episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as she engages in a lively conversation with Aga Olszewska, an experienced HR and Sales Leader, Founder at LeadAsU, and podcast host of the Polish show "Lider(ka) na Dywaniku." In this e...

▶︎ #135 | The Quiet Exodus: Why Mid-Level Talent is Silently Leaving Tech Teams The people leaving technology teams aren't always the ones you'd expect. It's not just Juniors chasing better pay elsewhere or Seniors being poached by competitors. It's the middle — Engineers and Product Managers with three to eight years of experience who are quietly walking out the door with no dramatic exit. They'r...

▶︎ #134 | Fighting Founder's Burnout, Finding a Community and Investor's Tips w/ Jono Bacon, @ex-Github, @Stateshift In this episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, I'm thrilled to sit down with Jono Bacon, an accomplished Entrepreneur, Investor, and Community Builder, currently serving as the CEO and Founder of Stateshift. Join me, your host Aleksandra Lemańska, as we explore Jono's remarka...

▶︎ #133 | Burnout is an Organizational Failure, Not a Personal One For years, burnout has been treated as an individual problem — something to fix with a vacation or a meditation app. But the reality is far more uncomfortable: When an entire team burns out, the failure didn't start with them. It started at the top. The World Health Organization classifies burnout as an occupational phenomenon, not...

▶︎ #132 | Addressing Fear of AI Transformation and Burnout & Hiring Entrepreneurial Spirit w/ Shahrzad Rafati @RHEI In this engaging episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, I have the pleasure of speaking with Shahrzad Rafati, the visionary Founder and CEO of RHEI. Join me, your host Aleksandra Lemańska, as we explore the profound impact of growing up in an entrepreneurial household on S...

▶︎ #131 | How Much Does Poor Communication Cost You (Calculator Included!) Poor communication isn't a soft-skills problem — it's a line-item budget disaster. It costs an average of 7.47 hours of lost productivity per employee per week, which for a 50-person team adds up to nearly $900K a year, before you even factor in turnover. The math gets brutal when you stack the three cost categories togethe...

▶︎ #130 | Leading Leaders, Building Trust and Invest in Intentional Learning w/ Pranav Lal @ex-Slack, @Gusto, @Forbes Tech Council In this insightful episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, I sit down with Pranav Lal, a seasoned enterprise architect and business technology strategist. Currently serving as the Head of Business Technology at Gusto and Senior Director of GTM Systems at OneTrust...

▶︎ #129 | How to Measure the CQ Leadership Progress in... The Onboarding Phase Join us for a quick yet powerful episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, hosted by Aleksandra Lemańska. In today’s episode, we focus on the onboarding process and the critical questions tech leaders should ask to measure their Communication Intelligence (CQ) Leadership progress. Are you effectively tailoring your...

▶︎ #128 | How Failures Don't Make YOU a Failure w/Colin MB Cooper Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for an enlightening episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as she engages in a captivating conversation with Colin MB Cooper, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Illuminate CX. In this episode, Colin shares how his early childhood curiosity about how things are built and work led him to become self-em...

▶︎ #127 | How to Measure the CQ Leadership Progress in... The Recruitment Phase Join us for a quick yet insightful episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, hosted by Aleksandra Lemańska. In today’s episode, we dive into the essential questions tech leaders should ask themselves during the recruitment phase to effectively measure their Communication Intelligence (CQ) Leadership progress. Are y...