Sustainable Tech Leader

Building CoLab with Purpose: Storytelling, Values, and Energy-Sustaining Leadership with Dan Lamoon The host of the Sustainable Tech Leader Podcast interviews Dan Lamo, founder of CoLab, about values-led entrepreneurship, creativity, and sustainable leadership rather than scaling at all costs. Dan explains CoLab’s origin in his frustration with educational bureaucracy and a student who thrived out...

In this Sustainable Tech Leader Podcast episode, host interviews Wani Iris Manley, a former in-house intellectual property attorney (Visa, MasterCard) now advising executives on change, to explore whether high performance is compatible with nervous system regulation. Manley argues leaders must redefine success beyond arbitrary, money-linked goals and address decision fatigue, which shows up as def...

High-Pressure Leadership, Financial Optionality, and AI: Lessons from Dr. Adam Link In this episode of the Sustainable Tech Leader Podcast, the host interviews Dr. Adam Link, former senior engineering manager at Coinbase during rapid growth and the IPO, who now works with software professionals and founders on long-term financial strategy and decision-making. Adam describes how moving from individ...

In this episode of the Sustainable Tech Leader, the host is joined by veteran tech entrepreneur and author Christopher Carter. With decades of experience across cloud and AI ecosystems, Christopher discusses his journey through leadership, burnout, and his transition to a more sustainable work-life balance. He openly shares his personal experience with burnout in 2009, his strategies for delegatin...

In this episode of the Sustainable Tech Leader Podcast, host welcomes Clinton Walker, a cybersecurity founder and advisor with extensive experience in leading companies across diverse industries. Clinton shares his insights on making balanced decisions in high-pressure environments, managing energy and burnout, and the importance of leadership that empowers teams. He delves into how his background...

In this episode of the Sustainable Tech Leader Podcast, host Mita Patel interviews Joel Benge, founder of Message Space Consulting and author of 'Be a Nerd that Talks Good'. With over two decades of experience, Joel specialises in helping technical founders communicate effectively without resorting to jargon. They discuss the critical importance of communication for founders, the costs of...

Sustainable Leadership, at Scale A Practical Playbook from my conversation with Nathan Subramaniam Most leadership advice breaks down when you’re running large, complex transformation programmes. Global teams. Multiple time zones. High stakes. Constant pressure. In my recent podcast with Nathan , we didn’t talk about theory. We talked about what actually holds up when things are messy. Here’s a sh...

Leading Across Company Sizes, Cultures & a World Shaped by AI This week, I had a brilliant conversation with Dr Guillermo Power , someone who has led across startups, scale-ups, and global enterprises and across several cultures too. You’d expect his leadership approach to shift dramatically between those environments. But what struck me most was this: “Company size doesn’t dictate how you lea...

This week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Duarte Cabral , Delivery Lead at Mindera, and someone I’ve had the privilege of knowing in more than one context first as a colleague, and later as a client. Duarte is one of those people you instantly trust. Thoughtful. Reliable. Calm. He’s someone who genuinely cares about helping others do well, not because it’s expected, but because he wants to se...

This week, I had the privilege of speaking with Kristina, whose career as a global COO has spanned industries, continents, and complex organisational systems. Our conversation was a fascinating exploration of what it means to lead sustainably not just across teams, but across time zones, cultures, and markets . Leading at this level means balancing global consistency with local nuance, understandi...

This week’s conversation with Lee Whiting was a reminder of why I value the people I’ve worked with as much as the work itself. Lee is one of the most positive, can-do people I’ve met, someone who lifts a team not with titles or hierarchy, but through action, optimism, and genuine care for others. We talked about the hugely accountable role of Quality Assurance and what true leadership looks like...

This week, I had the joy of speaking with the wonderful  Elzbieta Wiedemann,  a fantastic leader and my peer coach.   I loved hearing what truly feeds her soul  being in nature, connecting with people, and helping young professionals step into leadership roles.  There’s something powerful about that combination of connection, service, and reflection; it’s the foundation of sustainable leadership....

This week, I had the joy of speaking with the wonderful  Elzbieta Wiedemann,  a fantastic leader and my peer coach.   I loved hearing what truly feeds her soul  being in nature, connecting with people, and helping young professionals step into leadership roles.  There’s something powerful about that combination of connection, service, and reflection; it’s the foundation of sustainable leadership....

This week, I had a truly enjoyable conversation with Jamie, a leader whose approach to his team is as insightful as it is refreshing. He shared a simple but powerful idea that speaks volumes about his leadership philosophy: "I don’t want to be the smartest person in the room. At that point, I need to find a different room to be in." That one sentence reveals so much about how he leads, g...

In today’s fast-paced environment, most businesses are moving at breakneck speed. Competition comes from every direction, and the pressure to innovate never stops. It’s easy, in that context, to look around and ask: “What are people doing all day?” “Why aren’t we using more tech, governance or process to move faster?” And when leaders can’t see the work when teams are remote, distributed, or async...

When the pressure to deliver is high, how do we balance trust and control? It came up in my conversation with Rosi , my guest this week on The Sustainable Tech leader podcast. In today’s fast-paced environment, most businesses are moving at breakneck speed. Competition comes from every direction, and the pressure to innovate never stops. It’s easy, in that context, to look around and ask: “What ar...

When I caught up with John Durrant, we ended up talking about something that doesn’t often come up in leadership conversations — how work actually flows between different roles and departments in tech teams. Over the years, I’ve seen plenty of frameworks come and go: RAD, Waterfall, Agile, Product-Led, Platform, Stream-Aligned. Each one aims to make teams faster and more collaborative. But what re...

Two most prominent themes from my conversation with Mitul Sudra on the very first episode of The Sustainable Tech Leader Podcast . Two topics stood out: 👉 How leaders build alignment when hybrid and remote work have become the norm. 👉 How to stop debates from draining energy and instead move towards clear decisions.