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We are finally back after some time off.

This month, we talk to the brilliant Aisling Browne.

Ais is the CEO and Founder of the company Glitch. We dive into her background and also the ups and downs of running a new company.

Thanks for sticking with us.

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This month, our two hosts speak to the brilliant Ruadhri.

Ruadhri originally studied philosophy and kind of stumbled into engineering after reading a book on Unix in his spare time (or something like that, as usual, we will let him introduce himself).

But he is an Architect with years of experience and great stories to share.

We could have talked to him for hours, so we hope you enjoy listening.

Thanks as always.

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This month, our two hosts speak to the brilliant João Rosa.

João has extensive experience in technology, having worked in nearly every role. He is currently a consultant helping companies change their ways of working and, more importantly, ways of thinking.

We had great craic chatting to him, and we hope you enjoy listening in.

Thanks, as always, for listening.

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This month our two hosts speak to the fantastic Stewart Keegan.
Stew has had years of experience working in all things product.

Currently, he leads a team of Product Managers. We discuss his highs and lows and what has kept him in the industry.

Thanks as always for listening.

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This month our hosts interview the wonderful Jo Ward.

Jo has years of experience as a people manager and a program manager.

We get into what makes people good managers, and what companies should do to enable good people leaders.

As always thanks loads for listening in.

Link to the Ted talk mentioned in our chat:
https://www.ted.com/talks/rosita_najmi_what_s_your_leadership_language

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This month our two hosts interview the fantastic Michelle McDaid

Michelle is an experienced technology leader and founder of the leading place.

We discuss her experiences as a leader working for different companies over the years and discuss what makes a good team and a great company culture.

You can reach her here:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-leading-place/
https://theleadingplace.com/
https://www.instagram.com/theleadingplace?igsh=ams5bDMwdTZydDU%3D

As always thanks so much for listening.

Links to content mentioned in the chat:

• "The Authority Gap" - book by Mary Ann Sieghart
• Amy Cuddy TED Talk - Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are
• Deborah Tannen HBR article - The Power of Talk - Who Gets Heard And Why
• Abi Noda - Engineering Enablement Podcast
• Great article referencing Ron Westrum's research on Information Flow (Mentioned by Rob in the podcast)
• HBR article on the Pygmalion Effect
• No Rules Rules - Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer (Leading with Context Not Control

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This month our two hosts interview the fantastic Sinead Walsh

Sinead has had several jobs over the years and currently works in digital marketing. Sinead is also a brilliant standup comic, and the host of an amazing podcast called "Queer As Fluich" which everyone should listen to.

We delve into how first jobs and bad experiences can affect you long term, but also how good relationships and people can change you for the better.

As always thanks so much for listening.

Sineads podcast can be found here:
https://shows.acast.com/queer-as-fluich

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This month our two hosts interview the amazing Claudio.

Claudio is a change agent who loves all things lean and agile.
He has both worked for and run his own companies in the past, thus making him a great source of information on engineering joy. He is also the inventor of popcorn flow which if you have not heard of it, go look it up and use it.

We talk about all things from agile to how to influence teams and people, to how to create a joyful workplace.

As usual thanks so much for listening.