Philipp Melab is the lead software engineer at the Switzerland-based digital agency Amazee Labs that specializes in creating high-end digital experiences utilizing Drupal, React and GatsbyJS.

Recently, Amazee Labs have put Gatsby to great use on several of their projects for enterprise clients, either integrated with a data source such as Google Sheets or as part of a decoupled CMS solution. In this episode, we discuss how enterprise CMS differs from standard CMS and what "decoupled" CMS means. In the second part of the episode, we focus more on the GatsbyJS framework; Philipp explains how they found it and decided to start using it, then he describes a few of their recent interesting projects with Gatsby.


Links & mentions:

• preston.so
• amazeelabs.com
• youtube.com/channel/UCA2BmvPgJiaABiVhEgprdbA
• twitter.com/pmelab
• drupal.org/slack

Cyril Coste is one of the top B2B influencers and experts in digital transformation. Based in the UK, he has served as consultant and advisor in many important digital transformation initiatives, in addition to founding and running several initiatives of his own.

In the first part of this episode, we discuss the importance of having a growth mindset in business and what it means for a company to be growth-oriented. The second part focuses on how overcoming common organizational biases is key to successful de-siloing. We tie things together by taking a look at how having a growth mindset can help with de-siloing and how the Covid pandemic and the rise of remote work have affected these two topics.


Links & mentions:

• twitter.com/CyrilCoste
• linkedin.com/in/cyrilcoste
• [email protected]

Taco Potze is the founder and CEO of Open Social, an open-source SaaS platform for building and managing online communities.

In this episode, released just over a week after the launch of Open Social's new website, we talk about the platform's recent developments and their plans for the future. We discuss the choice of open source technologies for the platform, the redesign and the seed investment they received back in the summer which is enabling the new developments. Finally, we focus on the upcoming version of their platform, which will feature a decoupled architecture and makes use of powerful Facebook-backed technologies such as React.


Links & mentions:

• bio.org
• getopensocial.com
• twitter.com/tacopotze
• slack.drupal.org

Sylvain Moreau is the Chief Sales Officer of Drupal projects at the French digital agency Axess, and he specializes in large Drupal websites for institutions.

In this episode, we discuss how cultural institutions approach digital transformation. We start off with some of the key considerations of main benefits of digital transformation for these institutions, then Sylvain talks more in-depth about the numerous French cultural institutions they've worked with and the main trends they've seen, such as the digitalization of artworks. In the final part of the episode, we focus on their collaboration with Paris Musées, for whom they've recently completed one part of a major project.


Links & mentions:

• cnap.fr
• parismusees.paris.fr
• parismuseescollections.paris.fr
• mnhn.fr
• citedelarchitecture.fr
• architectes.org
• institutfrancais.com
• savoirs.rfi.fr
• franceculture.fr
• arte.tv/fr
• bulac.fr
• cnap-n.fr
• artexplora.org
• linkedin.com/in/slybud

Josh Forte is an e-commerce and digital marketing professional and Online Channel Manager at Comporium, a communications and home security company from South Carolina, US.

In this episode, we talk about personalization and how it factors into customer experience and digital experience in general. Josh and Tim discuss examples of personalization done right, compare different software for personalizing online experiences and go over the challenges posed to personalization by recent updates to online privacy. Finally, we discuss how the mass digitalization coupled with the explosion of e-commerce due to the pandemic has impacted the state of personalization.


Links & mentions:

• mckinsey.com/business-functions/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/how-covid-19-has-pushed-companies-over-the-technology-tipping-point-and-transformed-business-forever
• linkedin.com/in/joshforte

Tom Norman is a community management professional who has been helping people and businesses build online communities for the past five years and now runs the Kickstart Your Community project.

In this episode, we dive into the importance of community in the digital sphere. We discuss the emergence of community as a key player of the industry in the past decade and cover some of the key considerations and benefits of a strong online community. Tom shares some key lessons learned from a particularly challenging recent project and provides some essential words of advice for successful community management.


Links & mentions:

• kickstartyourcommunity.com
• linkedin.com/in/iamtomnorman
• facebook.com/howtobehuman6

Baddý Sonja Breidert is the CEO and co-founder of the European digital agency 1xINTERNET as well as a board member of the Drupal Association.

In this episode, we talk about content strategy and its role in digital strategy.  We start with why a content strategy is so crucial at a time when content reigns, then we cover the key prerequisites for devising a content strategy, its value for businesses and its changing nature in an omnichannel, post-Covid digital reality. Baddý illustrates her points with some great practical examples and introduces tools that they frequently leverage at 1xINTERNET, such as content templates.


Links & mentions:

• events.drupal.org/europe2020/sessions/your-first-steps-successful-content-strategy-workshop
• twitter.com/baddysonja
• linkedin.com/in/baddysonja
• [email protected]
• 1xinternet.de/en

Kaleem Clarkson is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Blend Me Inc., a US consultancy which helps businesses optimize their remote employee experience.

In this episode, we discuss the remote employee experience, its recent transformations and its value to businesses in times of COVID-19 and the mass digitalization which the pandemic has triggered. Kaleem presents all the key steps of the employee experience through their TREE framework and excellently supports his points with rich practical examples. In addition, he addresses some common misconceptions and shortcomings when it comes to the employee experience and recommends more optimal ways of doing things.


Links & mentions:

• socialarchitect.xyz/team
• jobmatchassessment.com/about
• gallup.com/workplace/242252/employee-experience
• youtube.com/watch?v=NagGNgVODC8 (Matt Westgate's talk from DrupalCon Denver)
• npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this
• blendmeinc.com
• twitter.com/kaleemclarkson
• linkedin.com/in/kaleemclarkson

Florian Lorétan is a European technology advocate and public speaker. As the CTO at the digital agency Wunder, he has helped foster a DevOps culture and implement processes to enable his developers to perform better.

This is what this particular episode is about, namely, how leveraging DevOps can improve the work of developers by allowing them greater autonomy and enabling them to achieve true mastery of the technologies and practices they use. We discuss the basics of DevOps, the workflows, some of the key considerations, its overlap with agile software development, and some on-point practical examples of DevOps in action.


Links & mentions:

• amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business
• amazon.com/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates
• linkedin.com/in/floretan
• twitter.com/floretan

David Biden is the CEO of the UK automation company human+ and the managing director of automation at the recently established technology group Foundry4.

In this episode, we discuss RPA, or robotic process automation, and how implementing it in the right way can have organization-wide business benefits. As their name implies, human+ are strong believers in bringing automation closer to humans, so their work does not just revolve around technology, but also up-skilling workers and helping companies digitally transform more fully by helping them adopt this shift in mindset.


Links & mentions:

• linkedin.com/in/davidjamesbiden
• human-plus.co.uk
• foundry4.com
• blueprism.com
• uipath.com
• automationanywhere.com