Alpha Geek Podcast: How Leaders Level Up

By Andrew Ramsden

On the Alpha Geek Podcast, Andrew Ramsden speaks with leaders in their field—whether they be CEOs, CIOs, Executives, Managers, Visionary Leaders, Servant Leaders or Experts leading in their field.

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The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.

Alpha Geek Podcast: How Leaders Level Up episodes:

October 24, 2019Ep 37: Dr Tim Patston and Peter Evans-Greenwood—Digital agency and the skills gap⁠—Should everyone learn to code?
Dr Tim Patston is the head of Innovation at Geelong Grammar School, and Peter Evans-Greenwood is a fellow at Deloitte Centre for the Edge. They have been working together on research around the future of work and the digital skills gap, and have uncovered some unexpected results.
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Show notes
Digital agency and the skills gap report
Dr Tim Patston’s links
Dr Patston on LinkedIn
@GeelongGrammar on Twitter
Peter Evans-Greenwood’s links
@pevansgreenwood on Twitter
Centre For The Edge on Twitter
Deloitte on Twitter
Centre For The Edge website
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1h 12min
May 01, 2019Ep 36: Jamie Leach—Open data, open mind, open doors
Jamie Leach is the CEO and Founder of Open Data Australia. Jamie has had a long and varied leadership history across a range of industries including finance and tech and AI startups. Jamie has distilled her approach to leadership so that it can work across boundaries and industries.
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Jamie’s links
@opendataaus on Twitter
Open Data Australia
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57min
April 17, 2018Ep 35: Peter Evans-Greenwood—Welcome to the future, we have robots
Peter Evans-Greenwood has deep experience as a CTO and tech strategist and is now a Fellow at Deloitte’s Centre for the Edge, helping organisations understand the digital revolution and how they can embrace the future. We get deep into artificial intelligence and the future of work. Will we still have jobs in the future? Peter is confident he has the answer.
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Show notes
Peter’s links
@pevansgreenwood on Twitter
Peter’s fellow Fellow… Pete Williams on Twitter
To code or not to code?
Deloitte Centre for the Edge
ANU’s 3A: Autonomy, Agency and Assurance Innovation Institute
Genevieve Bell’s Boyer lecture
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1h 8min
March 12, 2018 AGP Ep 34: Michael Reid—Sales is a critical part of life, especially for leaders
Michael Reid is a fully qualified Aerospace Engineer, and then made a shift into sales in IT. He has worked his way into leadership roles, and is now the State Manager for Cisco in Queensland. Hear about the twists and turns in his leadership journey and how to disrupt yourself before others disrupt you.
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1h 23min
February 15, 2018Ep 33: Jeff Haden—From Upworker to global thought leader. How to maintain your motivation all the way to the top
Jeff Haden is a world-renowned writer and ghostwriter. Much of what he has written about is in the leadership, influence and personal development space. We talk about some of the key leadership lessons Jeff has picked up from interviewing hundreds of the best in the world.
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Show notes
Jeff’s links
Jeff’s new book: The Motivation Myth
Jeff’s articles on Inc.com
Jeff’s new website
LinkedIn
Twitter
Shawn Achor’s book: The Happiness Advantage
Purposive Drift
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51min
September 19, 2017Ep 32: Kristy Simpkin—Women in technology—How to shift the culture towards inclusion for women and for the good of the industry
Kristy Simpkin is the Co-President of the ICT arm of Women In Technology who promote women in the industry and what we can all do as leaders to help address the biases and imbalances that are still present in the industry.
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Show notes
Kristy’s links
Kristy on LinkedIn
@kristyasimpkin
Women in Technology
The WIT Awards
Test yourself for unconscious biases—For gender test, select your country and ‘Go’. Then click through on the ‘Gender’ button.
PwC and Diversity
PwC’s commitment
PwC’s journey
Creating value through diversity
“65% of employee performance problems are the result of strained relationships rather than a lack of skill or motivation”
Tuckman’s model for team performance (forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning)
The Empowering Internet Safety Guide for Women
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48min
August 30, 2017Ep 31: Andrew Ramsden—My #1 leadership lesson and how you can apply it
Andrew Ramsden is the CEO and Founder of Alpha Transform and host of the Alpha Geek podcast. He has a particular passion for leadership development for technical professionals. In this episode Andrew talks about his most important leadership lesson and how you can apply it.
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Episode based on this article from earlier in the month
“I don’t want to be wrong for a moment longer than I have to be”—Sam Harris
High EQ leads to 500% increased performance in CEOs
EQ can address this: “65% of employee performance problems are the result of strained relationships rather than a lack of skill or motivation”
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16min
July 25, 2017Ep 30: Karin Geraghty—Shifting the gravity from tech skills to people skills
Karin Geraghty is the Chief ICT and Digital Strategist for Department of Premier and Cabinet in South Australia. She has led many successful large-scale transformations in South Australia and shares a lot of wonderful insights about how to be a leader in that environment.
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Show notes
Karin on LinkedIn
Blinkist—For Micro-readers like Karin and Andrew
The Reflective Practitioner—Book about ‘reflection in action’ and ‘reflection on action’
Switch: How to change things when change is hard
Don’t think of an elephant—Book on how language can frame and lead people
Best Practice Podcast—With Richard Aedy around working relationships
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47min
July 04, 2017Ep 29: Leigh Berrell—Maximise your impact. Get the best from others and support them to thrive
Leigh Berrell was a geek from an early age, interested in science and electronics. He has had an impressive career working his way from hands-on technical roles up to CIO roles over the past 10 years. Listen to hear how Leigh made the transition and his top leadership lessons.
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Show notes
Leigh on LinkedIn
Leigh on Twitter
More about Leigh in Sydney Morning Herald
Drive by Dan Pink—Motivating people through autonomy, mastery and purpose
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57min
June 13, 2017Ep 28: Mark Glazebrook—Girls invent. On intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship, and supporting young female inventors
Dr. Mark Glazebrook is an inventor, academic, and founder of Girls Invent who supports girls in schools to become innovators and entrepreneurs. Listen to hear how this movement is helping to shift the imbalances in the industry and how you can be involved.
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Girls Invent
Use the contact form on the site if you are a:
school looking to get involved
parent to know more about how to get your daughter’s school involved?
business looking to ‘adopt a school’
business interested in the commercialisation opportunities
One of Mark’s inventions, the DOY
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46min

FAQs about Alpha Geek Podcast: How Leaders Level Up:

How many episodes does Alpha Geek Podcast: How Leaders Level Up have?

The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.