Real Tech Real Life Podcast

Chris Barbin, Former CEO and co-Founder of Appirio, Venture Capitalist & Tequila Master - joins the RTRL team for an interview.  We had a blast asking him about everything from how his career got started, to his thoughts on the Appirio journey, to what he is doing now! 

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In this episode we share our thoughts on Women in Technology & Leadership - quite a loaded topic these days! We have an honest conversation about why it matters, whether progress has been made and what we have seen organizations do to help.

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An interview with Mike Epner, Guru of Customer Delivery Operations, Professional Services and how to build amazing teams. We talk about how he got into the business, how he approaches building leadership teams and a form of photography that he invented! (*originally recorded in August 2017) 

You can find Mike's photography at www.michaelepner.com

You can find the RTRL Playbooks , best practices and list of recommendations at our website - https://realtechreallife.com

Join us for our relaunch podcast - an update on what we have been doing during our hiatus, what we have learned and what is coming up on future podcasts. 

You can find our Playbooks , best practices and list of recommendations at our website - https://realtechreallife.com

A discussion on how to manage project closure successfully. This was originally recorded in 2017 and closes out our Services Lifecycles Series. Stay tuned for brand new episodes in August!

You can find our Project Mgmt Playbook and other best practices at our website - https://realtechreallife.com

 A discussion on how to manage projects – and how to do status reports in Haiku!!

You can find our Project Mgmt Playbook at our website - https://realtechreallife.com

 People are the product of services firms – we talk about how to best staff the on projects. 

You can find our Staffing Projects Playbook and other info at our website - https://realtechreallife.com.

You can find more detailed Show Notes and the Playbook for this episode at our website - https://realtechreallife.com. 

A fun and hopefully insightful discussion about how to think about and approach scoping software implementation and development projects!

Lightening Round & Recommendations:

Documentaries / Movies

• Lori A – Young At Heart – A 2009 documentary based on a group of seniors (average age 81) that sing classic and current rock covers. Sweet and sad with good music.

What is it and how can it benefit you?

Lori Asburry leads us through a discussion on what Mindfulness in the Workplace is and how it can benefit you and your business.

 You can find the Mindfulness Playbook here and at our website - https://realtechreallife.com

You can find more detailed Show Notes and the Playbook for this episode at our website - https://realtechreallife.com.

What About Change Orders / Project extensions?

Lightening Round & Recommendations

How Do You Leave It At Work? This is a hard one and something most have to continually work at – as evidenced by the “free for all” conversation while discussing it.

Team Building - How do you bond a team to prepare them for potential tough times? (Yes, we talk about using Haiku's to help.

TV Shows

• Maryam – This Is Us – Binge-worthy and the perfect mix of funny and emotional with multiple story lines so it appeals to to all types of people. Special shout out to Chris Bell who once threatened to de-friend her if a character died, because she sucked him into the show addiction with her.