Tech World Human Skills

By Ben PearceBusiness Technology Education Self-Improvement Careers

Tech World Human Skills episodes

August 02, 2023 EP11: Analogies: Making the Complex Simple With Marco Tamassia
Marco Tamassia is a Senior Technical Instructor at AWS and published author. He recently released the book "AWS Cloud Computing Concepts and Tech Analogies: A guide to understand AWS services using easy-to-follow analogies from real life" with his co-authors.
In this episode Marco shares some great approaches to making the complex simple, memorable and more fun. He also shares the reality of writing a technical book.
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36 min
July 19, 2023 EP10: From Survival To Revival in Tech with Alison Sinclair
Alison Sinclair is a self-leadership coach. She uses science-backed mental fitness and positive intelligence approaches to help people move from surviving to reviving.
In this episode Alison shares some top tips to help you move from just surviving, to reviving and thriving.
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37 min
July 05, 2023 Ep9: Changing Careers: Moving Into Tech with Jessica Olanrewaju
Jessica Olanrewaju used to be an economist, and now she's got a successful career in Tech.
In this episode Jessica shares why she moved into tech and how she did it. She shares the highs and the lows and brings to life the reality of changing career into Tech.
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33 min
June 21, 2023 EP8: Top Recruitment Tips To Get Your Next Tech Job with Waqar Sabir
@Waqar Sabir has over 20 years helping people find great jobs in tech. He's driven talent acquisition at loads of big companies and learnt a thing or three along the way.
In this episode Waqar shares his tips on getting a new tech role. From before you even apply for a role, to nailing the interview and he even shares some super insider tips as well.
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35 min
June 07, 2023 EP7: What On Earth is a Chief Envisioning Officer?!? with Dave Coplin
@Dave Coplin is a strategic advisor, author, keynote speaker and Chief Envisioning Officer.
In this episode Dave talks about tech vision and execution. He shares how to create clarity of purpose, put a roadmap together and take folks with you on the journey to the future.
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50 min
May 24, 2023 E6: From Steamroller to Collaborator with Jeffrey Snover
Jeffrey Snover is a Distinguished Engineer at Google and the inventor of PowerShell.
In this episode Jeffrey shares his perspective on succeeding with imposter syndrome, managing conflict and developing his ability to speak in public.
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39 min
May 10, 2023 E5: Lessons from a Disruptive Anti-CISO with Phil Winstanley
Phil is a Principal Security Engineer at AWS
In this episode Phil shares some lessons on being a Disruptive Anti-CISO. He talks through how to drive change in the security and tech world and gives his perspective on being a tech leader.

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37 min
April 26, 2023 E4: From Techy To Manager with James Complin
In this episode James shares his perspective on moving from an individual contributor to a people manager. He talks through the reality of his transition and shares some top tips and advice for all of us.
James is Azure Director at Microsoft UK. He leads a team of Cloud Solution Architects focused on the Comms, Media and Professional Services industries. He is also the co-founder of the Northern Azure User Group.
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36 min
April 12, 2023 E3. Using Humour To Engage People with Louise Stevenson
In this episode Louise shares her perspective using humour to engage with people. She talks through her experience as stand up comedian and public speaking coach.

Louise has a unique dual standing of being a prominent figure in the Business community and the Comedy industry. She has empowered thousands through one to one and team coaching, video and online courses. She has created personal and professional coaching programmes for executives, leaders and entrepreneurs and been hailed by business leaders on her thoughtful, engaging and entertaining delivery.
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32 min
March 29, 2023 E2: From Techy to CEO with Justin Langford
In this episode Justin shares his perspective on building a successful Tech business. He talks through his journey from Engineer at Microsoft through to CEO of a highly respected company.
Justin leads Coeo, a Microsoft partner specialising in Data & AI. Coeo deliver project consulting and managed services around the Microsoft cloud data and analytics solutions.
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31 min

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Ben Pearce interviews thought leaders in the tech world to learn from their success. In each episode we focus on a topic our guest has learnt about, failed at, course corrected and ultimately succeeded with. We can stand on the shoulders of giants and benefit from their insight.