The Be Great Podcast

Joshua Encarnacion is the CEO of Outco Inc. that supports the professionalism of programmers, former recruiters, career coaches, and technical mentors that have the goal and purpose of enhancing career opportunities for software engineers who are looking for work. Joshua's job focuses on helping people activate their "full potential through the application of positive psychology, systems thinking, and a principle-centered approach to leadership development." Joshua's years of experience being a technical recruiter came from his experience at Google where he facilitated people development programs as part of their staffing services team. He gave a TEDx talk back in 2015 entitled Redefining The Way We Believe In Others.

Known as the Disaster Avoidance Expert, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky is on a mission to protect leaders from dangerous judgment errors known as cognitive biases by developing the most effective decision-making strategies. He has over two decades of consulting, coaching, and training experience as CEO of Disaster Avoidance Experts, and over 15 years of experience in academia as a cognitive neuroscientist and behavioral economist. Dr. Tsipursky writes for Inc. Magazine, Time, Scientific American, Fast Company, and Psychology Today. A best-selling author, his new book is Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters.

Jake Zhang is a leader shaping the future of work for the better.

Learn about Jake's journey from majoring in economics to becoming a software engineer at Squarespace and starting AlgoDaily, a technical interview prep site for software engineers and Computer Science majors.

Jake speaks on how focusing on the things that matter the most has helped him be more productive, how constantly learning has helped him in his career, and how spaced repetition is built into AlgoDaily to remote skill development.

He also dishes on his thoughts about the future of work and what we need to be prepared for it.

Georgie-Ann is a leader shaping the future of work for the better. Before turning 25 she started more than 5 businesses, gave a TEDx talk, launched two podcasts, and authored a book entitled "Getting Sh*t Done", where she uses her story to help others turn their dreams in to reality. She's literally the definition of productivity, so much so that she calls her self "The Execution Strategist".

In this episode Georgie walks us through how she went from selling candy in middle school, to selling t-shirts at 13, and hosting summits at 21. She tells us why done is truly better than perfect and how she's learned from her mistakes. Lastly, she dishes on her thoughts on the future of work and how to prepare for that future, and explains why being a "portfolio careerist" is soo much better than being a "gig worker".

Georgie's a good friend of mine and I was excited to have her speak so candidly about the ups and downs of entrepreneurship on the podcast! Don't forget to leave a review if you like what you here. It helps a young podcast like this one get discovered by other great listeners.

Anthony Holloway, Talent Acquisition Lead at Woebot tells us what's broken in hiring and what both sides of the hiring table need to do to improve for the future. Anthony also drops knowledge about confidence, interviewing, and winning in the job market. He also reveals his plans to assemble the Wu-Tang Clan of recruiting and get to space.