Leadership Unplugged

Unleashed Pursuits: Embrace, Empower, Elevate: Collen Simon | Episode 13

Tue, 07 May 2024 09:00:00 +0100

Shamila chats with Colleen in this refreshing podcast, they discuss why one should choose social work, career progression and not holding back.

Colleen shares personal experiences of working in a sector where diversity still can hold people back.

Colleen has done brilliantly working at the level she is, as well as being a support to others in her network. Colleen talks about having boundaries and importantly taking time out for self-care. We have shared wonderful tips for those going for an interview whether you are a social worker, team manager or a service manager.

If you need a little motivation / self-assurance and tips of the trade then do listen in!

LinkedIn: Colleen Simon https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleen-simon-she-her-6bba69123/

LinkedIn: Shamila Younis https://www.linkedin.com/in/shamila-younis-34718137/

AI or Die?: Eric Landry | Episode 12

Thu, 02 May 2024 08:00:00 +0100

“AI or Die?” – AI, although originating in the mid-20th century, has only recently surged into mainstream adoption across diverse industries. Eric Landry Director of AI for the likes of Expedia, and Babylon emerged as an early adopter in the 90s despite initial scepticism from peers within the tech world. Throughout the decades, Eric persevered as the underdog in his AI research and experimentation - eventually evolving into a pioneer in his own right. With over 25 years of experience, Eric reflects on his journey in AI, offering valuable insights on navigating and thriving in today's overwhelming AI landscape.

Eric LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeric-landry/

My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/millie-sanyama-35936621a/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base%3B2X4gs9lWQziCddHgPFgYOw%3D%3D

LinkedIn: erg Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

Need help hiring AI talent? Looking to fulfil project specific work? erg group offer both Talent as a Service and Consultancy solutions for growing AI companies across USA. Get in touch: m.sanyama@erg-group.io

Unveiling the Secrets to Success: Eric Beins | E11

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0100

Join Sarah in an insightful conversation with Eric Beins, COO of JourneyTeam, an Award Winning Microsoft Gold Partner renowned for its industry excellence. In this episode of Leadership Unplugged, Eric divulges the keys to his career success and unravels how JourneyTeam stands out in a crowded consultancy landscape.

Delve into Eric's passion for customer engagement and user adoption strategies as well as the transformative power of their organizational culture and the invaluable lessons learned along their path to attaining the prestigious status of Microsoft Inner Circle members.

LinkedIn: Eric Beins: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-m-beins/

JourneyTEAM Website: https://www.journeyteam.com/

LinkedIn: Sarah Bobbitt https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahbobbitt/

LinkedIn: erg Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

erg Group Website: https://www.erg-global.com/

The Next Generation of Digital Natives | E10

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000

“The Next Generation of Digital Natives” | Bret Siers, CEO & Co Founder of Training Layers, talks with Aaron about the importance of understanding the next generation of digital natives and how leaning into their wants, desires and ways of working could be key to growing businesses. Bret discusses how immediate gratification, personalisation and curation of content will be extremely important as we move forward and how the Training Layers product leans into that idea and solves a real new-world problem. Further topics include how to build your network, the importance of relationships, creating your own luck and the willingness to not leave the field. Tune in to hear the full discussion.

LinkedIn: Bret Siers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bret-siers-11a81b5/

Training Layers Website: https://www.traininglayers.com/

LinkedIn: Aaron Stebbings: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-stebbings/

LinkedIn: erg Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

erg Group Website: https://www.erg-global.com/

Need help hiring tech talent? Looking to fulfil project specific work? erg Group offer both Talent as a Service and Consultancy solutions for growing tech companies across the globe. Get in touch a.stebbings@erg-global.com

Scaling Technology, People and Culture | E9

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000

“Scaling Technology, People and Culture” | Scaling within a business is always difficult. Ben-Durham Kilcullen, VP of Engineering at Stova, discusses with Aaron what he believes to be the key secrets to successfully scaling a business. Ben talks about how he believes in the power of everyone having a “product mindset”, how important your people are and how to foster a brilliant culture, how leaders both technical and non-technical should approach their own tech stack and how to adopt a killer recruitment process. If you’re in the startup or scaleup tech space, this is a must-watch.

LinkedIn: Ben-Durham Kilcullen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamindurham/

Stova Website: https://stova.io/

LinkedIn: Aaron Stebbings: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-stebbings/

LinkedIn: erg Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

erg Group Website: https://www.erg-global.com/

This Is How We Save The World: Odd-Arne Lorentsen | E8

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0000

“This Is How We Save The World” | Climate change may well be the most important topic of the next decade. Odd-Arne Lorentsen, CTO of Gen2Energy, talks with Aaron about the importance of understanding climate change, the impact on the world if we continue to do nothing and the solutions he believes will make a difference. Odd-Arne discusses how a “plug and play” solution involving clean green hydrogen could be one of the vital steps made in the right direction and how Gen2Energy is solving that problem. How to scale, how to hire for a new generation of people, how to utilise technology – dive in to hear more.

LinkedIn: Odd-Arne Lorentsen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oalorentsen/

Gen2Energy Website: https://gen2energy.com/

LinkedIn: Aaron Stebbings: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-stebbings/

LinkedIn: erg Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

erg Group Website: https://www.erg-global.com/

The Holistic Human: Xann Schwinn | E7

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0100

“The Holistic Human” | Aaron talks with Xann Schwinn, Co Founder & CEO of Biiah, about her journey being a leader of multiple startups. Through her initial passion of music, Xann explains how she created Biiah, where the idea came from and the challenges in growing it. Further discussions explore how the workplace has changed, how leaders of organisations need to be thinking about the holistic human, what that means and how we can empower our staff. Is there a silver bullet to balancing well-being and productivity? How do we allow people to be truly flexible when the demands of work often mean we need to be structured? An insightful conversation that deeply explores one of the most prevalent topics across the industry right now – what the hell is work life balance?!

LinkedIn: Xann Schwinn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xann-schwinn/

Biiah Website: https://biiah.com/

LinkedIn: Aaron Stebbings: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-stebbings/

LinkedIn: erg Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

erg Group Wbsite: https://www.erg-global.com/

Connecting Through Music: Josh Simons | E6

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0100

“Connecting Through Music” | How do you take something that you love and make it into a business? Josh Simons, CEO of Jaxsta and Founder & CEO of Vampr, the number one network for musicians, talks with Aaron about his journey with music and business. From being in a band and having a family history with music, to founding Vampr and building a successful MusicTech business, Josh shares what made him and his businesses successful, whilst also giving insight on what more needs to be done to continue to be successful. Do you need to love what you do to be a successful leader? How expensive is domain experience? What does good look like when it comes to understanding people, their drivers and how to motivate people to move the ship from A to B? How important is technology right now and will it continue to be moving forward? Tune in for a candid, unfiltered discussion around these topics and more.

LinkedIn: Josh Simons: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonsjosh/

LinkedIn: Aaron Stebbings: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-stebbings/

Vampr Website: https://www.vampr.me

Jaxsta Website: https://jaxsta.com

LinkedIn: erg Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

erg Group Website: https://www.erg-global.com

Need help hiring tech talent? Looking to fulfil project specific work? erg Group offer both Talent as a Service and Consultancy solutions for growing tech companies across the globe. Get in touch a.stebbings@erg-global.com

The human side of information security: Miglen Evlogiev | E5

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 09:00:00 +0100

“The human side of information security” | Miglen Evolgiev, VP of InfoSec at one of the most successful global fintechs, Payhawk, talks with Aaron about demystifying the pre-conceived ideas around information security. What can Leaders do to improve their information security position? How do you get your people to buy into a world which is often mis-represented as a “tick box” exercise? Miglen goes further into the idea that information security is, at the heart of it, a people challenge, like so many other areas of tech. He also gives his thoughts on what to think about moving forward in an ever-changing tech landscape, including his hot-take on AI. Listen now to unearth the answers that have for so long been guarded across the tech industry.

LinkedIn: Miglen Evlogiev: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miglen/

Payhawk Website: https://payhawk.com

LinkedIn: Aaron Stebbings: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-stebbings/

LinkedIn: erg Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

erg Group Website: https://www.erg-global.com

It’s All About People: David Dyer | E4

Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:00:00 +0100

“It’s All About People” | David Dyer, an experienced CXO with a wealth of Leadership experience across the tech industry, delivers his take with Aaron on what he believes to be the key things that leaders need to be thinking about – their people. How important is communication and how do we improve it? How can you build an infrastructure of accountability whilst balancing trust and transparency? What’s the secret to high performing teams and how can we build them? Tune in for answers to these questions and more.

LinkedIn: David Dyer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmdyer/

LinkedIn: Aaron Stebbings: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-stebbings/

LinkedIn: erg Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

erg Group Website: https://www.erg-global.com/

Affecting Positive Change: James Conroy-Finn | E3

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 08:00:00 +0100

“Affecting Positive Change” James Conroy-Finn is an Executive Coach and Fractional CTO helping mission-driven businesses solve meaningful problems across the tech start up and scale up space. With a physicist background, James discusses with Aaron how his “curious mind” led him to the position he’s in now, why we should be building a better future, the philosophy of happiness, how to empower people around you and the separation between our work and personal lives.

LinkedIn: James Conroy-Finn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesconroyfinn/

LinkedIn: Aaron Stebbings: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-stebbings/

LinkedIn: erg Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

erg Group Website: https://www.erg-global.com/

Operational Excellence: Howard Moore | E2

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:00:00 +0100

“Operational Excellence” | Howard Moore, currently Specialist Advisor at the London Stock Exchange and a COO (Chief Operations Officer) by trade, discusses with Aaron what ‘Operational Excellence’ means for businesses, why organisations need to be operating with a single vision across disparate internal divisions, future predictions across the market for startups and scaleups and the key characteristics that Leaders will need to show to be successful over the next 12 months.

LinkedIn: Howard Moore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-moore/

LinkedIn: Aaron Stebbings: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-stebbings/

LinkedIn: erg Group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

erg Group Website: https://www.erg-global.com/

Need help hiring tech talent? Looking to fulfil project specific work? erg Group offer both Talent as a Service and Consultancy solutions got growing tech companies across the globe. Get in touch a.stebbings@erg-global.com

Regulation, Human Behaviour and the Importance of Happiness: James Morgan-Yates | E1

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0100

“Regulation, Human Behaviour and the Importance of Happiness” | James Morgan-Yates, CTO at EditCloud, goes into detail with Aaron about his experience as a Leader, the challenges he’s faced, what he believes makes a team “tick”, how to get the most out of people in a positive way and what the future might look like for regulation, data and AI.

LinkedIn: James Morgan-Yates: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmorganyates/

LinkedIn: Aaron Stebbings: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-stebbings/

LinkedIn: erg group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/erggroup/

erg group Website: https://www.erg-global.com/

Need help hiring tech talent? Looking to fulfil project specific work? erg group offers both talent as a service and consultancy solutions for growing tech companies across the globe. Get in touch a.stebbings@erg-global.com