#101, Tech 101: Top Tips from Tech Leaders

The Tech Leaders Podcast

We’ve reached (and now surpassed) 100 episodes!

To commemorate this milestone, we thought it’d be a great opportunity to recap on some of the best pieces of advice from our stellar guest list over the years.

One of TTLP’s most iconic questions, ‘what advice would you give to your 21-year-old self?’, has encouraged our guests to deliver some incredible guidance on navigating the tech space and what it takes to make it as a tech leader.

In this episode, we have compiled 14 of our favourite responses that offer advice from how to achieve work-life balance to ensuring you have one more cocktail— cheers to that!

Time stamps:

1) Jamie Bartlett - fake it until you make it (04:16)

2) Priya Lakhani OBE - keep kindness and welcome challenge (09:00)

3) Quentyn Taylor - invest in legacy tech (12:20)

4) Helen Kelisky - fail fast and learn from it (16:30)

5) Rodger Werkhoven – try fun tech (18:42)

6) Lisa Heneghan – be open to what you can do tomorrow (21:11)

7) Catriona Campbell – test and learn (25:00)

8) David Buttress – balance work life with home life (28:40)

9) Flavilla Fongang - don’t wait to be recognised (34:13)

10) Tom O’Sullivan - get out of your own way (39:05)

11) Jazz Carlin OLY – never be afraid to ask questions (41:30)

12) Greg Jackson – follow the path least trodden (44:15)

13) Joe Baguley – don’t fit into other people’s moulds (45:58)

14) Emilia Molimpakis – 70% is good enough (50:17)