The It's a Monkey Podcast interviews technology thought leaders from all over the world and provides a weekly overview of the latest news from the tech economy.
Episode 87
Former CEO of 5 businesses, Author of 'Willful Blindness', Interviewer and TED Speaker
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Podcast Hosts:
Some of the topics that we cover in our chat with Margaret include:
- Kevin Garber - CEO & Co-founder - ManageFlitter
- Kate Frappell - Design Lead - ManageFlitter
Special Guest:
- Josephine Pinto - Business Operations Manager at ManageFlitter
Guest Interview:
- Margaret Heffernan - former CEO of 5 businesses, Author of 'Willful Blindness' and 'A Bigger Prize', Interviewer and TED Speaker. Margaret's most popular TED talks include: 'Dare to Disagree' and 'Forget the Pecking Order at Work' both of which have received over 2 million views to date.
Some of the topics that we cover in our chat with Margaret include:
- How environment impacts a persons capacity to deliver at work
- What makes a good manager and why approachability ranks higher than technical skill
- The importance of having 4 different people involved in the hiring process
- Margaret's favourite interview question and what the answer reveals about a candidate
- Why mortar matters more than bricks
- Women in Tech - The role of sexism and the portrayal of engineering in popular culture
- Hierarchy as a force that depletes people's sense of accountability
This week in the Tech News:
- Elon Musk launches brain-computer interface venture called Neuralink
- Samsung launches the Galaxy S8 - their first phone release since the exploding Galaxy Note 7's
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