A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world Podcast Por John Rouda: technical leader author speaker educator arte de portada

A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

A Geek Leader Podcast - inspiring technical and creative leaders around the world

De: John Rouda: technical leader author speaker educator
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The ultimate podcast for aspiring leaders in the creative or technology fields. John Rouda discusses leadership topics, interviews some of the greatest minds today and teaches you practical leadership tips, techniques, tricks and hacks to improve motivation, negotiation, and other much needed skills for leaders today.2025 - ageekleader.com Economía Exito Profesional Gestión Gestión y Liderazgo
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  • AGL 459: Honestly Speaking with Andrew Blotky

    AGL 459: Honestly Speaking with Andrew Blotky
    Mar 6 2026
    About Andrew Andrew Blotky, JD, PCC, brings a wealth of direct experience in leadership, culture, and communications in the corporate, political, and non-profit worlds. He has successfully built and led organizations during periods of unprecedented growth, change, and impact. His work focuses on building and maintaining vibrant cultures, steady, effective leadership across functions and teams, and consistent, clear communications on a wide array of issues. Andrew has always been passionate about leadership, culture and how organizations work, from his first election to student council in 3rd grade. He’s passionate about being an excellent manager, and empowering teams to grow and thrive. He is the author of the book, Honestly Speaking: How the Way We Communicate Transforms Leadership, Love, and Life. From 2023 – 2025, Andrew was Vice President of Communications at Johnson & Johnson, overseeing the enterprise employee communications, Human Resources communications, and global shared services communications teams. During his tenure, he significantly transformed the way the company engaged with its 130,000 employees globally across all business units. He also evolved the company narrative externally and internally about the company’s culture and its people practices, from hiring and recruiting to learning, development, and total rewards, in conjunction with the new J&J brand, launched in late 2023. From 2013 – 2018, Andrew built and led the first global employee communications team to support all company teams and functions at Facebook during a period of significant, rapid growth and global impact, as the company grew from 5,000 to 30,000 employees worldwide. At Facebook, Andrew was responsible for leading communications with all of the company’s employees and leaders globally on every initiative and program at the company. He focused on maintaining and evolving highly-effective, open communications channels and messages during a period of rapid growth. Andrew started his career in politics and public policy as an intern in the White House Office of Presidential Speechwriting under President Bill Clinton. Later, he worked as the Communications Director for various elected officials in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and on the communications and policy team in the San Francisco Mayor’s office. Before joining Facebook, Andrew spent several years in Washington, DC, where he built and led the first-ever legal policy and communications program, Legal Progress, at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a progressive think-tank and advocacy organization. At CAP, he worked closely with the Obama Administration and progressive advocates in Washington, DC and in states across the country on building education and advocacy campaigns focused the U.S. courts and judges as a political issue. Andrew was also an adjunct professor at Stanford University for several years, where he developed and taught public policy courses on advocacy and nonprofits in the political process as well as on national security in a changing world. Andrew is currently an operating advisor for Bessemer Venture Partners. He has previously served on the boards of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and on the Stanford University Board of Trustees Committee on Academic Policy, Planning and Management. He holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from Stanford University, and is a member of the California State Bar. He holds an Professional Certified Coach (PCC) Accreditation from the International Coaching Federation and is a Certified Hudson Institute Coach. Andrew is also a graduate of the Modern Elder Academy. Today We Talked About Andrew’s backgroundCommunicationTransparencyHonestyTrustInvite others to come with you on the journeyHow do you build trust?Relativity for long term relationshipsFeelings WheelCreate space – silence Connect with Andrew LinkedInWebsiteBook Leave me a tip $ Click here to Donate to the show I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
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    36 m
  • AGL 458: Tracy Christopherson and Michelle Troseth

    AGL 458: Tracy Christopherson and Michelle Troseth
    Feb 27 2026
    About Tracy and Michelle

    Dr. Tracy Christopherson and Michelle Troseth are co-founders of MissingLogic® . The core of their work is to help mid-career and executive leaders finally unlock their next level without overworking and neglecting their personal life by tapping into Polarity Intelligence®. Tracy and Michelle are co-authors of the book Polarity Intelligence: The Missing Logic in Leadership and co-hosts of Burnout Proof Leadership (previously known as The TRU Leader Podcast). The polarity power pair is known for helping leaders balance leading and living so they can be TRU leaders—thriving, resilient, and unstoppable.

    Today We Talked About
    • Tracy’s background
    • Michelle’s background
    • Both/And vs. Either/Or
    • Tensions
    • Leadership
    • Polarity Intelligence?
    • Leading and Managing
    • Burnout Proof Leadership
    • Dynamic Balance
    • Partnership Agreement
    • How am I Showing up?
    • Wisdom in Resistence
    • Meaningful Dialogue
    • Sit in curiousity
    • Candor
    Connect with Tracy and Michelle
    • LinkedIn – Tracy
    • LinkedIn – Michelle
    • Website
    • Book
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    38 m
  • AGL 457: Adrian Martinca

    AGL 457: Adrian Martinca
    Feb 20 2026
    About Adrian

    Adrian Martinca is a visionary tech entrepreneur, philanthropist, and advocate for children’s futures, dedicated to bridging the digital divide and empowering the next generation through innovative technology. Originally from Slovakia, Adrian has amassed over 100,000 hours in the tech industry, channeling his expertise into transformative initiatives that prioritize education and opportunity. As the founder of The Ark of Dreams, he has spearheaded efforts to deliver millions of dollars in cutting-edge devices and resources to underserved schools and children worldwide, impacting more than 100,000 young lives by ensuring no dream is left behind due to lack of access.

    A sought-after thought leader, Adrian frequently speaks on the ethical integration of AI in education, parenting, and city development, emphasizing how emerging technologies can foster human connection rather than replace it. His work extends beyond philanthropy; through Technology for the Future, he drives scalable solutions that redefine how we prepare kids for an AI-driven world.

    Passionate and relentless, Adrian believes dreams must guide our innovations. “Technology isn’t just a tool—it’s the key to unlocking potential,” he often says. Connect with him to explore how we can build a brighter, more equitable tomorrow.

    Today We Talked About
    • Technology for children
    • Foundations
    • What is the Ark of Dreams
    • How AI is affecting us
    • Legacy?
    • Screen Time
    • Dreams
    • Family
    • Future of AI
    • Open Doors Movement
    Connect with Adrian
    • Website
    • YouTube
    • LinkedIn
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    43 m
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