About this episode

The episode discusses how strong leadership and effective team structures contribute to organizational success.

Today's episode is hosted by Georgia Benton and they are joined on the podcast by Martin Knopf, Engineering Manager at Important Looking Pirates, Apostolos Georgakis, CTO at Besedo Global Services AB, Werner Van Ghent, Senior Engineering Manager at Backlight and Carlos Duclos, Engineering Manager at Vend. The conversation explores enabling organisations to be successful through strong leadership, effective team structures and clear technology strategy. It examines how businesses align engineering practices with broader organisational goals. The exchange highlights how enabling organisations to be successful depends on collaboration, adaptability and continuous improvement. It also reflects on building high performing teams, fostering innovation and navigating digital transformation in complex environments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Georgia Benton

Guests: Martin Knopf, Apostolos Georgakis, Werner Van Ghent, Carlos Duclos

Topics covered

• leadership
• team structures
• technology strategy
• engineering practices
• collaboration
• innovation
• digital transformation

Keywords

• organizational success
• engineering leadership
• team performance
• technology alignment
• collaboration
• adaptability
• continuous improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Important Looking Pirates, Besedo Global Services AB, Backlight, Vend

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