Leman Tech Leadership Podcast
Leman Tech Leadership PodcastWelcome to the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, your ultimate guide to developing exceptional tech leadership skills. Whether you're a seasoned tech leader or just stepping into a managerial role, this podcast is designed to provide you with actionable insights and best practices to create a thriving work environment that people won't want to leave. Learn how to do it with host Aleksandra Lemańska, founder of LemanSkills, speaker, PCM leadership mentor and facilitator that works with hundreds of leaders each year to elevate their potential into the next level.Join Alex as she delves deep into the s...
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#154 | Focus Is a Superpower: What 30 Years of Building Teaches Us About Tech Leadership w/ Sarah Biller @FinTech Sandbox
<b>▶︎ #154 | Focus Is a Superpower: What 30 Years of Building Teaches Us About Tech Leadership w/ Sarah Biller @FinTech Sandbox</b><br /><br />Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for a powerful episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as she sits down with Sarah Biller, Co-Founder of FinTech Sandbox — a global not-for-profit operating across five continents that provides free access to high-quality data for fintech entrepreneurs — and a seasoned investor, builder, and leader with a non-linear career spanning capital markets, life sciences, venture capital, and fintech.<br /><br />In this episode, Sarah brings a rare combination of grit, depth, and hard-won...
#153 | Q2 Kickoff Done. So Why Isn't Anyone Moving?
<b>▶︎ #153 | Q2 Kickoff Done. So Why Isn't Anyone Moving?</b><br /><br />In this solo episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra Lemańska tackles one of the most quietly frustrating moments in a tech leader's calendar: you've done the kickoff, shared the roadmap, set the goals, and the team still isn't moving. No one is refusing. But the energy is flat, some people are waiting for more clarity, others have already gone off in their own direction, and you're standing there wondering what went wrong.<br /><br />Alex's answer: Nothing is wrong with your goals. The problem is that...
#152 | Stop Fixing, Start Leveraging: A Leader's Guide to Neurodiversity at Work w/ Kari Goldyn @woopa pro
<b>▶︎ #152 | Stop Fixing, Start Leveraging: A Leader's Guide to Neurodiversity at Work w/ Kari Goldyn @woopa pro</b><br /><br />Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for an eye-opening episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as she sits down with Kari Goldyn, neurodiversity in the workplace expert and Co-Founder of woopa — an organization dedicated to helping organizations unlock the full potential of neurodivergent talent.<br /><br />In this episode, Kari reframes the conversation around neurodiversity, moving away from the language of dysfunction and pathology toward one of strengths, adaptability, and intentional leadership. The discussion unpacks what neurodiversity actually means in a wo...
#151 | Your Team Is Using AI More. So Why Does Everything Feel Harder?
<b>▶︎ #151 | Your Team Is Using AI More. So Why Does Everything Feel Harder?</b><br /><br />In this solo episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra Lemańska addresses a paradox that's quietly spreading across tech teams in 2026: AI tools are being used more than ever, output is up, speed is up, and yet people are more stressed, more exhausted, and more uncertain than before.<br /><br />Alex's diagnosis is precise. The technology didn't cause the problem. The missing conversation did. When AI tools entered the workflow, most leaders did the completely understandable thing: they said "great, let's use this"...
#150 | From Hard Trends to Bigger Bigs: Turning Disruption Into Certainty w/ Daniel Burrus
<b>▶︎ #150 | From Hard Trends to Bigger Bigs: Turning Disruption Into Certainty w/ Daniel Burrus</b><br /><br />Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for a thought-provoking episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as she engages in a compelling conversation with Daniel Burrus, one of the world's leading futurists on global trends and disruptive innovation, and a New York Times bestselling author.<br /><br />In this episode, Daniel shares his groundbreaking perspective on entrepreneurship and leadership, challenging conventional wisdom about how we measure success. The discussion explores why organizations need failure metrics alongside success metrics, and how the biggest problems we fa...
#149 | Your Team Isn't AI-Resistant. They're Waiting for You.
<b>▶︎ #149 | Your Team Isn't AI-Resistant. They're Waiting for You.</b><br /><br />In this solo episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra Lemańska tackles one of the most common frustrations she hears from tech leaders right now: "We bought the licenses, we ran the onboarding, and my team still isn't using AI.<br /><br />"Her opening statement is deliberately confrontational: your team is not AI-resistant. They are waiting for you.<br />Drawing on the latest research from Deloitte, BCG, Atomicwork, and IMD's 2026 AI Trends Report, Alex dismantles the myth that AI adoption is a tooling or budget problem. The d...
#148 | Leveraging Incubators, Building Products & Thriving Startup Team w/ Fiona Bao @Genpulse
<b>▶︎ #148 | Leveraging Incubators, Building Products & Thriving Startup Team w/ Fiona Bao @Genpulse</b><br /><br />Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for an insightful episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast <b>as she engages in a dynamic conversation with Fiona Bao, the visionary Founder and CEO of Genpulse. </b>This startup is pioneering a network where health data fuels personalized AI agents and accelerates medical discovery.<br /><br /><b>In this episode, Fiona shares her perspective on the challenges and opportunities for startups in today's highly competitive market.</b> The discussion highlights the importance of leveraging networking, incubators, and proxi...
#147 | Change Is Not Going to Stop — But Your Team's Suffering Can
<b>▶︎ #147 | Change Is Not Going to Stop — But Your Team's Suffering Can</b><br /><br />Every tech leader asks the same question eventually: "When will it slow down? When will I finally have time to think, plan, and breathe?" In this episode, Alex gives the answer that nobody wants to hear — and the reframe that makes it survivable.<br /><br />It won't slow down. Constant adaptation isn't a phase. It's the new permanent state of tech leadership. And the leaders who accept that earliest are the ones who stop being destroyed by it.<br /><br />In this episode, your host, Aleksand...
#146 | From Big 4 Consulting to Building a FemTech Startup w/ Maggie Lusk @ex-KMPG, @ex-Deloitte, @Seala Sync
<b>▶︎ #146 | From Big 4 Consulting to Building a FemTech Startup w/ Maggie Lusk @ex-KMPG, @ex-Deloitte, @Seala Sync<br /></b><br />Join your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, for a compelling episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast as we engage in a conversation with <b>Maggie Lusk, an experienced consultant and Founder of Saela Sync, a pioneering FemTech Startup.</b> Maggie shares her journey from her consulting days at KPMG and Deloitte to founding a startup that builds the first adaptive hormone and performance intelligence platform for women.<br /><br />I<b>n this episode, Maggie opens up about the hard decisions faced...
#145 | 70% of Tech Change Initiatives Fail — And It's Not a Technical Problem
<b>▶︎ #145 | 70% of Tech Change Initiatives Fail — And It's Not a Technical Problem</b><br /><br />Seventy percent of organizational change initiatives fail to meet their intended outcomes. That number has been consistent across industries and decades — and in almost every case, the failure has nothing to do with the technology involved. It's a people problem. A communication problem. A leadership problem.<br /><br />In this episode, your host, Aleksandra Lemańska, walks through the five root cause buckets behind the 70% failure rate — lack of employee buy-in, insufficient leadership support, poor planning, poor communication, and treating go-live as the finish line — and makes the...
