Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership
Conversations with leaders who are shaping the future of organizations and work. Each episode uncovers stories, experiments, and lessons from people who lead with purpose and care.
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Le Podcast on Emerging Leadership explores how leadership truly emerges in organizations. Through conversations with practitioners, leaders, and change-makers, we uncover stories of transformation, experiments that worked (and some that didn't), and insights that help you grow your own leadership practice.
Featured Episodes
Agile, AI, and Engineering Pragmatism with Jon Kern
Jon Kern — aerospace engineer turned software architect and co-author of the Agile Manifesto — on the origins of Agile, the misconceptions that led to rigid frameworks, the power of "being lazy," and how leaders can pair engineering discipline with AI and vibe coding.
When Agile Scales, Something Breaks — with Fabrice Bernhard
Fabrice Bernhard, co-founder and CTO of Theodo and co-author of The Lean Tech Manifesto, shares how Lean thinking helps preserve the intention of Agile while making it work at scale — from 10 people to more than 700.
Embracing Continuous Discovery with Teresa Torres
Teresa Torres, author of Continuous Discovery Habits, shares insights about embedding customer discovery into daily product routines and the power of the Product Trio approach.
Recent Episodes
From Hierarchy to Wholeness: Bringing Love into the Organization with Xavier Costa
Xavier Costa — co-founder of Krisos and Full Circle Team — on transforming traditional companies into self-managing, purpose-driven organizations, what teal really means, and why wholeness and love belong at work.
From Boss to Leader: The Power of Human-Centered Leadership with Marcel Schwantes
Marcel Schwantes — speaker, executive coach, and author — on moving from boss to leader, why human-centered leadership starts with belief, and how to create psychologically safe workplaces where people can do their best work.
Agile, AI, and Engineering Pragmatism with Jon Kern
Jon Kern — aerospace engineer turned software architect and co-author of the Agile Manifesto — on the origins of Agile, the misconceptions that led to rigid frameworks, the power of "being lazy," and how leaders can pair engineering discipline with AI and vibe coding.
When Agile Scales, Something Breaks — with Fabrice Bernhard
Fabrice Bernhard, co-founder and CTO of Theodo and co-author of The Lean Tech Manifesto, shares how Lean thinking helps preserve the intention of Agile while making it work at scale — from 10 people to more than 700.
Embracing Continuous Discovery with Teresa Torres
Teresa Torres, author of Continuous Discovery Habits, shares insights about embedding customer discovery into daily product routines and the power of the Product Trio approach.
Unlocking Flow and Effectiveness with Manuel Pais
Manuel Pais, co-author of Team Topologies, shares how modern organizations can refine their structures to optimize both value delivery and employee satisfaction.
Optimizing for the Unexpected with Gojko Adzic
Insights from Gojko Adzic on Lizard Optimization — discovering hidden opportunities by paying attention to unexpected user behaviors and edge cases.
Leadership as First-Time Founders with Héloïse Rozès and Nikolai Fomm
The co-founders of Corma share what leadership really feels like in motion — communication as many skills, the people-first challenge, prioritization, building culture on purpose, and avoiding the ruinous-empathy trap.
The Future of User Experience Is Not Artificial — It's Human, with Sebastian Cao
Sebastian Cao — UX and technology leader from Red Hat and Tesla, and Stanford lecturer — on prediction vs judgment, moving from automation to augmentation, and why empathy and open source are the foundations of trustworthy AI.
Redefining Leadership — A Conversation with Russ Laraway
Russ Laraway — former Google and Twitter leader, co-founder of Candor Inc., and author of When They Win, You Win — on career conversations, measuring leadership behaviors, and why retention at all costs is a losing strategy.
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