Debugging Work

Rob Smith was cajoled into filling out a paper application in a pub that turned into a 25 year career at 3M where he says he kept being asked to step into roles he wasn’t qualified for. After leading many initiatives in digital transformation, ebusiness, commerce, marketing automation, business strategy, and more, Rob reimagined his career and became a fractional executive, providing access to his experience and expertise to companies that otherwise would not be able to afford an executive of his caliber. He is also the founder of FRAK, an in-person conference for fractional executives and the fractionally curious. And as if that isn’t enough, Rob is the CTO of Atomic Elevator, a syndicate of marketing professionals combining AI with human insights to create successful product launch strategies. Links from the episode: FRAK – A Conference for Fractional Pros [https://fractionalconference.com/] - https://fractionalconference.com/ [https://fractionalconference.com/] Atomic Elevator [https://www.atomicelevator.com/] - https://www.atomicelevator.com/ [https://www.atomicelevator.com/] The Go-Giver [https://thegogiver.com/] Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want [https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Value+Proposition+Design%3A+How+to+Create+Products+and+Services+Customers+Want-p-9781118968055] https://fractionalconference.com/ The Speed of Trust [https://www.franklincovey.com/books/the-speed-of-trust/] My First Million Podcast [https://www.mfmpod.com/] The Tim Ferriss Show [https://tim.blog/podcast/] Reclaim AI (Smart Scheduling App for Teams [https://reclaim.ai/])

Najla Elmachtoub is an engineering leader. In her most recent role as a Director of Engineering at Etsy, she led product teams across several domains including mobile, machine learning, adtech, and more. Prior to Etsy, Najla worked at a fintech startup in New York as an engineering manager and a product manager.  She believes in growing teams with empathy, bringing people along for tough decisions, and advocating for others. In this episode, Najla shares how she applies human-centered thinking to engineering leadership. And stick around for her story about moving to Mexico City to open Etsy’s first office in Latin America. Links from the episode: Commodore VIC-20 (Wikipedia) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIC-20] The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond [https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Your-Hand-Journey-Through/dp/1250076412/ref=sims_dp_d_dex_popular_subs_t2_v2_d_sccl_1_1/141-8107239-0696206] Journalist Motaz Azaiza مُعْتَز عزايزة ⚡️ (@motaz_azaiza) [https://www.instagram.com/motaz_azaiza/] Najla Elmachtoub on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/najlaelmachtoub/] -- This episode is sponsored by Botworks [https://www.botworks.dev/]. Stay up-to-date on Debugging Work by following Derek Hatchard on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhat/] and subscribing to the Debugging Work newsletter [https://www.debuggingwork.com/].

Leeno Karumanchery is a sociologist with a PhD focused in Diversity and Inclusion. Dr Karumanchery has 30+ years of experience in the field, he is widely published and is an internationally sought after speaker, facilitator and consultant. He is co-founder and head of behavioural sciences of MESH Diversity where his research underpins the MESH Diversity software platform. Leeno combines his education, research and expertise to help organizations engage inclusion in a way that drives positive, sustainable and measurable change. Links from the episode: Leeno Karumanchery on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/llkarumanchery/] MESH Diversity [https://meshdiversity.com/] The McKenna Institute | University of New Brunswick [https://www.unb.ca/mckenna/] -- This episode is sponsored by Botworks [https://www.botworks.dev/]. Stay up-to-date on Debugging Work by following Derek Hatchard on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhat/] and subscribing to the Debugging Work newsletter [https://www.debuggingwork.com/].

Sergio Pereira was an advocate for remote work years before the pandemic forced everyone to think about it. Over the past decade, Sergio has worked in full-time and fractional CTO roles, hiring and leading teams distributed all over the world. He is the creator of the Remote Work Academy, the Remote Jobs Braintrust, and the Remote Work newsletter. Links from the episode: Jobs CoPilot [https://jobscopilot.ai/]  The Bootstrapped Founder Podcast with Arvid Kahl [https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/podcast/] The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter from Gergely Orosz [https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/] Remote Work Academy [https://www.remote-work.io/] Remote Work Newsletter [https://www.remote-work.io/newsletter/] Mastering Remote Work (video course) [https://www.remote-work.io/course-mastering-remote-work/] https://twitter.com/SergioRocks [https://twitter.com/SergioRocks] -- This episode is sponsored by Botworks [https://www.botworks.dev/]. Stay up-to-date on Debugging Work by following Derek Hatchard on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhat/] and subscribing to the Debugging Work newsletter [https://www.debuggingwork.com/].

Introducing the Debugging Work podcast. Modern work can be a hot mess. This podcast is for discussing ways in which work doesn’t work. Host Derek Hatchard talks with guests about their areas of expertise and experiences making work better.