Talks and interviews on leadership, organizational design, and how technology decisions actually get made.
Podcast
The Right Balance Show
Hosted by Ruben Escarzaga · October 2026
AI sped up execution. It didn't change how you build a team. Ruben and I talk through the trap of hiring people who think like you, and why trusting an agent works the same way trusting a junior engineer does.
Mastering Minutes: Time Management Tactics for Busy CTOs
7CTOs 0111 Conference · San Diego, 2023
A leader's calendar sets the working conditions for everyone around them. This talk is about managing energy rather than hours, and about noticing what your schedule costs the people who work with you.
The CTO Podcast, with Etienne de Bruin and Scott Graves · June 2022
Skip-levels get run as a ritual more often than as a source of information. Etienne, Scott and I talk through what they're actually for and how to run them so something real surfaces.