Podcasts by AWS - Conversations with Leaders
The Conversations with Leaders podcast, brought to you by AWS (Amazon Web Services), focuses on personal lessons of leadership, vision, culture, and people development. Our series features executive level discussions - intended to harness, elevate, and share insights from cloud leaders across top enterprise companies. Amazon Enterprise Strategists who are former CIO, CTO, and CISOs, interview business executives, in a dialogue about their personal insights on the AWS cloud transformation journey, inspiring innovation, and leading teams. Our goal is to share peer-to-peer perspectives in a way that is both personal and inspiring for others in the cloud leadership community. Learn more about AWS Executive Insights at aws.amazon.com/executive-insights/
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#88: The Value of Shared Purpose | Stewart Butterfield, CEO, Slack from 2021-11-23T09:00:38
Slack, known for its multi-channel communication product, experienced astounding growth in the past year. Miriam McLemore sat down with Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield to discuss how a shared purpose...
Listen#88: The Value of Shared Purpose | Stewart Butterfield, CEO, Slack from 2021-11-23T09:00:38
Slack, known for its multi-channel communication product, experienced astounding growth in the past year. Miriam McLemore sat down with Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield to discuss how a shared purpose...
Listen#63: Leadership and One Way vs Two Way Door Decisions | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani discuss governance and one way vs two way door decisions. During a large transformation, leaders will be face...
Listen#61: Becoming a Data Driven Organization | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani cover why being data driven is so important, what exactly does it mean, and how you can become a data driven ...
Listen#62: Experiment More, Fail Less | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Phil Le-Brun discuss Phil's blog: Experiment More, Fail Less. "Fail fast and fail often" is a quote often used by Phil, but one...
Listen#64: Governance and Leading a Migration Strategy | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Ishit Vachhrajani, and Bryan Landerman continue diving into the concept of governance, and how it relates to leading a cloud migration. There are re...
Listen#20: Business Innovation and Eliminating the Skills Gap | Michael Fagan, CTO, KMart/Target Australia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Fagan sits down with us to share the importance of training all employees, include the CTO, helpdesk employees, and executive assistants, on cloud technology and how this can further busine...
Listen#31: Five Best Practices for Taking Advantage of Machine Learning | Swami Sivasubramanian, VP Machine Learning, AWS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of Machine Learning at AWS, describes five best practices for getting started with machine learning, based on his observations of AWS customers.
Listen#28: Overcoming Struggles with the Cloud | Andre Garcia, SVP IT Operations & Quality Engineering, TracFone from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andre Garcia, SVP of IT Operations and Quality Engineering at TracFone, sits down with Jake Burns to talk about TracFone's migration to the AWS Cloud. Garcia shares how they've overcome challenges ...
Listen#42: Opinions on the Customer Centric CIO | James Rinaldi, Chief Information Technology Advisor, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Enterprise Strategist Miriam McLemore sits down with James Rinaldi, the CITA of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to discuss her new eBook "The Customer Centric CIO". Listen in to hear James' thoug...
Listen#47: Have Backbone, Disagree, and Commit | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Bryan Landerman, Ishit Vachhrajani, and Jake Burns discuss Amazon's leadership principle "Have Backbone, Disagree, and Commit". A leadership principle that is c...
Listen#9: Dave Bartoletti, VP, Principal Analyst, FORRESTER | Improve Organizational Agility from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the final episode of our 3-part series Dave Bartoletti, VP and Principal Analyst from Forrester, shares how the cloud can drive operational and cultural change that improves business agility.
Listen#36: Machine Learning in the NFL | Michelle McKenna, CIO, NFL from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Miriam McLemore, an Enterprise Strategist for AWS, sits down with Michelle McKenna, the CIO of the NFL, to talk about some of the NFL's newest projects. Listen in as they discuss how Machine Learni...
Listen#41: War & Peace in IT | Mark Schwartz, Director, Enterprise Strategy, AWS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark Schwartz, a Director of Enterprise Strategy for AWS, is the author of a new book, War and Peace in IT. Listen in as he sits down with fellow AWS Enterprise Strategist, Jake Burns, to answer qu...
Listen#21: The Changing Role of the CFO with Elena Gomez | Elena Gomez, CFO, Zendesk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Elena Gomez, CFO of Zendesk, sits down with Sean Boyle, former CFO of AWS, to discuss the changing role of the CFO, creating a nimble culture, and partnering with the rest of the C-suite on innovat...
Listen#12 Voice Technology and the Impact on the Business (Part 2 of 3) | Mark Webster, Director of Product, Adobe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark is back to discuss the potential business impacts of voice technologies. He explains how the AWS Cloud and Amazon Alexa are enabling employees, increasing the reliability of systems, and creat...
Listen#22: Innovation and Leading Organizational Change | Henk Coenen, Heading Cloud Center of Excellence, NXP from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How do you innovate and enable new products in an increasingly fast paced industry? Henk Coenen from NXP dives into NXP's transformation and how innovation can be enabled by embracing failure and t...
Listen#17: How Executives are Thinking About Transformation | Thomas Blood, Digital Innovation Leader, AWS, Miriam McLemore, Enterprise Strategist, AWS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What are the most challenging aspects of business transformation? After meeting with over 200 executives over the past year, Thomas and Miriam compare notes on the trends they've observed and discu...
Listen#43: Leading, Motivating, and Communicating | Scott Reese, SVP, Manufacturing, Cloud & Production Product, Autodesk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Scott Reese, the SVP of Manufacturing, Cloud & Production Product at Autodesk sits down with Miriam McLemore, an Enterprise Strategist for AWS, to discuss Autodesk's transition to the AWS Cloud. Sc...
Listen#45: Hitting the Target, Missing the Mark | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani talk about the concept "hitting the target and missing the mark". At Amazon, we use one-way vs. two-way door ...
Listen#11 Potential of Voice Technologies and the Cloud (Part 1 of 3) | Mark Webster, Director of Product, Adobe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In part 1 of a 3 part series, Mark Webster, Director of Product at Adobe, talks about how the Cloud and Voice Technology is changing design and workflow at Adobe, and the overall impact of voice on...
Listen#54: Innovation, Implementation, and Diversity and Inclusion at Salesforce | Jo-ann Olsovsky, EVP and CIO, Salesforce from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jo-ann Olsovsky, the EVP and CIO of Salesforce, talks about how they value agility, their COVID-19 response, and her CIO leadership experience. In conversation with Enterprise Strategist, Miriam Mc...
Listen#38: Practical Approaches for Creating Cloud Fluency | Ollie Simpson, Leader for Cloud Transformation and Learning, BP from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Continuing our Training and Certification series, Ollie Simpson, the Leader for Cloud Transformation and Learning at BP, talks to us about how BP is responding to their need for skills and talent t...
Listen#39: Training and Certification at AWS | Maureen Lonergan, Director of Training and Certification, AWS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Closing out our Training and Certification series, Maureen Lonergan, the Director of Training and Certification at AWS, sits down with Enterprise Strategist Jake Burns to talk about AWS' approach. ...
Listen#37: The Importance of Training and Certification | Prakash Kota, CIO, Autodesk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kicking off our training and certification series, Prakash Kota, the CIO of Autodesk, sits down with Jake Burns to discuss how Autodesk is training and motivating their employees as they migrate to...
Listen#15: From the Floor of Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent (2 of 3) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Listen in to part 2 of 3, where we hear from Dr. Ganesh Kumarof OFG Bank, Borre Wessel and Anvar Karimson of BCG Partners, and Ariel Schabas and Diego Navarro of Cencosud, on their experience and k...
Listen#49: Championing a Machine Learning Culture | Ameen Kazerouni, [Former] Head of AI/ML Research and Platform Teams, Zappos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How do you lead an organization through rapid change while keeping your customers at the forefront? Listen in as the former Head of AI/ML for Zappos, Ameen Kazerouni, shares how he tackled that que...
Listen#46: Embracing imperfection | Ask the AWS Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani talk about the importance of not always striving for perfection. Leaders play a key role in creating a positi...
Listen#53: Reaching Cloud Velocity, Part 2 | Thomas Blood, Digital Innovation Leader, AWS and Jonathan Allen, Director, Enterprise Strategy, AWS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thomas Blood, a Digital Innovation Leader at AWS, and Jonathan Allen, a Director of Enterprise Strategy at AWS, are back to talk more about their new book, Reaching Cloud Velocity: A Leader's Guide...
Listen#4: Marcy Klevorn leads innovation with autonomous cars and more, at Ford Mobility. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We talk to Marcy Klevorn, CIO Mobility, Ford Motor Company, about how she has accelerated Ford's transformation, using cloud technologies, agile teams, partnerships and acquisitions to to evolve Fo...
Listen#23: Growth Through Transformation, Innovation, Agility, and Resilience | Simon Noonan, CIO, Sportsbet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Simon Noonan, CIO of Sportsbet, talks with Miriam McLemore about their cloud transformation journey, and the importance of innovation, invention, agility, and resilience. Simon partners with his CF...
Listen#19: The Changing Role of the CFO | Jason Child, CFO, Splunk from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jason Child, the CFO of Splunk, and Sean Boyle, the former CFO of AWS, discuss how the role of the CFO is changing, including partnering with the CIO, using data in technology, and the importance o...
Listen#14: From the Floor of Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent (1 of 3) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Listen in to part 1 of 3, where we hear from Alison Robinson and Michael Berman - two leaders from top California universities - on their experiences and key takeaways from Executive Summit at AWS ...
Listen#3: Klaus Salchner: Leadership through culture & skills at Realtor.com. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We talk to Klaus Salchner, VP Engineering at Realtor.com, about his approach to engineering in silicon valley, building a center of excellence, and the importance of having a strong cultural backdr...
Listen#52: Reaching Cloud Velocity, Part 1 | Thomas Blood, Digital Innovation Leader, AWS and Jonathan Allen, Director, Enterprise Strategy, AWS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thomas Blood, a Digital Innovation Leader at AWS, and Jonathan Allen, a Director of Enterprise Strategy at AWS, sit down with fellow Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns to talk about their book, Reac...
Listen#27: Customer Trends | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, Bryan, Ishit, and Jake are sharing trends they are seeing from customer conversations, and common issues that are top of mind for leaders today.
Listen#7: Dave Bartoletti, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester | How the Cloud is Transforming Businesses from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In part 1 of a 3 part series Dave Bartoletti, VP and Principal Analyst from Forrester, sits down with Jake Burns, AWS Enterprise strategist, to discuss the business impact they are seeing from the ...
Listen#10 Shaown Nandi, Former Chief Information Officer, Dow Jones | Leadership, Diversity, Learning to Fail, and Balancing Technology from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Shaown Nandi, former CIO at Dow Jones, dives into how he and his team identify, develop, and inspire new leaders, the importance of diversity at Dow Jones, and his approach to encouraging mentorshi...
Listen#6: Marten Mickos, CEO HackerOne | Security Trends, Leadership, and Innovation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Marten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, discusses his thoughts on leadership, automation, governance, the role security plays in enabling a culture of innovation, strategies for addressing talent gaps, an...
Listen#8: Dave Bartoletti, VP, Principal Analyst, FORRESTER | Overcoming the Barriers to Cloud Adoption from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In part 2 of a 3 part series Dave Bartoletti, VP and Principal Analyst, shares how successive deployments help overcome barriers to cloud adoption.
Listen#40: How to Break the Status Quo | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Listen in as AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani discuss how overcoming inertia and breaking the status quo is helping leaders to become more agile in the ...
Listen#2: John Brady on what's top of mind securing FINRA. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We talk with John Brady, SVP and CISO at FINRA, his role as CISO during FINRA's wide adoption of AWS as well as other issues that are top of mind for security leaders today.
Listen#16: From the Floor of Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent (3 of 3) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Listen to our final episode from Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent, where we hear from Arun Shastry from Liberty Mutual insurance, Ross McKerchar from Sophos, Nicki Doble from Cover-More Group, and...
Listen#13 Leadership and Lessons Learned (Part 3 of 3) | Mark Webster, Director of Product, Adobe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In the final episode of our 3 part series, Mark shares the lessons he's learned, top challenges he faces as a leader, and how he keeps his team moving forward in a constantly changing environment.
Listen#48: Cost Management During Migration | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Ishit Vachhrajani, Bryan Landerman, and Jake Burns answer a common customer question: How to manage costs when migrating to the AWS Cloud? Listen in to hear the...
Listen#35: Modernization: Three Perspectives on Top Modernization Questions | Ask the AWS Strategist from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Closing out our modernization conversation, Jake, Bryan, and Ishit take time to answer the common questions they're asked by other executive leaders, providing three different perspectives on today...
Listen#33: Organizational Culture and Machine Learning | Shahram Ebadollahi, Head of Data Science and AI, Novartis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Continuing with our Machine Learning series, Jake sits down with Shahram Ebadollahi, the Head of Data Science and AI at Novartis. They talk about Novartis' migration to the AWS Cloud, how they are ...
Listen#50: Cloud Strategy: A Decision-based Approach to Successful Cloud Migration | Gregor Hohpe, Enterprise Strategist, AWS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gregor Hohpe, an Enterprise Strategist for AWS, sits down with fellow Enterprise Strategists, Jake Burns, to talk about his book, Cloud Strategy: A Decision-based Approach to Successful Cloud Migra...
Listen#5: Charles Beadnall, CTO, GoDaddy | Enabling Customer-centric Innovation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Charles Beadnall, CTO, describes the approach to customer-centric innovation at GoDaddy, his formula to enable experimentation, and how he manages expectations for impact and investment.
Listen#30: Becoming a Customer Centric CIO | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake, Ishit, and Bryan discuss the definition of customer-centricity, who the CIO's customers really are, and what they've learned about customer obsession at Amazon.
Listen#32: Modernization: Change Management | Ask the AWS Strategist from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Continuing the conversation on modernization, the Strategists discover commonalities in their approaches to change management, highlighting the importance of understanding how your stakeholders def...
Listen#18: Maintaining Pace of Innovation in FinTech | Paul Onnen, VP Finance Technology, Amazon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Paul Onnen, the VP of Finance Technology at Amazon, sits down with Sean Boyle, the former CFO of AWS, to discuss his approach at building high-performance, globally scalable financial systems that ...
Listen#51: Rapid Transformation | Christa Koenen, CIO, Deutsche Bahn Group and CEO, Deutsche Bahn Systel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Christa Koenen, the CIO Deutsche Bahn Group & CEO Deutsche Bahn Systel, sits down with AWS Enterprise Strategist Miriam McLemore to talk about Deutsche Bhan and Deutsche Bahn Systel's rapid transfo...
Listen#25: Controlled Demolition | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to our new series, Ask the AWS Strategist. In this episode, three Enterprise Strategists discuss the latest questions they're hearing from executives in the industry, and their opinions bas...
Listen#34: Modernization: What Strategies Work? | Ask the AWS Strategist from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Continuing our modernization conversation, Jake, Bryan, and Ishit take some time to talk about where their modernization strategies differ. The Strategists discuss architecture patterns, dealing wi...
Listen#44: Building Alliances with Business Partners | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategist from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani discuss why the CIO and their leadership team must have a deep understanding of business priorities in order to form a ...
Listen#29: Modernization - Benefits and Challenges | Ask the AWS Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kicking off a series on IT modernization, Jake, Bryan, and Ishit describe their personal experience leading modernization projects, and discuss its benefits and potential challenges.
Listen#26: The Power of Constraints | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Continuing the conversation from last week, Bryan, Ishit, and Jake discuss the power of constraints. Sharing stories from their past, and insight from customer conversations, we learn more about th...
Listen#61: Experiment More, Fail Less | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Phil Le-Brun discuss Phil's latest blog: Experiment More, Fail Less. "Fail fast and fail often" is a quote often used by Phil, ...
Listen#56: Workplace Reimagined | Ian Wilson, VP of HR, AWS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ian Wilson, the VP of HR for AWS, joins the podcast to share his insights on AWS' response to COVID-19. Listen in as he and AWS Enterprise Strategist, Jake Burns, talk about how AWS responded, how ...
Listen#58: The Art of Possible: Cloud Financial Management at Nationwide | Joseph Daly, Director of Cloud Optimization Services, Nationwide from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mario Thomas from AWS sits down with Joseph Daly, Director of Cloud Optimization Services, Nationwide, to discuss Nationwide’s journey of innovative cloud financial management to ensure efficiency ...
Listen#60: Being Intentional and Having a Strategy | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani continue their conversation about leading a migration and the option of outsourcing a project with the AWS Cl...
Listen#55: Leadership Styles and Encouraging Employee Growth | Brett Orr, General Manager, Bigmate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brett Orr, the General Manager of Bigmate, talks with Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns about leadership during rapid change. Hear him talk about how he gets the best out of people, how he encourag...
Listen#57: Rapid Migration to the AWS Cloud | Joe Foster, Cloud Computing Program Manager, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joe Foster, the Cloud Computing Program Manager for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, joins us to share how he lead his organization through a rapid cloud adoption. Listen in as Joe explains how ...
Listen#59: Migrating to the Cloud - Outsourcing vs. Insourcing | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani address a common question they get from customers: "Should I outsource my migration to the AWS Cloud via cons...
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