In this episode of Perspectives in Leaders, Alex Draper, Founder and CEO of DX Learning, joins Adam to discuss the importance of creating a psychologically safe work environment that empowers people to give open and honest feedback. The discussion ranges from the challenges that lie within providing feedback up the chain, how to overcome imposter syndrome, and the essentiality of managing the fear of negative consequences. 

While at surface level, these may all be “soft” skills, the hard impacts that result from a healthy and open organization include overall improved culture, a more sustainable developer experience, and a more productive workforce.

In this episode of Perspectives in Leadership, Adam sits down with two leaders from the Bank of Montreal (BMO) to discuss their organization's upskilling journey. BMO’s Christine Crouch, Director, Future of Work, and Larissa Chaikowsky, US CHRO and Head, Talent, Reskilling and Acceleration, share their experiences implementing an upskilling strategy for their employees as well as the importance of tech fluency for their teams. 

Adam shares stats from Pluralsight’s State of Upskilling report as Christine and Larissa offer examples of how their organization combats talent churn by digitizing and personalizing the employee upskilling experience. 

Pluralsight’s recently released Technology Skill Development workbook is an interactive strategy guide for your organization’s workforce transformation.

In this discussion, Heather MacDonald, a Principal Consultant of Workforce Transformation at Pluralsight, dives deep into the workbook.

Elsa Vane has spent her life thinking about and advocating for disability rights. She’s written and taught extensively about the subject and now works at Pluralsight as an Accessibility Specialist, helping to assure our products, websites, and meeting spaces are accessible to our employees, partners, and users.

In this conversation, Adam and Elsa discuss what accessibility looks like by the letter of the law as well as what organizations can do that extends beyond that bare minimum.

Barry O’Reilly has built a career on unlearning. So much so that he’s literally written the book on the concept. Throughout his tech journey, he’s found success through not being precious with the knowledge he’s learned. Rather he looks at that previous knowlesge and how it relates to the things he’s seeking to learn to continue finding success. 

In this discussion, Barry and Adam talk about organizations growing comfortable with unlearning as a vital upskilling tool for executives and employees alike. They focus on the fact that you don’t just have one shot to succeed but rather you have many. 

Luke Dion shares how the Cox Automotive teams use Pluralsight Flow to focus on the engineering metrics that matter most and how the platform enables them to scale their communication and cohesion.

In this episode, Carla is joined by Travis Wickesburg, a Senior Solutions and Services Director, to discuss Pluralsight's new Tech Talent report.

Thibault Imbert, VP of Marketing and Growth at GitHub, joins Adam to walk through how his organization “drinks their own champagne” and creates internal product champions. They discuss product lead growth opportunities and creating essential product feedback loops for their developers and their end users. 

In this conversation, Melanie and Adam discuss the 2022 State of Upskilling, Capital One's work in automating processes, the unexpected team building aspects of hybrid work, and shifting organizational mindsets from goal achieving to one of constant improvement. 

In this conversation, Shea Stewart from GigaOm breaks down the things you need to consider when looking at the tools to hit your DevSecOps needs. 

How can you hire for a position when the qualifications didn't exist even six months earlier? The solution is to rethink how you engage with candidates. In this conversation, Tony discusses the types of questions he asks, the traits he looks for, and the best ways to understand the evolving world of technology from a talent acquisition standpoint.

James Caplin has coached CTOs and CIOs at some of the largest companies in the world. He's well known for his ability to help everyone from established executives to first time managers look inward to discover how they can become better leaders for their teams and organizations.

Adam interviews Kimberly Jones, and internationally recognized social activist, New York Times bestselling author, entrepreneur and filmmaker on the latest episode of the podcast. Kim became a global phenomenon when her passionate andspontaneous video, How We Can Win, went viral in 2020 and she has since wrote a book with the same title.  

Kim and Adam discuss how organizations can better connect with their community and best practices for helping employees get involved in movements they believe in.

On the first episode of Perspectives in Leadership, we interview Sumit Gupta, founder of https://www.deployyourself.com. We discuss how to get the most out of your tech team, the best ways create healthy spaces for discussions about mental health, and his decades long career in software development. 

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