Agiledrop Podcasts

Darshan Pindoria is the founder of the psychology services agency Deep Psyc, coming with a background in both IT and life coaching. In this episode, we talk about mental health in the age of digital transformation. We discuss topics such as social media/device addiction, the effect of the overabundance of stimuli and convenience on the human psyche…

Louwki Coetsee is the Group Vice President of Sales & Client Value at the IT innovation and digital transformation accelerator Netsurit. In this episode, we talk about the importance of balancing people, processes, and systems for effective digital transformation. We discuss the impact of Covid and related disruptions, best practices for leveraging…

Nitin Mittal is the award-winning Head of the AI Business at the leading professional services company Deloitte. Nitin has recently published All in on AI: How Smart Companies Win Big with Artificial Intelligence on Harvard Business Review with co-author Tom Davenport, and he joins us in this episode to tell us more about the book and share some of…

Marcus Charalambous is the president and CEO of Backbone, creators of the digital experience platform Expresia. In this episode, we talk about the concept of a digital-first company and what makes such companies so well positioned for winning in the digital transformation age, as well as how they can continue to dominate in the future. We break dow…

Dinesh Varadharajan is the Chief Product Officer at Kissflow, providers of a unified low-code and no-code work platform. In this episode, we discuss the concept of citizen development and its role in the digital business landscape. We talk about the most common obstacles of citizen developers and how they can most efficiently collaborate with their…

Tim Bottke is senior Strategy Partner at Monitor Deloitte and Associate Professor for Strategy and Digital Transformation at SDA Bocconi business school. In this episode, we talk about how businesses can get actual financial return on investment out of their digital transformation efforts. We support the discussion with insights from Tim's recently…

Kavita Ganesan is the founder of Opinosis Analytics and the author of The Business Case for AI, with over 15 years of experience in the field of artificial intelligence. This is the second conversation we've had on the podcast with Kavita; in the first one, we talked more generally about artificial intelligence and how can businesses can start leve…

Naveen Poonian is the CEO of iBASEt, a global leader of manufacturing software solutions also recognized by Gartner in their magic quadrant for MES (manufacturing execution systems). In this episode, Naveen shares what key business and digital transformation trends we're likely to see in manufacturing in 2023 based on their current market insights …

Sagi Rodin is the co-founder and CEO of Frontegg, a user management platform for B2B software as a service apps that helps companies adopt a product-led growth approach. In this episode, we talk about product-led growth and how it's affecting B2B business processes. We cover the importance of focusing on user experience, key changes in sales and ma…

Maya Huber is the CEO of the recruitment platform TaTiO which helps companies streamline their hiring process. In this episode, we discuss digital transformation in the field of HR. We discuss the most important technology innovations in HR, the main HR challenges, AI usage and adoption, and how everything relates to the future of work. Maya also t…

Guillaume Portalier is the co-founder and COO of Waalaxy, an advanced lead generation platform for LinkedIn and email. In this episode, we discuss how customer experience in B2B has evolved from the days of traditional physical marketing and commerce to what it looks like now in the digital transformation era. We take a look at the importance of pe…

Wyndham Plumptre is the founder and CEO of the digital transformation consultancy Future Arc who have partnered with some of the world's leading organizations and businesses. In this episode, we discuss how macro events affect supply chains globally. We begin by explaining the different tiers of supply chains and the difference between micro and ma…

Brant Cooper is the founder and CEO of Moves the Needle, and New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Entrepreneur, as well as the author of the more recently released Disruption Proof. This is the first episode featuring a returning guest; we spoke with Brant back in the spring of 2021, already teasing Disruption Proof. This time we have a di…

Erez Berkner is the co-founder and CEO of Lumigo, a monitoring and debugging platform for modern cloud applications. In this episode, we take a deep dive into cloud computing. With over 16 years of experience working in the cloud, Erez tell us about the history and development of cloud computing, with modern cloud computing focused majorly around s…

Fred Fowler is an agile coach and a scrum expert holding the prestigious Professional Scrum Master Level III certification. He has worked with companies such as Apple, Oracle and Uber, and is the author of Advanced Scrum Case Studies and other books. In this episode, we talk about the importance of solving the right problems for succeeding in the h…

Preethi Madhu is the CEO of the digital transformation consultancy Greyamp Consulting, with 20+ years of experience in helping leadership and CxO roles achieve their digital vision. In this episode, we talk about how companies should go about making their digital vision a reality and what the most important factors impacting these efforts are. We d…

Beck Besecker is the co-founder and CEO of Marxent, the 3D enterprise platform for retailers and manufacturers. In this episode, we talk about 3D product design and how it factors into the future of retail. As Marxent are mainly focused on 3D solutions for the home and for the office, the discussion largely takes place in this context; we discuss t…

Darshan Mehta is the founder of the insights platform iResearch, and of ConnectQik, a mobile app which facilitates quick and meaningful connections. In this episode, we discuss how the field of digital marketing needs to adapt in order to stay on top of all the uncertainty and disruption of the 21st century. For the most part, we maintain a big-pic…

Corey Vilhauer is the Director of Strategy at Blend Interactive, and Deane Barker is the Senior Director of Content Management Strategy at Optimizely. They are authors of The Web Project Guide and hosts of a podcast that dives deeper into specific aspects of the web project process. In this episode, we discuss the multifaceted nature of a web proje…

Mirko Swillus is the Vice President of Engineering at Staffbase, a leading platform for internal business communication. In this episode, we talk about organizational models and the importance of having a model that's closely aligned with the DNA of your organization to see sustainable success. We discuss the key role of leadership and the importan…

Izhak Paz is the founder and CEO of SafeGuard, a ConTech and safety company utilizing machine learning to prevent construction accidents. In this episode, we talk about digital transformation in the field of construction. We first define the term "ConTech" and give some examples, then continue with a look into the evolution of the field and the cha…

Chris Byers is the CEO of the no-code workplace productivity platform Formstack which has recently released a report on the state of digital maturity in 2022. In this episode, we begin by discussing the most important insights from this report, leading into the breakdown of the four pillars of digital maturity and how Formstack are approaching it. …

Erez Naaman is the CTO and co-founder of Scopio Labs, a company specializing in hematology that's revolutionizing diagnostics through artificial intelligence and full-field morphology. In this episode, we discuss the topic of digital transformation in diagnostics, with a special focus on the impact and the future potential of artificial intelligenc…

Kavita Ganesan is the founder of Opinosis Analytics and the author of The Business Case for AI, with over 15 years of experience in the field of artificial intelligence. In this episode, we talk about strategies and challenges of implementing artificial intelligence. We go through the history of AI evolution and adoption, discuss the best practices…

Andrew Walker is the CEO of Shift7, a leading B2B digital agency for manufacturers and distributors. In this episode, we explore how manufacturing and distribution are embracing digital transformation. We discuss the most important trends, the differences between B2C and B2B, and the need to focus on the customer experience. Andrew closes with an e…

Vladimer Botsvadze is a leading business & technology consultant as well as the No. 1 digital marketing thought leader who has been endorsed and featured by Forbes, Bloomberg, etc. In this episode, we discuss the importance of leveraging social media for growing a business in the era of accelerated digital transformation and hyper innovation. We co…

Vitaliy Katsenelson is the CEO of the investment management services company IMA and published author of several books, most notably the just released Soul In the Game: The Art of a Meaningful Life. This is a somewhat special episode in that the insights and lessons it conveys can be invaluable for anybody who wants to improve their life, not exclu…

Maziar Adl is the co-founder and CTO of Gocious, an intelligent product management software platform for discrete manufacturers. In this episode, we discuss how manufacturing product management is impacted by the ongoing supply chain crisis and the accelerated move to digital, and how product managers are adapting to these disruptions. We discuss t…

Steve Hartert has over 30 years of marketing management experience and he is currently the Vice President of Enterprise Operations at the online form builder Jotform. In this episode, we talk about customer experience and the changes it has undergone since the beginning of the Covid pandemic. We discuss the key roles of data and the company culture…

Hemant Elhence is the president of Excellarate, a global technology services company with more than 20 years of experience across major industries. In this episode, we discuss the microservices approach to software development and how companies should go about implementing them to streamline the experiences on the front end. We start with a brief h…

Elad Simon is a former Google executive and the CEO of Craft.io, a product management platform tailored specifically to product managers and product development teams. In this episode, we discuss product management as an integral component of agile digital transformation, which is the result of the increasing demand for top quality software across …

Cameron Van Orman is the Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at Planview, a global leader in strategic portfolio management and enterprise agile planning. Agile has undergone quite a transformation in recent years, going from a purely IT function to now being implemented to some extend in a majority of industries and companies. In this episode, we…

Liam Martin is the co-founder and chief marketing officer of the SaaS platform Time Doctor, and the author of the book Running Remote published by HarperCollins. In this episode, we discuss collaboration in the current remote-first, highly digitalized business landscape, with a special focus on automation and asynchronous communication as two trend…

Ivan Stegic is the founder and CEO of TEN7, a Minneapolis-based technology studio specializing in Drupal, with a mission to Make Things That Matter. In this episode, we talk about one of the most essential people skills and/or leadership traits of the current era – empathy. We start off by defining what it means to lead with empathy and how to disp…

Rudi Asseer is the CEO at IMI People, the largest mechanical installation company in North America managing over 1000 expert technicians in a human-first environment. In this episode, we talk about how digital transformation can help enhance the culture of a company. We discuss the importance of people skills and the most essential leadership trait…

Andre Achtstaetter is co-COO at adorsys, an integration and technology partner that supports banks, financial service providers and FinTechs in creating new digital services in the open finance sector. In this episode, we take a deep dive into two related digital trends which have been gaining a lot of traction recently – cryptocurrency and NFTs. W…

Anne Stefanyk is the founder and CEO of the San Francisco based digital agency Kanopi Studios that helps mission-driven clients on their digital transformation journey. In this episode, we discuss digital transformation for nonprofit organizations. We talk about the main pitfalls and benefits of digital transformation for nonprofits, and discuss th…

Sally Shaughnessy is the Vice President of Client Services at the Denver-based digital consultancy Aten Design Group. Aten has over 20 years of experience working with notable clients from a variety of sectors, and in this episode, Sally shares some of the key lessons and resulting best practices for managing joint projects. We take a look at how t…

Lee Frederiksen is an award-winning business strategy expert and a pioneer of research-driven marketing, currently acting as the Managing Partner of the US marketing firm Hinge. In this episode, we discuss the concept of digital maturity, breaking down what it means to be digitally mature and how that differs across businesses and industries. We ex…

Younes Hairej is founder and CEO of the Japanese company Aokumo Inc. which helps organizations drive innovation and transformation through modern technologies and approaches. In this episode, we talk about the important role of culture for effective collaboration and transformation. We focus especially on the impact of the Covid crisis and the impo…

Jaime Ramírez is the founder and CEO of Preventor, a US-based company focusing on ID verification and financial crime risk management. In this episode, we discuss financial crime risk management. Jaime talks about when and how he got into this field, and how it has evolved over the years. We place a particular focus on the most recent developments …

Heather Smith is the co-founder and CEO of StoryFile, a technology company which enables future generations to connect and interact with their loved ones through their story-telling app. In this episode, she shares more about the mission and foundation of StoryFile. We discuss the biggest challenges and wins of the StoryFile journey, then talk more…

Brad Tornberg is the founder of E3 Consulting Partners and published author of Business Fitness Revolution, as well as a Microsoft Certified professional with over 35 years of experience in management and software consulting. With the major upheavals to work and society, also entailing the great resignation of employees mass quitting their jobs, bu…

Raj Sundarason is regional vice president and chief evangelist at WalkMe, leading international Digital Adoption Platform provider. He has over 20 years of experience in driving digital initiatives for a number of notable brands, which he shares in his just released book The DAP Strategy. A huge societal and business trend that we're seeing this ye…

Thomas Young is the owner and CEO of Intuitive Websites, as well as a Vistage speaker and published author of several books. With 25 years of experience in driving business initiatives, often centered around marketing and sales, Thomas truly has his finger on the pulse when it comes to conflict and alignment between sales and marketing. In this epi…

Daniel Rayner is the managing director of GBTEC APAC and host of Process Pioneers, a podcast focused on business process management (BPM). In this episode, we take a deep dive into the topic of business process management and its connection to agility and digital transformation. We also explore the impact of Covid on the adoption and perspective of…

Jeff Kupietzky is the CEO of Jeeng, a privacy-first customer engagement and monetization partner for any kind of content creator. In this episode, we discuss the importance and tactics of driving online customer acquisition and engagement, which has only grown in importance since the start of the Covid pandemic. We talk about the need to focus on b…

Rahul Bansode is a digital transformation specialist currently working for Kyocera Document Solutions America as Program Manager for Business Transformation. In this episode, we talk about different attitudes and approaches to digital transformation and break down the reasons for either their failure or success. We focus on the key role of the CEO …

Linda Kahangi is the Chief Information and Operations Officer at Nomadix, a US provider of networking technology solutions for hotels and MDUs. IT departments have been heavily affected by the Covid pandemic, especially at those organizations which previously hadn't made a strong effort to digitize. In this episode, we discuss how CIOs can navigate…

Bonnie Crater is the president and CEO of the California-based marketing performance management company Full Circle Insights. The roles and responsibilities of C-suite executives have transformed significantly in the past year, and alignment has never been more crucial to the functioning of a company. In this episode, we discuss what this change me…