Evolving Legacy Tech Stacks & Other Areas of Innovation With Alex Peacock

Fitness + Technology

This week, on the Fitness + Technology podcast, host Bryan O’Rourke welcomes Alex Peacock to the show. Alex is the Founder of LeisureLabs, a full service digital transformation and software development agency focused on providing custom digital experiences for the fitness and leisure industry. LeisureLabs works with a wide range of platforms to allow clients to focus their development on true innovation and differentiated experiences for their brand. Alex was previously CEO of Netpulse, CCO at Sweatworks, and has over two decades of experience in building and scaling companies across the fitness technology space. Today, Alex joins Bryan in an insightful and pragmatic conversation on the future of technology and how to consider different aspects of it for commercial fitness business.

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One Powerful Quote:

30:22: “Technology is very rarely a miracle cure. It’s usually an accelerator, and that can be a good thing or a bad thing.”

4-10 Bullet Points (w/ timestamps) - Highlighting key topics discussed:

3:59: Bryan opens the show by asking Alex to share his background.

7:30: Bryan and Alex talk about evolving legacy tech stacks for products and experiences.

13:50: Bryan asks Alex about some of the hard lessons undertaking these initiatives.

17:03: Bryan inquires with Alex about not scoping these initiatives.

20:51: Alex articulates on no code solutions and how these help.

27:20: Alex highlights the big areas of innovation that are going to become significant.

30:19: Bryan wraps up the show with Alex imparting his final pearls of wisdom to the listeners.

Bullet List of Resources:

https://leisurelabs.co.uk/

https://www.strategyzer.com/canvas

Guest Contact Information:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexpeacock/

https://www.bryankorourke.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryankorourke/

http://www.fittechcouncil.org/

https://www.youtube.com/user/bko61163