Platform Podcast
In an era where the traditional gaps between Business and Technology are rapidly closing, those who embrace this shift not only gain a competitive advantage but also unlock unprecedented opportunities for growth. Platform brings you into conversations with everyday leaders from various fields, each sharing their unique stories, latest ventures, and personal success strategies. Join us on Platform to access the insights and inspiration you need to position yourself as a leader in the evolving landscape of business and technology.
Episodes

Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
On this episode of the podcast, Platform's guest is Silke Eggert, Head of Lean Portfolio Management & Transformation, Vodafone. Passionate about driving change, Silke has 25 years of leadership experience in large-scale transformation and technology integration programmes, customer service delivery, strategic partner management and marketing in the ICT industry. She has been building up the Lean Portfolio Management & Transformation function for the global Digital & IT organisation to connect Vodafone’s Tech2025 strategy with team level execution.
This episode is hosted by Veronica Schmitt, e-Commerce & Multi-Currency Specialist, American Express
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LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/silkeeggert
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronika-schmitt
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Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Sunday Oct 06, 2024
Before becoming Atlassian’s GM & VP Product, Enterprise Strategy & Planning, Natalia Baryshnikova was a street artist, commissioned for projects like painting walls at private rave events, where she learned the valuable lesson of utilizing her work as a distribution channel for reaching new potential customers. In this episode of the Platform Podcast, Natalia breaks down the essential skills she’s learned to be most valuable to a product manager, the importance of attention to detail, becoming a General Manager, and advice she shares with other aspiring Product Managers.
00:00 - Introduction
03:39 - Experience working at a law firm
04:52 - Shifting roles to a General Manager
06:00 - Advice to other aspiring Product Managers
07:30 - Having grit as a Product Manager
09:15 - Inspiring people to care
10:55 - Authentic inspiration
13:50 - Overcoming challenges
15:52 - Making the move into Product Management
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baryshnikova/
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Friday Jun 21, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Gene Kim is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, researcher, and multiple award-winning CTO. He has been studying high-performing technology organizations since 1999 and was the founder and CTO of Tripwire for 13 years.
He is the author of six books, including The Unicorn Project (2019), and co-author of the Shingo Publication Award winning Accelerate (2018), The DevOps Handbook (2016), and The Phoenix Project (2013).
Since 2014, he has been the founder and organizer of DevOps Enterprise Summit, studying the technology transformations of large, complex organizations.
Follow Gene:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/realgenekim/
Twitter - https://x.com/RealGeneKim
Follow the episode host:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevaustin/
Twitter - https://x.com/kev_austin
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