Ep 1: Beginnings—What is this podcast all about?

Alpha Geek Podcast: How Leaders Level Up

Welcome to the first episode of the Alpha Geek podcast with your host Andrew Ramsden. Andrew speaks with technical leaders about their leadership journeys, challenges they've faced and how they've overcome them. This first episode is a short monologue explaining why we started the podcast and what it's all about.

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Show notes

• Podcast episodes are all available at alphageekpodcast.com
• Premises with references
• Technology is a fundamental enabler and driver of business value.
• High-performing companies in digital leadership are 1.5x more likely to use technology to knock out competition.
• businesses that had made a key strategic decision to embrace a paperless working environment, had 13% more revenue, were 50% more profitable and had a 19% higher valuation.
• The pace of technology adoption and customer expectations continue to rise.
• The Pace of Technology Adoption is Speeding Up.
• See CSIRO predicted trends towards ‘Digital Immersion’ and ‘Great expectations’.
• And the threat of startups to disrupt traditional business models is ever-present.
• Cisco’s Chambers: ‘Disrupt Yourself, Or Be Disrupted’.
• Are Aussie businesses threatened by digital start-ups?
• Aussie businesses have less than 2 years to go digital before things turn ugly.
• The Geeks shall inherit the earth (on Good Reads).
• Read more about Andrew and the growing business.