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S4E2: Beyond the Gold: Lessons from an Olympic Journey with John Benton
Find us on your favorite podcast platform including: Spotify | YouTube | Apple | Amazon 1% Better Podcast John Benton - Quick Links Connect with John Benton on LinkedInJohn Benton's Team USA 2010 Olympics pageConnect with Craig Thielen on LinkedInCheck out host Craig Thielen's full bio page Key Takeaways The…February 24, 2026
S4E1: Inside the Flow State with Zad Vecsey
Find us on your favorite podcast platform including: Spotify | YouTube | Apple | Amazon 1% Better Podcast Zad Vecsey - Quick Links Connect with Zad Vecsey on LinkedInCheck out Late Shift - world's first cinematic interactive movieCheck out FLIGBY - real-world business simulationLearn more about Mikaly CsikszentmihalyiGet your copy…February 10, 2026
Code is Cheap, Confidence is Not
The Real Bottleneck in AI-Assisted Software Delivery If you want to understand where software delivery is heading, pay less attention to those amazing demos where an AI tool spins up a working API in 90 seconds. Instead, focus on what happens after... when those huge blocks of AI-generated code have…January 26, 2026
Season 3 Recap: Purpose, Mindset, and Community
Find us on your favorite podcast platform including: Spotify | YouTube | Apple | Amazon 1% Better Podcast Season 3 Recap - Quick Links Connect with Paul Batz on LinkedInLearn more about Good LeadershipConnect with Craig Thielen on LinkedInCheck out host Craig Thielen's full bio page Key Takeaways Consistency Wins:…January 6, 2026
FAST 15: Engagement Starts with Connection
Find us on your favorite podcast platform including: Spotify | YouTube | Apple | Amazon 1% Better Fast 15 Podcast - Engagement Quick Links Learn more about the REACH ProgramCheck out Chad's first 1% Better episode with partner Chad GreenwayWatch REACH video, Everyone has a StoryConnect with Chad Harlander on LinkedInConnect with Craig…December 16, 2025
S3E18: Turning Trauma into Transformation with Brian Bogert
Find us on your favorite podcast platform including: Spotify | YouTube | Apple | Amazon 1% Better Podcast Brian Bogert - Quick Links Learn more about Brian BogertCheck out Brian's Flipping the Lid podcastConnect with Brian Bogert on LinkedInCheck out host Craig Thielen's full bio page Key Takeaways Your story…December 2, 2025
Why Some Developers Resist AI Adoption
AI Productivity Gains Are Not Always a Given I recently had an interesting conversation with a client's CTO. Six months after rolling out GitHub Copilot to their entire engineering org, usage had fallen to less than 15%. The developers who were already going to use it were using it. Everyone…November 20, 2025
Cloudflare’s Outage: A Wake-Up Call For Our AI-Powered Future
A Massive Outage Ripples Across Industries Cloudflare, a web infrastructure provider that handles roughly one-fifth of all internet traffic – suffered a global outage that sent shockwaves across the digital world. For several tense hours, a huge chunk of the internet went dark. Major platforms across industries were knocked offline: social media giant X (Twitter), AI services like ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude, popular…November 18, 2025
FAST 15: Why Digital Engineering Matters More Than Ever
Find us on your favorite podcast platform including: Spotify | YouTube | Apple | Amazon 1% Better Fast 15 Podcast - Digital Engineering Quick Links Learn more about Human Centered AICheck out the Digital Engineering HealthcheckRead Brian's blog, Designing for Humans - The Future of Digital Engineering in an AI…November 18, 2025
S3E17: From Net Worth to Life Worth – Rethinking Success
Find us on your favorite podcast platform including: Spotify | YouTube | Apple | Amazon 1% Better Podcast Mick White - Quick Links Learn more about Mick's 100 Year ManifestoCheck out Mick's Purpose Fueled CommunityConnect with Mick White on LinkedInConnect with Craig Thielen on LinkedInCheck out host Craig Thielen's full…November 4, 2025
S3E16: Go Rogue – Future-Proofing E-Commerce with Purpose, Personalization & AI
Find us on your favorite podcast platform including: Spotify | YouTube | Apple | Amazon 1% Better Podcast Darin Lynch, Irish Titan - Quick Links Learn more about Irish TitanCheck out Start with Why by Simon SinekRead The Art of the Start by Guy KawasakiConnect with Darin Lynch on LinkedInConnect…October 7, 2025
S3E15: Enoughness is Not Complacency, It’s a New Kind of Growth
Find us on your favorite podcast platform including: Spotify | YouTube | Apple | Amazon 1% Better Podcast JC Lippold - Quick Links Learn more about JC Lippold's servicesSubscribe to JC's mailing listConnect with JC Lippold on LinkedInConnect with Craig Thielen on LinkedInCheck out host Craig Thielen's full bio page…September 17, 2025
