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    <title>#259 - Why Good Tech Companies Go Bad, and How to Stop It - Eric Ries</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Lean Startup author Eric Ries introduces his new book Incorruptible — exploring financial gravity, why mission-driven companies succumb to investor pressure, how OKRs become false proxies, and the governance structures that keep companies true to their values.]]></description>
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    <title>#229 - The Management System for High-Performing Engineering Organizations - Michi Kono</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 23:49:00 &#43;0800</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[Why do engineering teams slow down as they scale? It's not the technology—it's the management systems. In this episode, Michi Kono, CTO at Garner Health and former engineering leader at Meta, Capital One, and Stripe, shares his battle-tested approach to building scalable engineering organizations.]]></description>
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    <title>#186 - The Amazing CTO&#39;s Missing Manual: Guide to Managing Tech Teams - Stephan Schmidt</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 22:20:42 &#43;0800</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[Stephan Schmidt is a CTO coach and the author of “Amazing CTO”. In this episode, we delve into the multifaceted world of the CTO role and discuss what it takes to become a great CTO, including practical advice on leadership, delegation, one-on-ones, self-management, and imposter syndrome.]]></description>
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    <title>#179 - Bottlenecks of Scaleups - Tim Cochran &amp; Kennedy Collins</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:33:30 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Tim Cochran and Kennedy Collins are the co-authors of the “Bottlenecks of Scaleups” series. In this episode, we explore several key challenges faced by scaleups, such as product-engineering friction, service disruptions, accumulation of tech debt, and onboarding.]]></description>
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    <title>#162 - Scaling for Success: People Priorities for High-Growth Organizations - Andrew Bartlow</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 20:55:48 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Andrew Bartlow is the co-founder of the People Leader Accelerator and the co-author of “Scaling for Success”. In this episode, Andrew discusses the common challenges faced by high-growth organizations and offers strategies for successful scaling.]]></description>
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    <title>#158 - Sustainable Engineering Lessons From Scaling Up Wise - Balazs Barna</title>
    <link>https://techleadjournal.dev/episodes/158/</link>
    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:42:43 &#43;0700</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Balazs Barna is the Head of US Engineering at Wise. In this episode, we delved into his insights on building sustainable engineering from scaling up Wise by building sustainable tech and teams.]]></description>
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    <title>#115 - Senior Engineering Leadership &amp; Scaling Engineering Teams - Manoj Awasthi</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2022 21:35:34 &#43;0800</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[Manoj Awasthi is the CTO at JULO and previously the SVP of Engineering at Tokopedia. In this episode, Manoj shared his engineering leadership lessons, that include describing the role of a senior engineering leader, scaling up engineering team, and maintaining engineering productivity.]]></description>
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    <title>#101 - My Engineering Leadership Story &amp; 100 Episodes Reflection - Henry Suryawirawan</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2022 17:21:46 &#43;0800</pubDate>
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    <guid>https://techleadjournal.dev/episodes/101/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Henry Suryawirawan is the host of the Tech Lead Journal podcast. In this episode, hosted by Jerome Poudevigne, we uncovered lessons from Henry’s career journey and from running the Tech Lead Journal podcast.]]></description>
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    <title>#82 - Engineering Leadership Lessons From Scaling Up Bukalapak - Mohammed Alabsi</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 23:12:43 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Mohammed Alabsi is a seasoned technology leader, startup advisor, and angel investor. In this episode, Mohammed shared his lessons learned at Amazon, his experience scaling up Bukalapak engineering to help gear the business towards IPO, and his advice to startups and tech leaders.]]></description>
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    <title>#23 - Earn People &amp; Leadership Lessons From Hyperscaling Gojek - Ajey Gore</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:24:17 &#43;0800</pubDate>
    <author>Henry Suryawirawan</author>
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    <description><![CDATA[Ajey Gore is an Operating Partner at Sequoia Capital India who was previously the Group CTO of Gojek. In this episode, Ajey shared his deep beliefs and motto of “earn people, not money” in various aspects of his career and life, leadership lessons, and his remarkable journey hyperscaling Gojek engineering team.]]></description>
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