Decoding Digital
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Decoding Positive Influence: Huijin Kong on How to be a Successful Influencer
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Huijin Kong is a beacon of inspiration and empowerment, making an enduring impact in the world of business leadership. A tenacious achiever, she earne...
Decoding Women’s Healthcare: Jennifer Heil on Olympic Gold & Entrepreneurship
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After winning her first Olympic medals for Canada in Turin (2006) and Vancouver (2010) and achieving the Guinness World Record for World Championship ...
Decoding Subscription Services: Tien Tzuo on Building Strong Relationships with Subscribers
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder where the term “Subscription Economy” came from? In a nutshell, it came from Tien Tzuo, CEO and founder of Zuora. Today, Tien is ...
Decoding Business Development: Kurt Davis on Closing the Big Deals
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kurt is a technology entrepreneur, world explorer, and expert in business development. The first 20 years of his career were spent between the San Fra...
Decoding Digital Security: Tim Prendergast on Cloud Security and Infrastructure Access
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“No one ever gained a lot by risking next to nothing.” This is why Tim Prendergast is so successful in everything he does, from being a CEO t...
Decoding Cybersecurity: Jay Kaplan on How to Protect Your Business from Cyberattacks
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
First and foremost, Jay Kaplan is a technical security expert. He has served in many high-profile cybersecurity roles—including at the Department of...
Decoding Platform Companies: Andrei Hagiu on Platform Strategy and Building Your Business
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“I skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.” – Wayne GretzkyWhen Andrei Hagiu wrote a Harvard Business Review...
Decoding MEDDICC: Andy Whyte on Optimizing Revenue and Accelerating Growth
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Whyte has literally written the book on the power of the MEDDICC sales system. His book, “MEDDICC: The ultimate guide to staying one step ahead...
Decoding Content Creation: Harry Stebbings on Creating Standout Content
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you play the game of content creation and come out on top? Time and energy. Harry Stebbings is a wildly talented podcaster, investor, and conte...
Decoding Consumer Healthcare Investing: Anarghya Vardhana on Diversifying the STEM Space
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“Do one thing everyday that scares you.” This quote is a driving force behind everything our next guest does, from traveling to investing and ever...
Decoding Impact Investing: Adrian Grenier on Investing and Living Purposefully
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Grenier wears several hats: conscious celebrity, actor, musician, director, and producer. But he’s also the Co-Founder and General Partner at...
Decoding the Product-Led Growth Experience: Blake Bartlett on Trailblazing the Path to PLG
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why are companies like Zoom, Calendly, and Slack so successful?According to Blake Bartlett, partner at OpenView Venture Capital, it comes down to thre...
Decoding Product-Led Growth: Todd Olson on PLG & Nailing the Customer Experience
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you adopt a product-led growth model, will that take jobs away from your salespeople? The answer may surprise you. Today’s guest, Todd Olson...
Decoding Diverse Networks: Joe Lonsdale on Building an Enduring Team
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How did our guest Joe Lonsdale go from high school chess champion to super successful VC? His diverse network and a wide variety of interests to start...
Decoding Business Endurance: Secrets for Long-Term Digital Success
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the season finale, Daniel Saks is joined by Renee Bergeron, General Manager of AppSmart to reflect on Decoding Digital season one. They discuss key...
Decoding Digital Heroes: Cultivating the People that Drive Innovation
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If one thing is clear about digital transformation, it’s that people power drives it. But how do you inspire, empower, and cultivate these key chang...
Decoding Enterprise Transformation: Jennifer Byrne on Trust in Transformation
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Digital transformation looks different for every business. Sometimes that transformation happens on a personal level, as well as professional. Former ...
Decoding Product-Led Growth with Mark Suster
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Should start-ups target consumer or enterprise markets first? Former entrepreneur turned investor and Managing Partner of Upfront Ventures, Mark Suste...
Decoding Vertical Ecosystems: Josh McCarter on Disrupting the Wellness Industry
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tech hasn’t just disrupted the wellness industry – it’s revolutionized it. Long before the global pandemic forced health and fitness businesse...
Decoding Digital Dominance: Ray Wang on Thriving Among Digital Giants
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to compete against digital giants? The Founder, Chairman, Principal Analyst, and CEO of Constellation Research Inc., Ray Wang, joins...
Decoding Xaas: How to Rethink Business Models to Drive Value and Innovation
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is digital transformation essential in a modern business? David Sovie, Senior Managing Director, and Vik Viniak, Managing Director and Senior Partner ...
Decoding Supermanagers: Aydin Mirzaee on Developing Great Leaders
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to be a great manager? Host of the Supermanagers podcast, Aydin Mirzaee, is on a mission to find out. The CEO of Fellow.app speaks t...
Decoding Personal Power-Ups: Eric Siu on "Winning" in Business and Life
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is your personal power-up? Legendary growth marketer, Eric Siu, shares the most powerful habits anyone striving to “level up” should adopt in...
Decoding Vertical SaaS: Jack Newton on Transforming the Legal Industry
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to instigate and implement digital transformation in a vertical that’s slow to change? Jack Newton founded Clio, a legal-tech SaaS...
Decoding New Innovations in the Old Economy with Dr. Jeannette zu Fürstenberg
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Industries that resist embracing digital transformation face potential extinction. But change doesn’t come easy to everyone. In this episode, Dr. Je...
Decoding Remote Work: Mark Templeton on the Virtual Workspace
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
While the technology enabling remote work has seen leaps and bounds in the last year, the foundations have been in place for far longer. In a time whe...
Decoding Hype Cycles: Brad Garlinghouse on Crypto and Tech
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can companies use technology to solve problems? Brad Garlinghouse believes it’s about embracing innovation. In this episode of Decoding Digital,...
Decoding Digital Heroes: Dr. Jerry Kane on Digital Leadership
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Digital transformation doesn’t happen by itself. The reality is people are the driving force behind change. But how can you inspire your workforce t...
Decoding Innovation: Jim McKelvey on "The Innovation Stack"
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Not many start-ups can survive a direct attack from Amazon. So, when digital payment services company, Square, came up against the retail giant and wo...
Decoding APIs: Ross Mason on the Power of “Headless” Applications
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is data the new oil? Ross Mason pioneered improving integration to unlock more valuable data, but he believes this is only the start of driving change...
Decoding Customer Success: Nick Mehta on “Recurring" Customer Value
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the impact of customer success in a subscription economy? Nick Mehta suggests customer success is one of the most transformative strategies y...
Decoding Fear: Amy Chang on Leaning into the Unknown
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Should CEOs be fearless? Amy Chang thinks not. In fact, Amy credits fear as one of the biggest motivators throughout her impressive career so far. In ...
Decoding the Changemaker Mentality: Dax Dasilva on Igniting Change
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The CEO of Lightspeed shares how the company’s e-commerce platform is helping small businesses navigate the shift to digital and what it means to em...
Decoding Viral Enterprise Growth: Aaron Levie on Building a Brand
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Founder and CEO of Box explains what it takes to grow a $3B SaaS business and his vision for the new era of work.
Decoding Digital Transformation: René Obermann on Driving Change
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The former CEO of Deutsche Telekom discusses how to be a change agent and digitally transform your organization.
Decoding Values-Based Leadership: Hélène Barnekow on Empathy
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The CEO of Microsoft Sweden discusses how to build a values-based culture and the impact that it can have on organizations.
Decoding eCommerce: Faisal Masud on What Makes Online Sales Work
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The CEO of Fabric discusses where eCommerce has been and where it’s going, including an omnichannel future where companies will need to sell both on...
Decoding Social Business: Clara Shih on Fostering Trust
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The co-founder and executive chairperson of Hearsay Systems explains how to foster trust in business relationships, as well as the opportunities and c...
Decoding Revenue Intelligence: Amit Bendov on Making Sales Smarter
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The co-founder and CEO of gong.io explains how to launch successful businesses and gain insights from everyday sales conversations.
Decoding Connected Strategies: Nicolaj Siggelkow on Building Trust
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A professor and expert on connected strategies explains how they work and how to use them in your business.
Decoding Innovation Culture: Laela Sturdy on Nurturing Ideas
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A venture capital veteran talks about how to spot entrepreneurs and know which business ideas will succeed.
Decoding Digital Payments: Rich Aberman on Innovating Inside Out
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A payments industry veteran talks about launching a startup and what it takes to take on an established industry and succeed.
Decoding Digital Security: Michelle Zatlyn on Protecting the Web
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us worry about how secure our online lives really are. After all, the news is filled with stories of data breaches and denial-of-service (DDoS...
Decoding Medical Innovation: Dr. Don Sheppard on Fighting Disease
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The quest to cure disease is among our most enduring challenges, and the stakes could not be higher. Dr. Don Sheppard is using digital technology to b...
Decoding Entrepreneurship: Brad Feld Explains How to Thrive
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every entrepreneur spends a lot of time thinking about their business, but for Brad Feld, it's not enough. Founders also need to be mindful about thei...
Decoding Venture Capital: Michele Romanow Rethinks How to Invest
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Venture capital has a people problem. Typically, it requires personal introductions and face-to-face meetings. It also takes a long time, and bias ine...
Decoding Lean Principles: Eric Ries and The Long-Term Stock Exchange
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do after you’ve changed the way an entire generation of founders launch and build their companies? If you’re Eric Ries, you tackle one...
Decoding “Decoding Digital”: Dan Saks on Profiling Digital Heroes
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It takes a special type of person to succeed in the digital economy. They need vision, curiosity, grit, and determination to achieve their goals and c...