Shows
A Pint of ScotchS2E2: The Necessity of Time Off: A Survival SkillSummaryIn this episode, Gautham Pallapa, Brian Ross, and JT Perry discuss the critical importance of taking time off to prevent burnout and maintain productivity. They explore the cultural differences in vacation practices, the necessity of planning for seasonal work crunches, and the signs of burnout that both employees and managers should be aware of. The conversation emphasizes that taking time off is not a luxury but a vital survival skill, and they share practical strategies for implementing effective time-off policies in the workplace. Discover how leaders can set the tone for a balanced work c...
2025-09-1534 minA Pint of ScotchTransforming Performance Reviews: A New PerspectiveSummaryIn this episode of A Pint of Scotch, the hosts discuss the often-dreaded annual performance review process. They explore the flaws in traditional performance reviews, emphasizing the need for a more humanized approach that fosters engagement rather than compliance. The conversation highlights the critical role of managers in facilitating meaningful discussions, the importance of feedback, and innovative methods for peer evaluations. The episode concludes with actionable tips for both managers and contributors to enhance the review experience and promote a culture of growth and development.Special Mention: Check out Gautham's new book, Mastering Enterprise...
2025-07-2135 minA Pint of ScotchThat Deal Sure Looked Good When We Made ItSummary
In the season finale of A Pint of Scotch, host JT Perry, along with industry leaders Gautham Pallapa and Bryan Ross, delve into the complexities of cloud commitments made by organizations. They discuss the rush to adopt cloud technologies, the challenges faced in realizing the promised benefits, and the critical role of people in navigating these transformations. The conversation also touches on predictions for the future of cloud strategy, emphasizing the need for a balanced approach that prioritizes business outcomes over mere technology adoption.
Takeaways
The rush to the cloud was driven by a fear...
2025-02-0430 minA Pint of ScotchDeath by MeetingsSummary
In this episode, the hosts delve into the pervasive issue of unproductive meetings in corporate culture. They discuss personal experiences with frustrating meetings, the reasons behind the prevalence of such gatherings, and the cultural implications of meeting practices. The conversation highlights the importance of purposeful meetings, the role of technology in enhancing meeting efficiency, and the need for a cultural shift towards valuing time and productivity. Ultimately, the hosts encourage listeners to reclaim their time and challenge the status quo of meeting culture.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to the Meeting Dilemma
02:49 The...
2024-10-2132 minA Pint of ScotchThis is why we can’t have nice thingsSummary
In this episode of Pint of Scotch, the hosts discuss their frustrations with implementing new ways of working in enterprise IT. They focus on the challenges and failures of Agile, DevOps, and platform engineering in large organizations. They highlight the tendency for enterprises to turn these methodologies into rigid frameworks and bureaucratic processes, losing sight of the core principles and customer-centricity. The hosts emphasize the importance of focusing on outcomes rather than processes, maintaining business alignment, and creating a culture of continuous learning. They express optimism for the future of platform engineering if it is approached...
2024-09-1631 minA Pint of ScotchAI Policies and PrivacyEpisode 7: AI Policies and Privacy
Summary
In this episode, we discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding AI privacy and policies. We emphasize the importance of trust, transparency, and education in implementing effective AI privacy measures. We also highlight the need for comprehensive AI policies that ensure compliance, protect privacy, and drive business value.
We discuss leadership strategies for balancing the prevention of unauthorized AI usage with fostering innovation and responsible AI usage and stress the importance of creating a policy, empowering employees, holding them accountable, and celebrating their successes.
The episode co...
2024-07-1931 minA Pint of ScotchLeadership CommunicationsEpisode 6: Leadership Communications
Summary
In this episode, the conversation revolves around the theme of communication within organizations, focusing on both successful and unsuccessful examples. The speakers share their experiences and insights on effective leadership communication, the impact of empathic communication during acquisitions, and the challenges of returning to the office. They discuss the importance of trust, transparency, and empathy in communication, highlighting the need for leaders to prioritize human connection and respect in their approach. The conversation delves into the critical importance of effective communication in leadership, highlighting both successful and unsuccessful examples. Key takeaways...
2024-06-1047 minA Pint of ScotchSupply Chain VulnerabilitiesLinks from the show:
https://xkcd.com/2347/
https://tidelift.com/
Summary
In this episode, the hosts discuss the recent supply chain vulnerability in the XZ project and its implications for organizations. They emphasize the importance of proactive defense, regular audits, and security policies to protect against potential threats. They also highlight the need for secure software development practices, digital signatures, and access controls. The hosts discuss the role of AI in detecting vulnerabilities and caution against relying solely on AI for security. They stress the importance of supporting open-source developers and main...
2024-05-0532 minA Pint of ScotchIs Platform Engineering the New DevOps?Summary
In this episode of A Pint of Scotch, the hosts discuss the topic of platform engineering and its relationship to DevOps. They define platform engineering as a discipline that involves designing and building tool chains and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for software engineering in cloud-native environments. The hosts emphasize that platform engineering is not meant to replace DevOps but rather enhance its practices. They also explore the role of generative AI and machine learning in platform engineering and discuss considerations for investing in these technologies. The episode concludes with a summary of the key points...
2024-04-0329 minA Pint of ScotchThe Rise of the MachinesSummary
In this episode, the hosts discuss the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in the enterprise and the pressure business leaders face to incorporate AI into their operations. They explore the hype surrounding AI and its potential benefits and limitations. The hosts emphasize the importance of understanding the specific problem AI can solve and the need for thoughtful and responsible adoption. They also discuss the impact of AI on professional tasks and the potential for AI to enhance productivity and quality. The hosts provide advice for business leaders on leveraging AI to innovate and differentiate their organizations.
2024-02-1928 minA Pint of ScotchWhy is it easier to get a new job than a promotion?In this episode, the hosts discuss the challenges of retention, hiring, and promotion in the tech industry. They explore the reasons why average tenure is short and why employees often choose to leave for better opportunities. The hosts share personal stories and experiences, highlighting the pain and demotivation that can result from being passed over for promotion. They also discuss biases and perceptions in the hiring process, as well as the practical reasons organizations have multi-page promotion documents. The hosts provide insights and strategies for balancing internal and external candidates, including succession planning, career growth, and transparency in the...
2024-01-2229 minA Pint of ScotchBusy vs ProductiveOf late, we have been hearing a lot of buzz around mandates from organizational leaders for the workforce to return back to the office. Some of the reasons given are:
It is hard to build a sustainable culture with a 100% remote workforce
Humans are inherently tribal in nature, and there are several studies that are quoted saying that working together in close proximity of others increases productivity
Politics. At least for the largest companies, many tax breaks and other incentives were involved in locating large office complexes. Those municipalities want the economic activity...
2023-12-0627 min
Leveecast 's PodcastDemocratizing DataGautham Pallapa, Ph. D.- Executive advisor VMware and Founder TransformityHis topic is Data Demcractization. He will talk about various aspects of Data which interest not only the executive leadership but also teams, roles, people and cmmunity.Top takeaways from Gautham Talk - 1. Why leaders must invest in DataOps?2. What can poeple, teams and community do to onboard to the new world order with Data?3. How we can contribute valuably to Data economy?4. which skils are most important to build a democratized data ecosystem?S...
2022-07-0945 min
From Back Office to Boardroom: Technology Leadership and Transformation Stories005: Gautham Pallapa, Author & Founder, TransformityGautham Pallapa joins Vai to discuss Digital Transformation, leading with empathy, and the future of IT leadership.
2022-06-0237 min
Purposeful Empathy with Anita NowakWhy Regenerative Workplaces Need Empathy ft. Dr. Gautham Pallapa Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita NowakWatch this episode to hear about the importance of empathy in organizations, leadership, and technology.
Dr. Gautham Pallapa is the author of Leading with Empathy and founder of Transformity, an organization devoted to “transforming humanity through empathy and technology.” In this episode, he describes how a burnout early in his career changed the way he approaches work and leadership. He also explains the difference between organizations that are pathological, bureaucratic and regenerative.
00:00 Introduction
00:23 About Gautham Pallapa
2:19 What inspired Gautham to reconsider productivity?
5:10 COVID’s silver lining, according to Gautham
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2022-04-0732 min
New Books in PsychologyGautham Pallapa, "Leading with Empathy: Understanding the Needs of Today's Workforce" (John Wiley and Sons, 2021)Today I talked to Gautham Pallapa about his new book Leading with Empathy: Understanding the Needs of Today's Workforce (John Wiley and Sons, 2021).The World Health Organization’s director-general has called Covid-19 more traumatic than World War Two. Add in other issues like racism, sexism, and inequality and there’s never been a more important moment for leaders to step up and be more empathetic. What are the limiting beliefs that may hinder their ability to be so? As my guest observes, too often being the “strong silent type” with a kind of militaristic mindset means these leaders may...
2022-03-1036 min
New Books in Business, Management, and MarketingGautham Pallapa, "Leading with Empathy: Understanding the Needs of Today's Workforce" (John Wiley and Sons, 2021)Today I talked to Gautham Pallapa about his new book Leading with Empathy: Understanding the Needs of Today's Workforce (John Wiley and Sons, 2021).The World Health Organization’s director-general has called Covid-19 more traumatic than World War Two. Add in other issues like racism, sexism, and inequality and there’s never been a more important moment for leaders to step up and be more empathetic. What are the limiting beliefs that may hinder their ability to be so? As my guest observes, too often being the “strong silent type” with a kind of militaristic mindset means these leaders may...
2022-03-1035 min
Dan Hill's EQ SpotlightGautham Pallapa, "Leading with Empathy: Understanding the Needs of Today's Workforce" (John Wiley and Sons, 2021)Today I talked to Gautham Pallapa about his new book Leading with Empathy: Understanding the Needs of Today's Workforce (John Wiley and Sons, 2021).The World Health Organization’s director-general has called Covid-19 more traumatic than World War Two. Add in other issues like racism, sexism, and inequality and there’s never been a more important moment for leaders to step up and be more empathetic. What are the limiting beliefs that may hinder their ability to be so? As my guest observes, too often being the “strong silent type” with a kind of militaristic mindset means these leaders may...
2022-03-1035 min
A World of DifferenceChange Makers EPS 66: Dr. Gautham Pallapa on Leading With Empathy, His Inspirational Mother, and VMWareDr. Gautham Pallapa talks about his latest book Leading With Empathy: Understanding the Needs of Today's Workforce. Dr. Pallapa is a business transformation leader and trusted advisor for Global 2000 organizations. Digital, Telecom, and Healthcare senior leader, executive advisor, keynote speaker, advisor, and board member. He is the founder of Transformity, and Senior Executive Advisor at VMWare.Dr. Pallapa is passionate about improving the quality of life of humans, reflected by the mantra “Transform with Empathy” and Ph.D. in smart technologies for assisted healthcare. He is an Ambassador for the DevOps Institute, Agile coach, Lean Six Sigma Blac...
2022-01-051h 02
The Humans of DevOps Podcast SeriesLeading with Empathy – Dr. Gautham Pallapa ReturnsOn this episode of the Humans of DevOps, Jason Baum is joined by Dr. Gautham Pallapa, DevOps Institute Ambassador, founder of Transformity and an executive advisor for VMware. He discusses the human skill of empathy - what it is, why it's important in DevOps, how to be more empathetic and more.
Learn more about Gautham's book, "Leading with Empathy" here: https://etransforms.com/
As the founder of Transformity and an Executive Advisor for VMware, Dr. Gautham Pallapa works with C-Suite and executives at Fortune 1000 enterprise customers in transforming their strategy, processes, technologies, culture, and people to...
2021-12-2044 min
IT VisionariesLeading through Change: Why Every Digital Transformation Doesn’t Include the Tech StackLet’s think about this for a second — what is more important: the pace at which a business must change its technology in order to keep up with its competitors or the culture that makes the whole thing flow efficiently? It’s an interesting conundrum, and one that Gautham Pallapa, Senior Executive Advisor at VMware thinks about often.“I look at things through the lens of culture, organization and people and processes first, because it's very easy to bring in the right technology. Technology is much more discreet. It's people and the culture that's not.”The bottom...
2021-08-1040 min
The Humans of DevOps Podcast SeriesApplying Agile and DevOps Principles in Virtual Learning EnvironmentsA very interesting approach from Gautham Pallapa, Global Chief Technology Officer of VMWare, as he explains how to apply Agile and DevOps principles to social experiments in parenting in today's virtual learning environments.
2020-12-0730 min
The Humans of DevOps Podcast SeriesThe Importance of Human Skills in Business TransformationGautham Pallapa, Global CTO of VMWare and DevOps Institute Ambassador shares his insight and experience on the importance of empathy and psychological safety as a key element of business transformation including tangible actions that business leaders and practitioners can take to improve team empathy and happiness.
2020-07-2430 min
Tanzu TalkBusiness transformation after COVID-19 (with Gautham Pallapa)Learn more:
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Business transformation simplified: The 4 x 3 approach
Business transformation simplified: Three guiding principles
How bad culture impedes business transformations
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2020-06-0922 min
Tanzu TalkBusiness transformation after COVID-19 (with Gautham Pallapa)Learn more:VMware TanzuBusiness transformation simplified: The 4 x 3 approachBusiness transformation simplified: Three guiding principlesHow bad culture impedes business transformationsFollow everyone on Twitter:IntersectGautham PallapaDerrick HarrisVMware Tanzu
2020-06-0922 minTanzu TalkBusiness transformation after COVID-19 (with Gautham Pallapa)Learn more:VMware TanzuBusiness transformation simplified: The 4 x 3 approachBusiness transformation simplified: Three guiding principlesHow bad culture impedes business transformationsFollow everyone on Twitter:IntersectGautham PallapaDerrick HarrisVMware Tanzu
2020-06-0922 min