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The Innovation Engineer Podcast18 Phasma & Innovation in the gaming industry (aka "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY")Would you wear a mask while working? Or while playing video games? You may need the Phasma mask! A problem known mostly to gamers with small apartments and a girlfriend! But also an issue because of those useless open space offices, where it’s always too loud. This is a conspiracy! Just go to another room or get a different apartment! Shut up and take my money!Meet Andrés, the founder and inventor from Metadox, the company behind the revolutionary 'Phasma' mask. This is no ordinary face mask from the good old Covid times - it...2023-05-1050 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast17 Should we elect an AI for parliament (aka "Computerlars")Lars is one of us. Would you trust an Artificial Intelligence to make the right political choices? More than you trust our modern politicians? Today we talk to Asker Bryld Staunæs, the founder and acting party secretary of the Danish Synthetic Party - the world's first political party driven by artificial intelligence. But Asker will only be the party secretary until their AI figurehead Leader Lars is legally allowed to take over!The official representative and face of The Synthetic Party is actually an AI called Leader Lars and also their policies are derived from AI! W...2023-04-1748 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast16 OKRs (aka "Objectives and Key Reasons Engineers Start to Hate Their Lives")Does every company need to introduce OKRs? Obviously not, but most do it anyway. And why are there so many engineers who hate OKRs? It’s getting hot, so tune in and learn about what OKRs are, when not to use them and what the real benefits are.Tarek and Waschi both have very mixed experiences with using OKRs. It’s a love/hate relationship! There is great value in using them and we saw them bringing so much value to companies! But we also saw them go to waste way too often and being burned, even...2023-01-1656 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast15 Mark Jeffery and the tangled web (aka "let's combine the monkey and the computer")Web3? Not needed. Let’s combine the monkey and the computer! Today we have an awesome guest - Mark Jeffrey! We met him on the social platform Polywork and that's actually the best way to describe him, as he does so many things. Up until last year he worked as a mixture between developer and product manager and as a paramedic on the weekends! And if that's not enough he has a side hustle making wooden globes. And as that's way too many jobs, he quit his work, started a podcast about quitting work and 2 other gre...2023-01-0344 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast14 Mastery, Autonomy and Purpose (aka "DON'T DIE!")What motivates people? Obviously there is the need to eat and pay your bills. But we often do things where we are not paid, we work longer or volunteer. You don’t find motivation, nor do you get motivation, but you create motivation. But how? Well, today we talk about Master, Autonomy and Purpose - the Motivation 3.0 framework defined by Daniel Pink in his book drive. Does Mastery mean writing three unit tests for each line of code? Does every company need a big purpose like saving the world? Is it even worth working for an age...2022-11-1853 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast13 How to judge a senior engineer? (aka "employee terrorism")How do you measure and evaluate the performance of your senior engineers? Can you even do it as a non-engineer? And what are diminishers and multipliers in your team? I’m an introvert, will I ever become a real senior engineer! And how do you even decide who get’s a raise and who not? Clean Coders to the rescue, I need your help.Welcome to The Innovation Engineer Podcast, your favorite place for picking brains of your favorite engineers. This time Ard asked us how you actually evaluate and judge senior engineers. We already talked abou...2022-10-2553 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast12 Are the Metaverse and web3 legit? (aka “markup description for a ridiculous hat”)There is a new version of the internet coming, maybe it’s version 9 or web3? Some call it Metaverse, but nobody knows what it is. Nobody? No! Two engineers try to clarify and resist the marketing hype. Let’s find out why we need a markup description for ridiculous hats and what the Metaverse and web3 actually are. What do you prefer, Roblox or Fortnite?Welcome to The Innovation Engineer Podcast, your favorite place for picking brains of your favorite engineers. This time we ask ourselves if the Metaverse and Web3 are actually legit. Is it just...2022-09-2050 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast11 Will Israel be the next Silicon Valley? (aka "we need more meetings")Will Israel (or better: Tel Aviv) be the next Silicon Valley? They sure already claim to be and call themself Silicon Wadi. But is it true, or is it just clever marketing? Why do people in Israel need more meetings? And where is Tarek? L'chaim!In today's episode, we have a special guest - Henrike Hedel. She's the Head of Tech Program at the FreeTech Academy and recently returned from a trip through Israel. Plus she's a fan of nerdy mugs. In fact, when COVID first started out, she made a series of Instagram posts featuring her...2022-08-2950 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast09 Is Artificial Intelligence dead again? (aka "just buy a license")I have a claim: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are already dead again, the hype is gone and nobody is talking about it anymore. The hype train moved on to the next topic. Nobody cares if your startup does anything with ML anymore. Or am I wrong? I guess Tarek totally disagrees with me. OK, what is actually the state of AI and ML? Where is it really used right now? And what happened to all those promising startups, which were faking voices, people or creating awesome things with the power of neural networks?! Is the only thing staying...2022-08-1847 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast08 The state of VR and AR (aka "are you a rich kid or a nerd")Today we ask ourselves if VR and AR are only toys for rich kids and nerds. I was promised full-body VR and a reality with way better graphics than our gray reality, but where is it? Or is the Oasis, our promised wonderland, already right before our eyes? Where are the breakthrough games and who is really using AR and VR? How is actually the porn expierenxe and VR and why is this not driving sales? Do I need to go shopping, right now?! And what should I buy, AR or VR googles? It’s all the fault of th...2022-08-1338 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast07 Building the European Service Module with Siân Cleaver (aka "Doing Spacey Things")In this special episode of TheInnovationEngineer podcast, I had the opportunity to chat with Siân Cleaver, Industrial Manager at Airbus Defence and Space. Being a total space nerd myself, I was eager to learn how she came to a career in spacecraft engineering but also about her engagement in the Artemis project and what we can expect from this new era of space exploration.Welcome to The Innovation Engineer Podcast, your favorite place for picking brains of your favorite engineers. Usually we talk about blockchains, AI or quantum computation but today we discuss space exploration.2022-07-2930 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast06 What's it like working for an American company? (aka "super hyper giga great!")Welcome to The Innovation Engineer Podcast, your favorite place for picking brains of your favorite engineers. Today we ask ourselves what happened to Clubhouse and what’s the future of Audio.0:00 Intro1:00 2:14 Why did Tarek visit the Silicon Valley3:11 If you are not working with AI, you are doing something wrong3:30 John Deere is becoming a mayor AI company4:24 Why don’t you join an American company?5:02 They are successful, so they must do something right7:45 They aim for the moon and the will to achieve things8:57 German companies work...2022-07-2750 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast05 Clubhouse and the future of Audio (aka "someone scratched my car")Today we talk about one of the current hype trends, which has been going strong for some years - Audio! Podcast or audiobook, why is it so popular? Does it even make sense to go backward and remove the video again, after it killed the radio star? Do you even remember Clubhouse? We talk about the real reason why Clubhouse did not have an Android app and why it used the invite system. And what does podcast actually mean and where does the word come from?Welcome to The Innovation Engineer Podcast, your favorite place for...2022-06-3050 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast04 Should I buy NFTs? (aka "I lost my crypto wallet - twice")Should I buy NFTs? Or is it a scam and you are the greater fool. Who can actually sell it? It’s just a token that you are buying! Be an engineer, buy ETFs, not NFTs! Today is all about Decentraland, Smoking Goldfishes, the value of art and a 44 billion dollar market. We also explain what NFTs are, how they are generated, how to sell them, the legal problems and how Waschi lost his crypto wallet - twice. How much money did he lose? No one will ever know.Show Notes0:00 Int...2022-06-1651 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast03 Are self-organizing teams killing your business? (aka "agile on training wheels")Do you need strict leadership and hierarchy? Agile is right, everything else is wrong. Are self-organizing teams killing your business? That's a very controversial question. I heard Tarek is even having hard discussions about this with his wife!There is a lot of esoteric wrong-value dogmatism in our industry. And that's what we are discussing in today's episode. Management said we need to do this, so grab your nerdiest mug, fill it with the beverage of your choice and enjoy!Hosted by two former CTOs who decided to stay hands-on, both veterans of...2022-06-0344 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast02 What makes a Senior Engineer? (aka "hiring people is my hobby")Today we asked ourselves: What makes a senior engineer? And why is Tarek not a Senior Innovation Engineer? 20 years of experience and still not a real senior! How many programming languages do you need to speak and why does scrum not allow speaking with me. Is it about money?Show Notes6:20 Social intelligence, good communications skills, intrinsic motivation? I don’t care - do you need Java, C or Python developers? 7:00 The number of programming languages is not a good metric for being a high level senior engineer. And recruiters don't want to hear tha...2022-05-2940 min
The Innovation Engineer Podcast01 Staying Healthy as an Engineer (aka "electro shocks to the crotch")We all drank more coffee when we were younger. But how do you stay Healthy as an Engineer? We talk about electro shocks to the crotch, how a pandemic can be the third driver for innovation, about VR and equipment for VR workouts, why engineers against all cliches are very sporty, how you can train your posture with tech gadgets, EMS (Electronic Muscle Stimulation) and running a world record on a treadmill together with other virtual runners.Show Notes0:43 Can you drink too much coffee?1:40 Drink more coffee to move more often 2:17 Having not e...2022-05-1947 min
Digital-Innovation-Podcast#028 - Teil 2: Über digitale Innovationen eines Medienkonzerns – mit Sebastian Waschnick von Axel Springer Ideas EngineeringIm heutigen Podcast spreche ich mit Sebastian Waschnick von Axel Springer Ideas Engineering unter anderem zu folgenden Themen: Über Ausgründungen und wovon das abhängig ist. Wie man Führung und Hierarchie voneinander trennen kann. Sebastians Erfahrungen zu Agilität Was es bedeutet kundenzentriert zu sein? Was die größten Verschwendungen im Konzernumfeld sind. Wie man eine Idee in die Stammorganisation zurückführt. Was einen guten Entwickler ausmacht. LINKS Linkedin von Sebastian Waschnick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-waschnick/ Webseite von Axel Springer Ideas Engineering: https://www.ideas-engineering.io/ Klicke hi...2019-09-2935 minDigital-Innovation-Podcast#027 - Teil 1: Über digitale Innovationen eines Medienkonzerns – mit Sebastian Waschnick von Axel Springer Ideas EngineeringIm heutigen Podcast spreche ich mit Sebastian Waschnick von Axel Springer Ideas Engineering unter anderem zu folgenden Themen: Wie Axel Springer Ideas Engineering entstanden ist und warum? Wie komplex die Adtech Branche ist. Wie die deutsche Ingenieurskunst dem Ansatz vom innovativen arbeiten wiederspricht. Was der Unterschied zwischen einem Prototypen und einem MVP ist. Über die Sinnhaftigkeit von Product Roadmaps. LINKS Linkedin von Sebastian Waschnick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-waschnick/ Webseite von Axel Springer Ideas Engineering: https://www.ideas-engineering.io/ Klicke hier, um dich auf Linkedin mit mir zu vernetzen. K...2019-09-2234 min