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🐝 Hear the stories of top best consultants in AI, Design, Software Engineering, and Product. www.swarm.work Peek into how the best technology consultants carve their own path, complete their side quests, and passions in life. Get actionable tips and strategies to improve your fractional lifestyle — we'll present you with the recipes, career paths, and new mental models to try out.

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The 20% Truth: AI’s Real Impact on Developer Productivity | Simon Obstbaum (Stanford, Crunchyroll)

Jun 21, 2025 42m

Everyone says AI will 10x your dev team. But what does the data actually say?In this episode of Fractional, Simon Obstbaum—Stanford researcher and former CTO of Crunchyroll—walks us through one of…

From Chatbots to Real AI Agents | Ragde Falcis (ChatGenie)

Apr 16, 2025 1h 6m

Everyone’s shipping copilots.Ragde Falcis built something else: a real agentic system—used daily by thousands of customers.In this episode of Fractional, we break down how ChatGenie:→ Hit 90%+…

Using OKRs to Challenge Bad Leadership Decisions | Jeff Gothelf

Mar 20, 2025 39m

"Most OKRs Are Just Tracking Failure"OKRs are supposed to drive success. But here’s what actually happens instead:1. Teams track effort, not results.2. Leaders set goals based on gut feeling.3. When…

AI Without Strategy is Just Hype—Wardley Maps Fix That | Simon Wardley

Mar 05, 2025 1h 2m

AI without strategy is just hype—Wardley Maps fix that.Governments, businesses, and enterprises follow AI trends without mapping the landscape, leaving them blind to risks and opportunities.That's…

How a ProductHunt user became its CEO | Rajiv Ayyangar (ProductHunt)

Feb 07, 2025 38m

Rajiv Ayyangar is the CEO at Product Hunt. He was previously co-founder / CEO of Tandem. He also studied bioengineering at Princeton and subsequently worked at Fairchild and Yahoo. In this episode of…

How Healthcare Leaders Can Implement AI Without Losing Trust | Evelyn Goh (NUS, Megrez)

Jan 10, 2025 35m

"AI in healthcare isn’t just hard—it’s life or death." In this episode of Fractional by Swarm, we sit down with Evelyn C. Goh—PhD candidate at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and…

Investing in AI | Tomithy Too (ST Telemedia)

Nov 14, 2024 32m

Tomithy plays the role of seeker and investor at ST Telemedia - a VC/PE fund that invests in telcos, data centres, growth stage tech companies in AI, Cybersecurity and Cloud IT . He actively works…

Designing a hybrid org model for CTOs | Anand Krishnan (IBM, thinkbridge, Sensorscall)

Oct 28, 2024 40m

Anand Krishnan is the Founder and Managing Partner of thinkbridge, a digital technology and business consulting firm that specializes in helping clients build and deploy tech-forward business…

AI GTM and change management for enterprises | Bernard Leong (AWS, Dorje.ai)

Oct 15, 2024 1h 5m

Dr Bernard Leong is currently the founder and CEO of Dorje AI, an enterprise AI startup focusing on building the next generation business operating system that enables companies to be productive,…

Playing the AI consulting game | Dominic Ligot (Cirrolytix, Data Ethics PH, Aedes.ai)

Oct 02, 2024 1h 2m

Dominic Ligot is a data analyst, researcher, software developer, entrepreneur and technologist. He’s the Founder of CirroLytix, a social impact AI company, and Data Ethics PH, an online community…

Creating clarity through listening | Indi Young (Time to Listen, Adaptive Path, UX Week)

Sep 23, 2024 56m

Indi Young is a solution strategist who uses purpose-focused qualitative data science.  She created her method over a 30-year span, and teaches that method in courses, coaching, workshops, books,…

Designing for a better world | Don Norman (Apple, Nielsen Norman Group, UC San Diego)

Sep 04, 2024 1h 6m

Don Norman was the founding Director of The Design Lab at the University of California, San Diego; is co-founder of the Nielsen Norman Group; a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and…

Deciding to go fractional | Rachel Gogel (Meta, Airbnb, GQ, NYTimes, Forbes 30U30)

May 10, 2024 1h 9m

Rachel Gogel (she/her) is a Parisian creative director, speaker, mentor, and educator. She runs her own consultancy as a fractional design executive. She’s led major brand initiatives at GQ, The New…

Becoming a software architect | John Paul Alcala (Amazon Web Services, GCash)

Mar 11, 2024 47m

John Paul Alcala is a Fractional Solutions Architect and Chief Technology Officer who has managed over PHP 2 Billion of cloud budget in the Philippines. Recently, he was a Partner Solutions Architect…

Take your own marketing advice | David Fallarme (Owner.com, HubSpot, Electronic Arts, On Deck)

Feb 26, 2024 34m

David Fallarme is the VP of Marketing at Owner.com. At the time of recording, he was a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer and Marketing Advisor for Series A and B startups. He's built and led…

Building client trust as a consultant | Andrei Gonzales (Deloitte Digital, Salesforce, Fjord, BCG Digital Ventures, InVision)

Feb 08, 2024 55m

Andrei Gonzales, is a multi-disciplinary design mentor, human-centered design evangelist, and current Senior Manager for Service and Experience Design for Deloitte Digital Canberra. He has 20 years…

Leading AI transformations | Joshua Arvin Lat (AWS Machine Learning Hero, Author, NuWorks Interactive Labs)

Jan 09, 2024 35m

Joshua Arvin Lat is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of NuWorks Interactive Labs, Inc. He is also an AWS Machine Learning Hero and he has been an international speaker on machine learning,…

Building AI products with business value | Tim Santos (Graphcore, EY, Teradata, Samsung)

Dec 12, 2023 18m

Tim Santos is the Director of Product for AI Cloud Solutions at Graphcore, He leads the product strategy and vision for enabling developers, plus AI & ML software organisations to build and…

How to multiply your income as a freelancer! (through patience and grit) | Grace Walker

Jul 11, 2023 36m

Grace Walker is an independent web designer and Webflow developer building marketing sites that are visually stunning and technically sound. She has launched over 90 marketing sites in Webflow and…

Going solo as a Webflow designer and developer | Matthias Cordes

Jun 21, 2023 45m

Matthias Cordes is a Web Designer and Webflow Developer. He runs his own freelance business and creates high converting websites for fast growing technology startups. Matthias had his first freelance…

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