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S3E6 The Search Is the Job: What Nobody Tells You About Exec Roles in NZ
Looking for an executive role in New Zealand is nothing like looking for a senior one. The market is smaller, the rules are unwritten, and most of what decides outcomes happens in rooms you're not…
S3E6 What If the Agent Gets Promoted? Joekub Joins Tech Waka
After three years, Joekub is back, and this time they brought a startup, an AI agent that writes project updates in five minutes, and some very uncomfortable questions about your career…
S3E5 "Quit If Your CEO Isn't Using AI" with John-D Trask
JD Trask has been building global tech companies from Wellington since 2007, first Mindscape, then Raygun, now Autohive. When ChatGPT arrived, he didn't wait to see what happened. He shut down his…
S3E4 27% More Productive or Just Working Weekends? The Real Impact of AI on Dev Teams with Lauren Peate
Lauren Peate and her team at Multitudes spent 15 months researching how AI is actually impacting engineering teams, following 500+ developers, surveying hundreds of leaders, and conducting in-depth…
S3E3 What CTOs Need Help With - with Daniel Walters
Daniel Walters is a consultant, CTO coach, and former CTO of Seek Asia - one of Southeast Asia's largest job platforms. He is the founder of Great CTO, where he works with technology executives…
S3E2 Stop Scaling Functions, Start Scaling the Journey with Sarah Clearwater
Why are your teams busy, but the business isn't growing the way it should? Sarah Clearwater, founder of Reframer and customer experience strategist, explains how siloed KPIs create invisible…
S3E1 Are NZ leaders underrated? with Paul Meyrick and Stuart Collins
Sometimes it feels like senior leadership in New Zealand tech isn’t recognised at the level it should be , especially when big roles come up, and decision-makers look offshore for “proven…
S1E37 From Episodes to Ecosystem: Tech Waka Year Two
This episode is a little different. Instead of a guest, I’m taking a moment to reflect on Tech Waka’s second year — and how it grew from a podcast into a community for New Zealand tech leaders.This…
S1E36 High-Stakes Transformations with Allan Sampson
Transformations don’t fail because of slide decks – they fail in the messy middle, where people are stressed, alignment drifts, and hard problems finally make their way to the top.In this episode,…
S1E35 From IC to Leader (and Back Again): Owning Your Career Path with Craig Bensemann
What makes a retro actually useful—and why do so many senior devs stall out? Craig Bensemann brings sharp insights and real-world fixes.Too many teams are “doing agile” without improving. And too…
S1E34 1 in 4 Users Left Out? Why Accessibility Is a Tech Leadership Issue with Maia Miller
1 in 4 New Zealanders live with a disability. Maia Miller says it’s time our tech reflected that, and she shows how leaders can start today.In this episode of the Tech Waka Podcast, we sit down with…
S1E33 From Outsider to Security Founder with Ankita Dhakar
From no tech background to leading a cybersecurity startup — Ankita Dhakar is reshaping how NZ does pentesting.What happens when you have no tech background, no network, and still decide to start a…
S1E32 BEACON - The off-site NZ tech leaders need with Andrea Magnorsky
Andrea Magnorsky joins Jakub to pull back the curtain on BEACON — a tech leadership off-site in Auckland on Mon 13 October 2025. Morning: six 20-minute talks + panels across people, product, and…
S1E31 Half-Year Check-In: What We Built Together at Tech Waka
A mid-year pit stop for Tech Waka. In this short solo episode, Jakub wraps the first ten episodes and what the community built together—mentoring, meetups, and a new conference on the horizon.A big…
S1E30 It’s OK Not to Be OK: Mental Health and Leadership in Tech with Diego Nievas
In this deeply honest episode of the Tech Waka Podcast, Diego Nievas, CTO at Atturra, opens up about mental health in the tech industry — from personal struggles with depression to the pressures of…
S1E29 Mentorship Power: Real Stories from the Tech Waka Community
episodeWhat happens when you give experienced mentors and ambitious tech professionals a space to connect, reflect, and grow together? In this episode, we hear from Barbara and James, two…
S1E28 How Summer of Tech is Changing Tech Careers in New Zealand with Ruth McDavitt
In this episode of Tech Waka, host Jakub Jurkiewicz sits down with Ruth McDavitt, CEO of Summer of Tech — the platform that’s been helping thousands of students transition into paid tech internships…
S1E27 Shadow AI: The Invisible Risk Already Shaping Your Business, with Ben Mosier
Shadow AI is already in your organization — but can you see it?In this special Tech Waka episode, we share a live recording from a recent Tech Waka Leadership Collective meetup featuring Ben Mosier,…
S1E26 The Hidden Value of Delay with Joshua Arnold
In this episode of Tech Waka, we sit down with Joshua Arnold, a seasoned product and technology leader who’s worked across the UK, Europe, and New Zealand. Joshua dives deep into the concept of Cost…
S2E5 The Hierarchy of Engineering Needs with Myles Henaghan
What do high-performing engineering teams really need to thrive?In this episode, I talk with Myles Henaghan, Managing Director at Wires Uncrossed and former GM of Engineering at Xero. Myles shares…
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Tech Waka Podcast has published 44 episodes since February 2024, covering topics in Technology.
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