# #162 | VP of Engineering on Leading Without Drowning: Neuroscience, Boundaries, and the Skills Tech Never Tells You to Build w/ Greg Jaworek

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Published: 2026-05-21T03:30:02+00:00
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▶︎ #162 | VP of Engineering on Leading Without Drowning: Neuroscience, Boundaries, and the Skills Tech Never Tells You to Build w/ Greg Jaworek (ex-Cisco, ex-ABB) In this episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Alex sits down with Grzegorz (Greg) Jaworek - VP of Engineering with nearly 20 years of experience spanning software development, agile transformation, corporate organisations, and startups across Poland and internationally. Greg discovered early in his career that he was better at connecting people than connecting lines of code. That realisation became the foundation of an entire leadership philosophy built on self-awareness, systems thinking, and the science of how the brain actually works under pressure. Greg is also the co-founder of NeuroPlus, a community initiative running regular meetups at the intersection of neuroscience and leadership, and an active contributor to the Cavendish Tech Talk mentoring programme in Kraków. His work sits squarely at the crossroads of human performance and technology leadership, which makes him one of the more unusual and grounded voices in the Polish tech scene. The episode goes deep into the leadership transition that breaks most people: the move from leading individuals to leading other leaders. Greg is direct: stop trying to be the smartest person in the room, learn to build systems rather than control outputs, and (most importantly) learn to sell your ideas. He makes a compelling case that selling and negotiating are the most underrated skills in tech leadership, reframed not as manipulation but as the art of positive influence that no AI will replace. If you're navigating the noise of AI transformation, managing your energy in a world that never slows down, or preparing to step into a more senior leadership role,…

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