{"podcast":{"title":"Leman Tech Leadership Podcast","slug":"leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357","podcast_index_feed_id":7045357,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6343272/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast--6343272","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4982bc323b348940ab5d4a08c6dc9c37.jpg","author":"Aleksandra Lemańska","episode_count":197,"summary":"Leman Tech Leadership Podcast Welcome to the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, your ultimate guide to developing exceptional tech leadership skills. Whether you're a seasoned tech leader or just stepping into a managerial role, this podcast is designed to provide you with actionable insights and best practices to create a thriving work environment that people won't want to leave. Learn how to do it with host Aleksandra Lemańska, CQ Technology Leadership Mentor & Speaker. Founder @LemanSkills, Co-Founder & Board President @Startup Community Poznan Foundation, Host @Leman Tech Leadership Podcast. She is the creator of the CQ Leadership Method: a battle-tested framework that helps tech leaders communicate with precision and lead without burnout. Join Alex as she delves deep into the secrets of effective leadership, from mastering essential tools to implementing cutting-edge techniques. Each episode brings you invaluable knowledge, practical advice, or unique perspectives through engaging interviews with leaders who have experiences and lessons to share. Discover the dos and don’ts of tech leadership, learn about the habits that drive success, and gather strategies to foster a motivated…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T12:19:11.454164+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357"},"episode":{"title":"#170 | From Startup Garage to Microsoft MVP: How Continuous Learning Builds Unbreakable Tech Leaders w/ Amit Chandak, @ex-Oracle, @Kinerika","slug":"170-from-startup-garage-to-microsoft-mvp-how-continuous-learning-builds-unbreakable-tech-leaders-w-amit-chandak-ex-oracle-kinerika","published_at":"2026-06-18T03:30:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357/170-from-startup-garage-to-microsoft-mvp-how-continuous-learning-builds-unbreakable-tech-leaders-w-amit-chandak-ex-oracle-kinerika","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/170-from-startup-garage-to-microsoft-mvp-how-continuous-learning-builds-unbreakable-tech-leaders-w-amit-chandak-ex-oracle-kinerika--72565264","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72565264/170_from_startup_garage_to_microsoft_mvp_how_continuous_learning_builds_unbreakable_tech_leaders_w_amit_chandak_ex_oracle_kinerika.mp3","summary":"▶︎ #170 | From Startup Garage to Microsoft MVP: How Continuous Learning Builds Unbreakable Tech Leaders w/ Amit Chandak, @ex-Oracle, @Kinerika In this episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Aleksandra sits down with Amit Chandak, CTO and Data & AI Lead at Kinerika, a Microsoft Fabric Featured Partner operating at the forefront of cloud data engineering. Amit's career spans three distinct environments: a 10-year co-founder journey building a BI tool from a two-person apartment startup to a 50-person product company, senior engineering leadership at Oracle, and now heading data and AI strategy at a fast-scaling services organization. In 2022, he became a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for his exceptional contributions to the Power BI community - a recognition earned through over 17,000 community solutions and years of relentless self-directed learning. The episode opens with a question that shapes the entire conversation: what actually separates the leaders who compound their impact over time from those who plateau? Amit and Aleksandra dig deep into the IC-to-leader transition - one of the most structurally underestimated challenges in tech organizations. Amit is precise about what gets lost in that shift: the identity of being the best individual performer becomes a liability when your actual job is to build an environment where the team outperforms what you ever could alone. For anyone navigating the tension between lifelong learning and burnout, building a tech team from scratch, or making the mental shift from individual contributor to people leader - this episode delivers the kind of practical clarity that only comes from someone who has lived every stage of that journey. ✉︎ FOLLOW AMIT ON: ⤵︎ LinkedIn: @amitchandak YouTube: Amit Chandak ✉︎ FO…","meta_description":"▶︎ #170 | From Startup Garage to Microsoft MVP: How Continuous Learning Builds Unbreakable Tech Leaders w/ Amit Chandak, @ex-Oracle, @Kinerika In this epi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3031,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357/episodes/170-from-startup-garage-to-microsoft-mvp-how-continuous-learning-builds-unbreakable-tech-leaders-w-amit-chandak-ex-oracle-kinerika/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357/170-from-startup-garage-to-microsoft-mvp-how-continuous-learning-builds-unbreakable-tech-leaders-w-amit-chandak-ex-oracle-kinerika.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}