{"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":"#176 | From PhD to Director: What Academia Never Teaches You About Leading People w/ Quentin Reul (Director of AI Strategy @expert.ai)","slug":"176-from-phd-to-director-what-academia-never-teaches-you-about-leading-people-w-quentin-reul-director-of-ai-strategy-expert-ai","published_at":"2026-07-09T03:30:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357/176-from-phd-to-director-what-academia-never-teaches-you-about-leading-people-w-quentin-reul-director-of-ai-strategy-expert-ai","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/176-from-phd-to-director-what-academia-never-teaches-you-about-leading-people-w-quentin-reul-director-of-ai-strategy-expert-ai--72857618","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72857618/176_from_phd_to_director_what_academia_never_teaches_you_about_leading_people_w_quentin_reul_director_of_ai_strategy_expeto_ai.mp3","summary":"▶︎ #176 | From PhD to Director: What Academia Never Teaches You About Leading People w/ Quentin Reul (Director AI Strategy and Solutions at expert.ai) In this episode of the Leman Tech Leadership Podcast, Alex welcomes Quentin Reul: Director AI Strategy and Solutions at expert.ai, a Belgian-born computer scientist whose one-year English adventure in the UK quietly turned into a decade - a PhD in symbolic AI, a front-row seat to the academic-to-enterprise transition, and eventually a leadership path built through teams of data scientists, software engineers, knowledge engineers, and QA specialists spread across continents. The conversation opens with one of the most underexplored tensions in tech: what actually breaks when you move from academic research culture into enterprise delivery. Quentin is precise about it - it is not about intelligence or even drive. It is the completion mindset. Academia rewards the idea, the paper, the demonstrable prototype. Enterprise rewards the shipped thing, the SOC-compliant thing, the thing a customer can buy tomorrow. The gap between those two modes is where a lot of technically brilliant people quietly stall - and where Quentin has spent years learning to bridge it. If you came up through a technical or research background and are now leading - or thinking about leading - people for the first time, this one will land. ✉︎ FOLLOW QUENTIN ON: ⤵︎ LinkedIn: @unlockdatawithquentin YouTube: Quentin Reul on YouTube ✉︎ FOLLOW ME ON: ⤵︎ LinkedIn: @aleksandralemanska TikTok: @aleksandra_lemanska X: @lemanskills Startup Community Poznan: @startup-community-poznan-scp www.lemanskills.com Join Leadership Pulse! https://lemanskills.com/pulse/","meta_description":"▶︎ #176 | From PhD to Director: What Academia Never Teaches You About Leading People w/ Quentin Reul (Director AI Strategy and Solutions at expert.ai) In…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2870,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/leman-tech-leadership-podcast-7045357/episodes/176-from-phd-to-director-what-academia-never-teaches-you-about-leading-people-w-quentin-reul-director-of-ai-strategy-expert-ai/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-7045357/176-from-phd-to-director-what-academia-never-teaches-you-about-leading-people-w-quentin-reul-director-of-ai-strategy-expert-ai.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}