For engineers, tech leads and technology leaders
Think smarter. Lead better. Deliver more.
Practical conversations with people who’ve actually built and led world-class technology organisations.
Every episode ends with something you can use the same afternoon: a worksheet, a framework, a template, written by the guest. No sign-up, no email, no funnel. Take what’s useful and go.
New episode every other Tuesday. Follow on the platform you already use: that’s the only thing we ever ask.
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All of themSame library, sorted by the job you’re actually doing. Pick the closest one.
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Why Engineers Struggle as Tech Leads
The leadership shift nobody prepares you for.
Former N26 CTO Pat Kua on the mindset shift from maker to multiplier, why strong engineers struggle as tech leads, and how to lead with more impact.
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3 episodes that answer the question you probably arrived with.
If you’re new here
Why We Started Build Your Edge
Jeremy Burns and Jack Cole on the mission and format: sharp, practical conversations on career, leadership and delivery, plus tools you can use.
If you’re busy but rarely productive
Why You’re Always Busy (but never get anything done)
Zahra Saleh shares focus techniques, habit-building strategies and neuroscience-backed tools to cut distractions and reclaim control of your day.
If you’re thinking about going independent
How to Build a Business That Doesn’t Depend on You
Dan Gwalter’s operating model for a consulting, fractional or NED business with predictable clients and income you can actually rely on.
Take something with you
All 33 free toolsEvery guest leaves a worksheet, framework or template behind. They download straight away; we never ask for an email address.
Maker to Multiplier: 5 Questions Every Tech Lead Should Ask
Pat Kua’s free worksheet: five questions that move engineering leaders from writing code to multiplying the team’s impact through delegation.
Pat KuaPDF · 110 KB
The Manual of "Us"
Tom Day’s template for aligning a team before a project starts: roles, objectives, values, ways of working and what success actually looks like.
Tom DayPDF · 442 KB
The Manual of "Me"
Tom Day’s template for telling your team how you work: strengths, communication preferences and motivations. Build trust before conflict starts.
Tom DayPDF · 348 KBEverything here, and where to find it
Four kinds of thing, all cross-linked: every episode leaves a tool, every tool names its episode, and both are filed under a theme and a person.
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Practical conversations with people who've built and led world-class technology organisations.
Free tools
Worksheets, frameworks and templates from the guests. No sign-up, no email: just the file.
Start from the problem
All themesPick the thing in front of you and get the conversations, the worksheets and the events on it, together.
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New episode every other Tuesday. Follow on the platform you already use and the next conversation finds you: it’s the only thing we ever ask.