Helping ambitious high achievers in tech to think better, lead stronger, and deliver more impact.
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Most of us end the day busy but not productive. In this episode, Zahra Saleh shares practical focus techniques, habit-building strategies, and neuroscience-backed tools to reduce distractions, improve productivity, and reclaim control of your day.
Episode 30
Former Microsoft leader Ben Pearce explains how engineers and technical teams can communicate complex ideas clearly, influence stakeholders, gain buy-in, and accelerate career growth using practical communication frameworks.
Episode 29
Former Amazon Bar Raiser Sean O’Neill explains how great hiring teams run interview debriefs, avoid bias, use blind voting, challenge assumptions, and make stronger hiring decisions. Essential listening for managers, interviewers, and candidates.
Episode 28
Former Amazon Bar Raiser Sean O’Neill explains how to run better interviews. Learn experiential questioning, the STAR method, and how to separate drivers from passengers, even when candidates arrive with polished stories or AI-assisted preparation.
Episode 27
Eloisa Tovee explores risks of artificial intelligence including bias, deepfakes, job impact, misinformation, online safety, and critical thinking, and what we may lose while chasing AI’s benefits.
Episode 26
Burnout often builds gradually before leaders suddenly hit the wall. Andy Skipper, CEO & Founder of CTO Craft, explains how CTOs and tech leaders recognise burnout, recover from it, and create healthier leadership environments.
Episode 25
The career advice you were given may be limiting your future. Discover why rigid career paths no longer work and how a shift in mindset can help you adapt, stay relevant, and go further in a world where roles and industries constantly change.
Episode 24
Build a consulting, fractional, or NED business you can rely on. Dan Gwalter shares a proven operating model for predictable clients, sustainable income, and confidence beyond corporate life.
Episode 23
If you have the seed of a business idea, this episode shows how to explore it safely. Learn how to turn a side hustle into a real business, build momentum, and create an exit from corporate life without quitting your job too soon.
Episode 22
Tech leader Freddie Quek explores digital exclusion, the Triple Bottom Line (Profit, Planet, People), and how the tech sector can drive inclusion at scale. Learn why 30% offline affects all of us, and what leaders can do today.
Episode 21
Get practical job interview tips to boost your interview confidence. Marylin Schlamkow shares how dating principles help you prepare, build rapport, and show your best self. A fresh approach for anyone wanting to ace an interview.
Episode 20
Meri Williams explains the six core skills for technical leadership. Learn how to assess your capabilities, map role expectations, and plan your career toward engineering director or CTO roles.
Episode 19
Learn the five levels of high-impact leaders and how to break the effort ceiling. Giorgos Ampavis explains why hard work stops working—and the shifts that help you increase your impact, progress faster, and avoid burnout.
Episode 18
A powerful conversation on carers in the workplace, hidden leadership skills, burnout, flexible working, and how employers can support and retain carers. Featuring leadership coach Kirsten Hurley.
Episode 17
Fix weak websites fast: sharpen messaging, add proof, speed up pages, simplify navigation, and optimise calls to action. A practical website optimisation guide for higher conversions.
Episode 16
Learn how to launch a company strategy that lands so everyone understands, owns, and delivers it with clarity and momentum.
Episode 15
Build a deliberate career with Bruce Pannaman’s framework: define outcomes, map strengths, pick the right roles, and plan long-term growth. Tech career strategy you can use today.
Episode 14
Retoucher Beth Perkins shares five quick photo edits to boost trust and brand impact—crop, exposure, white balance, vibrancy, and cleanup. Better headshots and product images fast.
Episode 13
Turnaround leader David Crawford’s five-step recovery: spot risks early, stabilise delivery, reset stakeholder trust, and ship under pressure. Includes a free tracker template.
Episode 12
Sam Grill reveals how candidates show impact and how managers run faster, fairer interviews. Great questions, better decisions, less bias—hire and get hired.
Episode 11
Dan Ashby replaces checkbox careers with impact-based growth: evidence, outcomes, and tools you can carry between roles. Get promoted for results, not effort.
Episode 10
Cheryl Warlow’s executive communication playbook: earn time, write emails leaders act on, lead with recommendations, handle tough questions, and land impact in the boardroom.
Episode 9
Coach Clem Pickering and Jeremy share a feedback playbook—timing, wording, and See-Think-Feel-Intent—to build trust, raise performance, and make 1:1s and reviews actually work.
Episode 8
Alya Lilani on turning values into daily behaviours that improve hiring, retention, and performance. Simple steps to define, embed, and live company values that work.
Episode 7
Creator Jack Ralph on beating posting fear, finding ideas, and making standout LinkedIn videos without fancy gear. Grow reach, win clients, and build a personal brand that converts.
Episode 6
Marylin Schlamkow turns job search into a sales pipeline: target lists, tailored outreach, storytelling, follow-ups, and CRM discipline to win interviews and offers faster.
Episode 5
Kevin McDonnell’s system for choosing what to learn, turning skills into confidence, and sharing to get noticed. Continuous learning tips to accelerate promotions and career growth.
Episode 4
Coach Charlotte Rooney on balancing results and relationships: clear expectations, kind candour, simple rituals, and momentum. Build healthy, high-performing teams without burnout.
Episode 3
Aaron Norris’ method to clarify your future, define success, and take daily action. Move from goal-setting to goal-getting with a structured plan you can start today.
Episode 2
Ellinor shares science-backed habits for happiness now—clarity, choices, daily practices—so success is sustainable. A practical wellbeing guide for ambitious professionals.
Episode 1
Hosts Jeremy Burns and Jack Coles share the mission and format: sharp, practical conversations on career, leadership, delivery, and tools you can use. What to expect from Build Your Edge.
The Build Your Edge Podcast helps ambitious professionals and leaders think sharper, lead stronger, and deliver better results. Each episode cuts through the noise with practical insights and real-world stories from people who’ve been there, done it, and learned what works. Because you don’t need more talk: you need an edge.
Helping ambitious high achievers in tech to think better, lead stronger, and deliver more impact.
If you want to move fast in your tech career, you’re in the right place. This is where ambitious people come to sharpen their thinking, upgrade their leadership, and learn from experts who’ve actually delivered at the highest level.
Every episode gives you something practical you can use straight away; clear insight, proven methods, real momentum.
We’re here to help you perform better, deliver more value, and progress faster in your career.
Audience first
We focus on helping you — not promoting the guest, and definitely not the host.
Specific topic
Each guest brings one focused topic that speaks directly to high achievers in tech.
Insight you can act on today
Every episode leaves you with a tool, guide, or template you can download and use immediately.
