The Story of Software

S04E23 Diversity in Software Teams

Zartis Season 4 Episode 23

Marko Maunula, CTO at BeeHealthy talks about the importance of having diversity in software teams.


The Guest:

Marko Maunula is the CTO at BeeHealthy, a Helsinki-based healthcare company providing digital tools to make patient care more accessible and efficient.

In this episode, Marko shares insights from decades in tech leadership, reflecting on how to build high-performing, diverse teams in a regulated industry. From aligning organisational structure with product strategy to balancing compliance-minded engineers with boundary-pushing innovators, Marko offers a candid look at what makes teams click and where things can go wrong. 

We also explore the ethical and technical challenges of embedding AI in healthcare, the realities of hiring for complexity, and why a little internal friction might be exactly what a strong team needs.


Some highlights of this episode include:

  • Intentional Team Diversity
  • Balancing Speed and Compliance
  • AI Integration in Healthcare
  • Hiring Philosophy and Process
  • The Role of Conflict in High-Performing Teams
  • Mixed Reception of AI Co-pilots in Engineering


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