The Catalyst by Softchoice
A documentary-style podcast about how IT leaders tackle high-stakes transformations.
Each episode weaves together real voices, expert insights, and compelling narratives that reveal universal challenges and practical wisdom.
Season 7: "Small Teams, Big Dreams" explores the human stories behind IT transformations—from AI adoption experiments to burnout crises, from toxic job markets to infrastructure decisions that matter. These aren't polished case studies. These are authentic accounts from IT professionals navigating the same impossible gaps between expectations and resources that you face every day.
From Softchoice, a World Wide Technology company.
Podcasting since 2020 • 101 episodes
The Catalyst by Softchoice
Latest Episodes
The Save Money Episode: Foundation Over Flash
Everyone's chasing AI. Meanwhile, most organizations are wasting 25-30% of their software budget on tools nobody uses.In this episode, we meet James Malek, Senior VP of IT Infrastructure at Lexitas, who inherited chaos—45 acquisitions in...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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20:56
The School’s Broken Episode: What AI Did to Education—And Who's Fixing It
AI is transforming education—but not evenly, and not easily.In this episode of The Catalyst, we step inside classrooms, school boards, and districts, navigating the AI revolution with tight budgets, limited staff, and high stakes for stu...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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27:43
The Small Teams Episode: When IT Needs to Punch Above Its Weight
Enterprise expectations. Startup-sized teams. And zero margin for failure.Across museums, national parks, retail stores, and nonprofit organizations, mid-market IT leaders are being asked to do more than ever—with fewer people, tighter b...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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24:33
The AI Failure Episode: Why Asking the Wrong Question is To Blame
When mid-market IT leaders call about AI, most ask the wrong question. Instead of “What problem are we solving?” they jump straight to “Which LLM should we use?” — a mindset that helps explain why 95% of AI pilots fail to deliver measurable bus...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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28:01
The AI Recruitment Episode: Why Tech Hiring is Getting Harder
937 applications. 42 interviews. 80 days. That's what it took one experienced data scientist to land a job in 2025—and he's one of the lucky ones.In this episode of The Catalyst, we follow two tech professionals through what they call "t...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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19:47