AI and the Future of Work

AI and the Future of Work with Allan Leinwand, Slack SVP of Engineering and Silicon Valley tech pioneer

May 21, 2020 Dan Turchin Season 1 Episode 23
AI and the Future of Work
AI and the Future of Work with Allan Leinwand, Slack SVP of Engineering and Silicon Valley tech pioneer
Show Notes

In this week’s episode of AI and the Future of Work, Slack Senior Vice President of Engineering Allan Leinwand shares how he’s leading his teams through the pandemic and what it means within Slack when CEO Stewart Butterfield says “we were made for this.” 

Allan helped develop, launch, and manage some of the most-loved technology products in history including Cisco’s routing products, Zynga’s social gaming backend, ServiceNow’s platform, and of course Slack. 

Listen and learn…

  • What it’s like to develop the app that quite literally makes it possible to WFH.
  • What teams that build iconic products do differently than others.
  • What technology trend will define the next decade like cloud and AI have defined the past decade.
  • How Allan defines his success as a leader.
  • What leaders need to do now to keep employees productive and create cultures that are stronger on the other side of COVID-19.