Episodes

  • HS093: Strategic Trust-Building Among Ops, Engineering, Architecture – and Leadership

    HS093: Strategic Trust-Building Among Ops, Engineering, Architecture – and Leadership
    Jan 28 2025
    Billy Joel had it right: It’s a matter of trust. Too often Operations, Engineering, and Architecture teams don’t trust one another–and nobody trusts leadership (and vice versa!). Special guest (and PacketPushers host) Scott Robohn joins us to talk about how to build trust, and the special role of an Operations Architect. Episode Guest: Scott Robohn, ... Read more »
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    36 mins
  • HS092: Make a Plan…and Change It!

    HS092: Make a Plan…and Change It!
    Jan 14 2025
    It’s better to plan for your IT strategy than not. But sometimes circumstances arise such that the plan, no matter how well conceived, just doesn’t work any more. On today’s Heavy Strategy, we explore how and why you should change a plan in the context of IT and business objectives. Sometimes this means small changes... Read more »
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    31 mins
  • HS091: The Game Has Changed: Security Strategy After Salt Typhoon and the Pager-Bomb Hack

    HS091: The Game Has Changed: Security Strategy After Salt Typhoon and the Pager-Bomb Hack
    Dec 17 2024
    Recent events have driven home a simple fact: neither your devices nor your network services can be trusted totally, and they could all be turned against you, possibly fatally. Join us as we discuss the harsh realities of the evolving cybersecurity space, and how enterprise leaders in and out of IT need to change their... Read more »
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    31 mins
  • HS090: AI Regulations: What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You!

    HS090: AI Regulations: What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You!
    Dec 3 2024
    This has been a big year for AI regulation, from the EU AI Act to the much hyped California SB1047, currently in limbo. With things bubbling along across the country, and at the federal level, and internationally, there’s a lot going on and IT folks should be keeping current and planning to meet a changing... Read more »
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    36 mins
  • HS089: Return to the Office: What’s Next?

    HS089: Return to the Office: What’s Next?
    Nov 19 2024
    ​​Some high-profile companies like Amazon are mandating all employees return to the office, full time. Justifications, when given, mostly revolve around productivity and innovation. We say, whoa there! The data don’t back up the idea that hybrid and remote work hurt productivity (kind of the opposite) or innovation, and the real justifications likely lie elsewhere.... Read more »
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    28 mins
  • HS088: Combating Analysis Paralysis

    HS088: Combating Analysis Paralysis
    Nov 5 2024
    Analysis paralysis is a huge problem in IT – we “study” and “evaluate” and “keep on our radar” but then all too often have a choice and a need to act thrust upon us, and need to switch modes fast. How do we try to get more mileage out of the studying to get leverage... Read more »
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    34 mins
  • HS087: Alkira’s Multi-Cloud NaaS Bridges Networking and Security (Sponsored)

    HS087: Alkira’s Multi-Cloud NaaS Bridges Networking and Security (Sponsored)
    Oct 29 2024
    Startup Alkira has built a Network as a Service (NaaS) offering that extends from on prem to public cloud and multi-cloud. Today’s sponsored episode of Heavy Strategy digs in to Alkira’s capabilities in multi-cloud networking, security, automation, and cost transparency. Guest Manan Shah, SVP of Product at Alkira, explains how Alkira simplifies network management, enhances... Read more »
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    35 mins
  • HS086: [Next] Highlights: Drone to Titan, and More!

    HS086: [Next] Highlights: Drone to Titan, and More!
    Oct 22 2024
    In this episode, John and Johna share the findings from the recent [Next] conference that most inspired them: How to project-manage an 18-year effort to put a drone on Titan, why AI algorithms need to consider the factor of time, how to train robots, and why effective storytelling is an essential tool in a technology... Read more »
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    33 mins