The Tech Exec Podcast with Aviv Ben-Yosef

Updated: 02 Dec 2025 • 328 episodes
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A short discussion of leadership improvements you can start using in your startup today as a technical executive, whether you are a CTO, CIO, VP Engineering, VP R&D, and so on.

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02 Dec 2025 • EN

Lessons Learned or Not

I recently had conversations with several founders and executives after their companies had a major success or failure. What we get out of these moments (other than financial success, if any) is what we learned and how we improved. This week's episode is about not wasting that! Lock special pricing for Unplugged with A

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Optimizing for the next step ahead of you can get you to a local maxima, but still lead you down the wrong path. As a leader, you cannot fall for greedy algorithm leadership! More in this week's episode. Unplugged with Aviv is currently on a reduced rate and once you join, you lock it for life! Grab a copy of my books,

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18 Nov 2025 • EN

The Hard Way

Sometimes, even when we're told exactly what mistake we're walking into, we still have to learn the "hard way." Otherwise, we could all spend a year reading a bunch of books and become perfect in whatever we set out to achieve. Yet, if we don't actually learn, we're wasting our time going through the toils of the hard

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11 Nov 2025 • EN

The Testing Hack

Just like we iterate on our products, we need to learn how to iterate effectively on our organizations. Framing things as experiments and tests makes it easier to gain momentum, reduces pushback, and helps get people to speak up. This week's episode is about the testing hack! Grab a copy of my books, Capitalizing Your

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04 Nov 2025 • EN

Bad Apples

I've yet to come across someone who had a shortage of excuses. When those are then used to justify not addressing problematic people because they are "critical," we create long-term cultural damage to the org that will be incredibly hard to undo. More in this week's episode! Please answer this single-question survey ab

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28 Oct 2025 • EN

Stop Digging

Death by a thousand papercuts often happens when we neglect particular issues, expecting us to have the opportunity to handle them "seriously" eventually. That neglect can be disastrous. Stop digging! Please fill out this single-question poll about the Rome Sessions. I'd would mean a lot to me! Get my free email course

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