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In toDEI's episode, we discuss the past, the present, and the future of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the tech field. Starting with the basics, like what DEI actually means and what's its purpose, but also addressing more complex topics, like the importance of having diverse leadership, how to measure DEI, and how to build a proper DEI strategy. Come as you are and join the talk with our guests, Cassandra Shapiro & Jasmin Assulin.   Guests Cassandra Shapiro is Reaktor's Global Head of DEI. Together with Jasmin Assulin from deidei she is working to embed DEI into Reaktor's global strategy and operational practises. She has a background in communications and marketing at social enterprises.  Jasmin Assulin is the CEO and co-founder of the Helsinki-based DEI agency deidei and an award-winning DEI professional. Following a collaboration with Reaktor in 2021, the collaboration expanded and deidei was brought on to be the external partner for Reaktor’s global DEI efforts.   Hosts Anna Fröblom is a great programmer, problem-solver, hobby photographer, lego enthusiast, and simply a nice person. Oles Datsko is a tech impostor and Fork Pull Merge Push podcast producer who oftentimes cannot resist and chips in to the conversation. In his free time, Oles loves making silly art and taking his cat Miksi on adventures.   References Dear Future Colleague, I learned to embrace my neurodiversity as a developer. And so can you.  Dear Tech Industry: How to be a good ally to women The digital rights of LGBTQ+ communities: Five steps towards an inclusive design process DEI requires vision, persistence, and patience About Reaktor Fork Pull Merge Push is a podcast created for developers by developers. It’s brought to you by Reaktor, a global technology consultancy that designs, builds, and scales transformative digital products for today’s most forward-thinking companies. 

We continue discussing the future of work, and in today’s episode, we look at it from the AI angle. What can we expect from AI democratization, and what are the dangers of AI hype? Is today’s AI-assisted software development any better than just auto-fill? How to make sense of the emerging generative models and expand your creativity? Tune in as we address these and more questions with our guests Johan Himberg and Jimi Hyvärinen. Guests Jimi Hyvärinen is an Art Director with a strong background in visual storytelling through films and photography. He is also a big tech geek and loves approaching briefs through tech glasses. He’s always hungry to create unexpected concepts. For the past five-plus years, he has been working with big global brands locally in Finland, as well as at the Nordic level. He’s experienced in building brands that operate in all Nordic countries.  Johan Himberg has been marinated in working with data and AI-related things in research, start-ups, and corporations for 25 years. His field is currently called data science or even artificial intelligence. Hosts Anna Fröblom is a great programmer, problem-solver, hobby photographer, lego enthusiast, and simply a nice person. Oles Datsko is a tech impostor and Fork Pull Merge Push podcast producer who oftentimes cannot resist and chips in to the conversation. In his free time, Oles loves making silly art and taking his cat Miksi on adventures.   References Elements of AI — free online courses developed by Reaktor in partnership with the University of Helsinki and designed to be empowered, not threatened, by artificial intelligence. Together, they built the Elements of AI to teach the basics of AI to people from a wide range of backgrounds. Do You Really Need Artificial Intelligence in Your Softwate? — Fork Pull Merge Push s2e2 jambo - maailma — music video created with Stable Diffusion About Reaktor Fork Pull Merge Push is a podcast created for developers by developers. It’s brought to you by Reaktor, a global technology consultancy that designs, builds, and scales transformative digital products for today’s most forward-thinking companies.

Is the future of work co-located, hybrid, or online? How can we efficiently integrate design & development teams around agile ways of working? Are there any shortcuts in that process? Our guests, Gabi & Panu, bring unique theoretical and practical perspectives to the table. Tune in and share this with your teammates. Guests Panu Korhonen is a designer and has been in this business since -86. That is NINETEEN-eighty-six - almost 40 years ago. So he has seen quite a lot of different ways of doing design and development of digital products. Most of the design processes have been quite bad. Therefore, he is constantly looking for ways to shake the thinking on this, especially his own. Gabriella Ingman is an agile coach, in her 6th year at Reaktor. She facilitates, trains and coaches individuals, teams, and organizations through change toward better Monday mornings for employees, customers, and the organization as a whole. We observe, analyze and then help the customer find the best ways forward. Host Anna Fröblom is a great programmer, problem-solver, hobby photographer, lego enthusiast, and simply a nice person. References Reaktor’s training, coaching, and transformation services;  Marty Cagan Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group); Manifesto for Agile Software Development; Designer’s four roles in agile development; Malan, Pais, Skelton Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow; Niklas Modig, Pär Åhlström This is Lean; Marshall B. Rosenberg , Deepak Chopra Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life; Sociocracy 3.0 online tools; Daniel J. Siegel Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation; Richard J. Hackman Collaborative Intelligence: Using Teams to Solve Hard Problems   About Reaktor Fork Pull Merge Push is a podcast created for developers by developers. It’s brought to you by Reaktor,  a creative technology partner for forward-thinking companies and societies, based in Helsinki, New York, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Lisbon, and Tokyo. We at Reaktor are looking for exceptional talent and new friends.  Check our open positions and apply now!

Is development becoming obsolete? We invited Miku and Pauliina to talk about software engineering — how the roles have been shaping, what the current trends and challenges are, and how we can shape the future of our profession. Tune in and join our semi-practical, semi-philosophical conversation. Guests Pauliina started her career as a communications consultant, but slowly life took her back to her childhood hobby - coding. She moved all the way to Australia to study at a coding bootcamp and has now been working as a software developer for over 5 years. She still thinks it was the best decision of her life. What she loves most about coding is how tangible it feels to build software one piece at a time and how rewarding it is to solve problems with technology. In her free time,, you will find her on a yoga mat or wandering in a forest. With nearly 20 years of experience, Mikael is a passionate, future-oriented technology leader with a cultivated interest in cutting-edge technologies and the methodologies of creating exceptional digital products. While he currently has limited time to actually code at work, he still does it as a hobby. Mikael is a fan of functional programming and loves exploring new tech, surfing, and cooking. Mikael’s core expertise and interests are the design of technology organizations, technology strategy, business, and digital strategy, innovation, software and enterprise architectures, modern process methodologies, modern leadership, self-organization, systems thinking, data, and AI. Host Anna Fröblom is a great programmer, problem-solver, hobby photographer, lego enthusiast, and simply a nice person. Guest Host Ross Langley is a human-centered designer from Reaktor Helsinki. He loves helping teams excel in challenging environments. Ross shines when he does concept modeling, validates ideas, or makes celebrity impressions.  References: Malan, Pais, Skelton: Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow Cagan: Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group) Forsgren, Humble, Kim: Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations Google Cloud 2022: Announcing the 2022 Accelerate State of DevOps Report: A deep dive into security About Reaktor Fork Pull Merge Push is a podcast created for developers by developers. It’s brought to you by Reaktor,  a creative technology partner for forward-thinking companies and societies, based in Helsinki, New York, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Lisbon, and Tokyo. We at Reaktor are looking for exceptional talent and new friends. Check our open positions and apply now!