PALOcast: Recent Episodes
PALO IT: innovating in all things tech, design and Agile
Exploring the big questions in design, development and digital transformation—host Ivy Chan speaks to guests from across the business world. If you like to build (or hear about building) cool stuff, and believe in using tech as a force for good, you're in the right place.
In the final episode of our podcast series on LEAP coaching realm, Sylvain, Wesley, and Venetia delve into different coaching methodologies. They will explore topics like: What unifies these approaches? How do they vary? And how might we merge them?
In this episode, Coach Sylvain provides an overview of Embodied Coaching. He will share his own personal path that led him to embrace this coaching approach and explain why he considers it a valuable enhancement to his coaching repertoire. And to sweeten the deal, Sylvain will guide you through a brief embodiment exercise that he incorporates into his coaching sessions!
Links for references:
- Executive Coach International: https://ecicoaching.com/
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Mark Walsh’s Embodied Coaching Course: https://embodimentunlimited.com/cec/
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Embodied Coaching demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYT-5gef5oM
- Centering demo by Wendy Palmer: https://vimeo.com/85008647
- Leadership Embodiment: https://leadershipembodiment.com/
- Internal Family Systems: https://ifs-institute.com/
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Authentic Relating: https://authenticrelating.co/
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Narrative Coaching: https://www.themomentinstitute.com/
In this episode, coach Venetia shares her passion regarding this strange beast called Ontological Coaching. She tells us about her most memorable experiences while using Ontological coaching tools and what to look for in an Ontological Coach. Be prepared for a session packed with learnings about this holistic coaching approach!
In this episode, coach Wesley Boers lifts the curtain on Systemic Coaching. What led him to this type of coaching, what to expect in a Systemic Coaching session, what makes it an effective approach? Wesley tells you everything about Systemic Coaching and you’ll even get a chance to experience it for yourself!
In this episode, Wesley, Venetia and Sylvain present the coaching landscape they are going to explore in the upcoming episodes.
Ever thought how some of the world's most loved applications are created? The Redux show lifts up the hood and explore the magic that made these applications great!
For our 2nd episode, we have Surian (Senior Software Engineer) and Christopher (Software Engineering) sharing reverse engineering on an online money transfer platform, Wise (formerly TransferWise) and what are some other examples that made international money transfers smooth and easy!
Stay tuned for more!
Ever thought how some of the world's most loved applications are created? The Redux show lifts up the hood and explore the magic that made these applications great!
For our initial episode, we have Tharindu (Senior Software Engineer) and Nobel (Software Developer Web) sharing reverse engineering on video streaming platforms and what are the key features that make them popular!
Stay tuned for more!
Ever thought how some of the world's most loved applications are created? The Redux show lifts up the hood and explore the magic that made these applications great!
For our initial episode, we have Tharindu (Senior Software Engineer) and Nobel (Software Developer Web) sharing reverse engineering on video streaming platforms and what are the key features that make them popular!
Stay tuned for more!
Tools! Tips! Models!
In this last episode of our new podcast Everything you always wanted to know about coaching (but were afraid to ask) !...our coaches Venetia, Wesley, Tushar and Sylvain open their treasure chest!
What are the tools they use the most in their coaching?
What are the most effective models?
How to supercharge a coaching session?
We hope you enjoyed this series of episodes we specifically produced for the International Coaching Week 2022!
What we do is an expression of who we are. That’s why change is not easy. It requires some rewiring of our beliefs and world views. And the same goes for organizations: the way they operate is an expression of their culture. Mindset change brings culture change brings organizational change.
In this new episode of our new podcast Everything you always wanted to know about coaching (but were afraid to ask), our coaches share with you how they use coaching in their work with organizations and why it’s a key ingredient in their success as change agents.
They discuss various forms of interventions: team coaching, executive coaching, systemic coaching and how they complement each other.
Welcome to our third episode of Everything you always wanted to know about coaching (but were afraid to ask)!
Today our coaches Venetia, Wesley, Tushar and Sylvain share with you the ins and outs of launching and running an internal coaching program.
Why did a tech company like PALO IT decide to run such a program?
What are the benefits?
Why it’s become a key part of our culture?
How to design such a program?
In this new episode, our coaches discuss – among other things – the topic of this year’s International Coaching Week: “Reimagine the Future”.
Coaching is an important part of our culture at PALO IT - we coach our clients to help their teams and leaders transform, and we also coach our own employees through LEAP, our internal coaching program.
This year's International Coaching Week is the perfect opportunity to launch our new series: Everything you always wanted to know about coaching (but were afraid to ask)! Our intent with this series is to share tools, tips and stories around coaching with the community.
Join us in this first episode with PALO IT coaches Venetia Foo, Wesley Boers, Tushar Somaiya, and Sylvain Mahe.
Digital Transformation is often a challenge in any organisation, large or small. Everyone agrees that it must be done, but often, no one wants to take the bull by the horns and own that responsibility. On the contrary, this episode’s guest did take the lead and was successful in making that change within the very restrictive sector of public health in Hong Kong.
Raphael Hui, former Head of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Institute of Health IT and current Fellow at the Australasian Institute of Digital Health, joins us to discuss his path to public sector success, and his book on the subject “When Digital Done Right: Leading Digital Transformation in the Public Sector”.
Host Ivy Chan welcomes Shared Value Initiative HK CEO Gaëlle Loiseau.
Loiseau opens up about her major career shift towards positive impact, identifying material business risks and opportunities through the lens of ESG, and finding that sweet spot of profitability 💰 and sustainability 🌱
Find out more about Shared Value Initiative Hong Kong at sharedvaluehk.org.
Although it’s a technical strategy, DevOps has implications beyond that. Namely:
➕ more focus on improving business
➖ less idling due to communication and collaboration breakdowns
On the latest episode of PALOcast, Senior Developer & DevOps pro Jung Kim chats with host Ivy Chan about the crucial relationship between development and operations teams.
He also details his experiences helping organisations move past dated software development processes and waterfall project management, and onto the greener pastures of DevOps practices.
In celebration of International Women’s Day, #PALOcast host Ivy Chan sits down with Olevia Yuen, Talent Acquisition Specialist at PALO IT to talk about:
- Grappling with traditional gender roles in your career
- The strides and struggles of gender equality across different cultures
- Choosing support over competition
In this episode of PALOcast, PALO IT Founder & CEO Stanislas Bocquet takes a look at what digital developments are on the horizon, and touches on tips for companies looking to move their business model towards positive impact, shifting from:
- One-dimensional metrics 👉 effects on people, planet and profit
- Degenerative businesses 👉 sustainable and regenerative businesses
- Fixed mindsets 👉 growth mindsets
- Fragmented systems 👉 Agile organisations
You’ve probably heard the term tossed around, but what exactly is a Product Owner? A couple rules of thumb for the role:
- You need to be willing to get your hands dirty 👐
- You need to be confident, fair-minded and organized 🗃
- You need to be able to say “no” 🚫
In the latest episode of PALOcast, PALO IT Agile Product Owner (and Scrum Master, UX Researcher) Munkuey Matungulu speaks on her first-hand experience in the role, and seeing the effect it has on team efficiency and culture.
Senior Developer Helena Binková gets real with host Ivy Chan, speaking about her experience working in a discipline that’s still struggling to be approachable for women. The two touch on following in the footsteps of your mentors, self-learning and cultural differences as a woman working in IT.
Host Ivy Chan sits down with Jing Lei, PALO IT Managing Director Hong Kong, to explore how tech touches every part of an organization (not just IT), as well as current trends in digital transformation, and how these trends are being driven by our fast-changing market climate.
From transparency and trust between teams, to how we experience and resolve conflict, different cultures tend to organise, operate, and open up in very different ways. Are you part of a multi-cultural team? Listen in to Agile Coach Sophie Pagé and host Ivy Chan investigate the cultural challenges that accompany Agile transformation.
Have you considered positive impact as a differentiator in the business world? In this episode, host Ivy Chan connects PALO IT's two B Corp certified offices—Hong Kong and Singapore—to dig into the subject. Chan and Business Innovation Manger Michelle Ong talk expanding your metrics for success to better include employees, communities and the environment, the growing B Corporation movement, and its burgeoning relevance across the APAC region.
Host Ivy Chan grills Agile Coach Vitor Queiroz and Scrum Master Thomas Fung on reinventing workflows, finding their stride with Agile ceremonies, and addressing the common misunderstandings of Agile as a methodology.
In this episode of PALOcast, host Ivy Chan sits down with PALO IT designers Kevin Ng and Mubarak Marafa to talk product innovation, team dynamics, common misconceptions of designers, and more.