It Depends: Lessons in Technology Leadership podcast

It Depends: Lessons in Technology Leadership

Kevin Goldsmith brings you lessons and advice from decades in the technology industry.

Kevin Goldsmith brings you lessons and advice from decades in the technology industry.

 

#45

How to Handle Career Gaps and What CTOs Actually Do All Day

In this episode of It Depends: Lessons in Technology Leadership, Kevin returns from a summ... more

14 Sep 2025

46 MINS

46:56

14 Sep 2025


#44

ENCORE: The Myth of the Startup in a Large Company with Kevin Stewart

This is a repeat of an episode originally released on April 13, 2025 In October 2025, I wi... more

31 Aug 2025

1 HR 06 MINS

1:06:55

31 Aug 2025


#43

ENCORE: Building a technical career path at Spotify

This is a repeat of an episode originally released on March 2, 2025   In this episode of t... more

17 Aug 2025

45 MINS

45:38

17 Aug 2025


#42

ENCORE: Addressing the challenges of partially distributed engineering teams

This is a repeat of an episode originally released on August 4, 2024. In this episode of t... more

03 Aug 2025

34 MINS

34:15

03 Aug 2025


#41

ENCORE: Becoming a CTO

If you are on the technology management track, the final role is Chief Technology Officer.... more

20 Jul 2025

36 MINS

36:01

20 Jul 2025


#40

ENCORE: Fail Safe, Fail Smart... Succeed!

We discuss how critical failure is to innovation and how to handle it effectively. We disc... more

06 Jul 2025

58 MINS

58:51

06 Jul 2025


#39

Why I Wrote a Book: A Meta Episode on Self-Publishing and DIY Business

In this season finale, Kevin pulls back the curtain on his entire book-writing and self-pu... more

22 Jun 2025

45 MINS

45:12

22 Jun 2025


#38

Answers That Depend: Tech Leadership Q&A Part 3

In this third and final Q&A episode of the season, Kevin addresses three challenging quest... more

08 Jun 2025

42 MINS

42:02

08 Jun 2025


#37

Answers that Depend: Tech Leadership Q & A pt 2

Host Kevin Goldsmith responds to six listener questions covering common leadership and car... more

25 May 2025

42 MINS

42:48

25 May 2025


#36

Answers That Depend: Tech Leadership Q&A Part 1

In this first post-book Q&A episode, host Kevin Goldsmith dives into the real challenges t... more

11 May 2025

37 MINS

37:46

11 May 2025


#35

Succession for Scale

In this episode, Kevin shares the final chapter of It Depends: Writing on Technology Leade... more

27 Apr 2025

25 MINS

25:48

27 Apr 2025


#34

The Myth of the Startup in a Large Company with Kevin Stewart

In this special episode, Kevin Goldsmith is joined by longtime friend and peer Kevin Stewa... more

13 Apr 2025

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:45

13 Apr 2025


#33

Lessons From Creating The Spotify Technology Career Steps

In this episode of the "It Depends" podcast, host Kevin Goldsmith discusses the lessons le... more

30 Mar 2025

44 MINS

44:42

30 Mar 2025


#32

Spotify Technology Career Steps

In this episode of "It Depends: Lessons in Technology Leadership," host Kevin Goldsmith di... more

16 Mar 2025

50 MINS

50:40

16 Mar 2025


#31

Building a technical career path at Spotify

In this episode of the "It Depends" podcast, host Kevin Goldsmith shares his unique experi... more

02 Mar 2025

44 MINS

44:29

02 Mar 2025


#30

Changing Hiring Practices to Build a More Diverse Technology Organization

Are your hiring practices unintentionally limiting diversity in your organization? In this... more

16 Feb 2025

36 MINS

36:17

16 Feb 2025


#29

A diversity challenge: tech start-ups have a great opportunity

As major tech companies retreat from their commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion... more

02 Feb 2025

21 MINS

21:17

02 Feb 2025


#28

Building a Management Training Curriculum at Avvo

In Episode 27 of It Depends: Lessons in Technology Leadership, Kevin Goldsmith explores th... more

19 Jan 2025

29 MINS

29:58

19 Jan 2025


#27

Using Self-Selection to Create Journey Teams at Avvo

In this insightful episode of The It Depends Podcast, host Kevin Goldsmith, seasoned CTO a... more

05 Jan 2025

47 MINS

47:43

05 Jan 2025


#26

Thoughts on emulating Spotify’s matrix organization in other companies

In this episode of It Depends, host Kevin Goldsmith, a seasoned technology leader and CTO,... more

22 Dec 2024

44 MINS

44:06

22 Dec 2024


#25

The Spotify model: how to create, dissolve, and remix teams to be more dynamic and more innovative

In this episode of It Depends, host Kevin Goldsmith dives into Chapter 26 of his book It D... more

08 Dec 2024

30 MINS

30:22

08 Dec 2024


#24

Transcript of my speech from OPEX Week Summer 2018

Kevin Goldsmith, Chief Technology Officer and author of It Depends: Writing on Technology ... more

24 Nov 2024

24 MINS

24:23

24 Nov 2024


#23

Hiring Agile Coaches

In this episode of The It Depends Podcast, host Kevin Goldsmith dives into the intricacies... more

10 Nov 2024

35 MINS

35:14

10 Nov 2024


#22

Management and Systems Thinking

In this episode of It Depends host Kevin Goldsmith dives into the art of management throug... more

27 Oct 2024

30 MINS

30:50

27 Oct 2024


#21

Writing Useful Performance Reviews: Delivering the Review

In this episode of It Depends, Kevin Goldsmith wraps up his insightful series on crafting ... more

13 Oct 2024

37 MINS

37:21

13 Oct 2024