Podcast: Takes on Talent: Best of 2025

This “Best of 2025” edition brings together standout moments from the leaders who defined the year. Oz revisits conversations with Russell Foltz-Smith, Advisor, AI Strategist, and EVP of Product of Smarter Sorting; Amos Schwartzfarb, CEO Coach, Advisor, and Author, and Formerly MD of Techstars Austin; Ozge Gunaydin Erturk, CMO of FloSports and former Amazon leader; Kevin Dooley, CHRO of Q² Solutions and former executive of Deutsche Bank, Colgate Palmolive, and PepsiCo; Tim Rains, VP and CISO of ADT and former Microsoft and Amazon security leader; Tara May, CEO of Aspiritech; and Mariano Filippini, Founder of Gen-FC, Formerly of TelevisaUnivision and Miami Sharks. Each highlight shares a moment where these leaders challenged how we hire, how we lead, and how we understand talent, spanning AI and human connection, neurodiversity in tech, leadership under pressure, global sports, and the mindset needed to build high-performing teams.

Dec 17, 2025
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Podcast: Takes on Talent: Best of 2025

Podcast: Takes on Talent: Best of 2025

This “Best of 2025” edition brings together standout moments from the leaders who defined the year. Oz revisits conversations with Russell Foltz-Smith, Advisor, AI Strategist, and EVP of Product of Smarter Sorting; Amos Schwartzfarb, CEO Coach, Advisor, and Author, and Formerly MD of Techstars Austin; Ozge Gunaydin Erturk, CMO of FloSports and former Amazon leader; Kevin Dooley, CHRO of Q² Solutions and former executive of Deutsche Bank, Colgate Palmolive, and PepsiCo; Tim Rains, VP and CISO of ADT and former Microsoft and Amazon security leader; Tara May, CEO of Aspiritech; and Mariano Filippini, Founder of Gen-FC, Formerly of TelevisaUnivision and Miami Sharks. Each highlight shares a moment where these leaders challenged how we hire, how we lead, and how we understand talent, spanning AI and human connection, neurodiversity in tech, leadership under pressure, global sports, and the mindset needed to build high-performing teams.

Podcast: Takes on Talent: Best of 2025

This “Best of 2025” edition brings together standout moments from the leaders who defined the year. Oz revisits conversations with Russell Foltz-Smith, Advisor, AI Strategist, and EVP of Product of Smarter Sorting; Amos Schwartzfarb, CEO Coach, Advisor, and Author, and Formerly MD of Techstars Austin; Ozge Gunaydin Erturk, CMO of FloSports and former Amazon leader; Kevin Dooley, CHRO of Q² Solutions and former executive of Deutsche Bank, Colgate Palmolive, and PepsiCo; Tim Rains, VP and CISO of ADT and former Microsoft and Amazon security leader; Tara May, CEO of Aspiritech; and Mariano Filippini, Founder of Gen-FC, Formerly of TelevisaUnivision and Miami Sharks. Each highlight shares a moment where these leaders challenged how we hire, how we lead, and how we understand talent, spanning AI and human connection, neurodiversity in tech, leadership under pressure, global sports, and the mindset needed to build high-performing teams.

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