Boss Level Podcast
Boss Level Podcast
Sami Honkonen
Boss Level is a podcast on people and organizations aiming for the boss level. Boss level is the status a person or an organization achieves by making a better quality of life for themselves and others by doing what they need to do regardless of all the haters and obstacles out there.
Wolt CTO Niilo Säämänen on scaling
For this episode I’m chatting with Niilo Säämänen, the CTO of Wolt. Wolt is a delivery platform company that was recently acquired by DoorDash for billions of dollars. We talk about scaling fast while maintaining an environment focused on developer happiness.
Nov 29, 2022
31 min
Laura Tarkka on working in M&A, then becoming CFO and CEO
For this episode I’m interviewing Laura Tarkka, the CEO of Gigantti. Gigantti is the largest home electronics retail chain in Finland. Laura has a very interesting career starting in mergers and acquisitions, then moving to the role of a CFO and then CEO. We talk about these transitions and lessons learned along the way.
Nov 8, 2022
35 min
Zoe Chance on influence
Interview with Zoe Chance, a Yale professor and author of Influence is Your Superpower.
Oct 25, 2022
25 min
Rutger Bregman on human nature
Interview with bestselling author Rutger Bregman. We discuss how we should move to a more benevolent view of human nature and how that would change the way we run our companies.
Jun 15, 2022
39 min
Josh Seiden on outcomes over output
Discussion with Josh Seiden on outcomes over outputs. How we should be focused on the change in behavior we want to create and not on the specific things we make.
May 31, 2022
29 min
Kati Levoranta on Power-to-X
Interview with Kati Levoranta on power-to-X, contracting, learning and how to keep yourself in good working order.
May 17, 2022
30 min
Elements of Agile that improve your EBITDA - an interview with Olli Salo
An interview with Olli Salo, a McKinsey partner, on large-scale agile transformations.
May 3, 2022
42 min
Otto Hilska: When you don't know what to do with your life, start a company
Otto Hilska is a serial entrepreneur and currently the founder and CEO of Swarmia, a platform for accelerating product development. Previously he worked with Smartly and founded Flowdock. We talk about his lessons in running companies.
Apr 21, 2022
42 min
Stan McChrystal on risk preparedness
An interview with retired US Army general Stanley McChrystal. We talk about how to prepare for risks.
Apr 5, 2022
43 min
Secret episode
Don't not tell anyone.
Mar 24, 2022
1 min
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