Modern CTO

What if preparing your people to move on is the secret to attracting great talent in the first place? Today, we're talking to Sean Phelps, President of College Works. We explore how to run a business where most of the team turns over every year, why hiring on objective criteria can beat going with your gut, how a regular shadowing habit keeps even seasoned leaders sharp, and what a college degree is worth in the age of AI.

https://collegeworks.com/

What if the quantum threat everyone is preparing for isn't the one that will actually arrive first? Today, we're talking to Konstantinos Karagiannis, Senior Director of Quantum Computing Services at Protiviti.

We explore why "harvest now, forge later" deserves a place next to "harvest now, decrypt later," how falling qubit estimates are sharpening the Q Day timeline and what that means for Bitcoin and Ethereum, and how leaders can build crypto-agility and lead by building while there's still time to act.

If you want to hear more from Konstantinos, check out his show, The Post Quantum World Podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-post-quantum-world/id1564148665

What if the biggest AI risk in your company is the tool your team quietly adopted last week? Today, we're talking to Andrius Buinovskis, VP Product Strategy at NordLayer. We explore how shadow IT evolved into shadow AI as work moved into the browser, why the instinct to ban is giving way to securing use instead, what separates human AI from non-human AI, and how CTOs can start protecting data without slowing adoption.

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Today, we're talking to Mario Ciabarra, founder and CEO of Quantum Metric. We discuss why a generative AI demo that works in an afternoon proves almost nothing, how testing ten ideas against real customers beats betting on one big strategy, and why building a multibillion dollar company comes down to loving the daily grind more than anyone expects.

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What’s left for humans to do once AI is better at solving problems than we are? Today, we’re talking to Scott Aaronson, a theoretical computer scientist at UT Austin who has spent his career on quantum computing theory. We explore how AI is changing the way we do math and teach students, what it takes to keep increasingly capable systems aligned with human goals, and why one of computer science’s most famous puzzles, P versus NP, matters to everyday programmers.

All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!