28: Creating and Expert Community

How the Future Works

English - March 04, 2022 17:00 - 54 minutes - 43.4 MB
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In this episode Eleanor and Barry are joined by Adam Morehead from Topcoder, arguably the best community building platform in the industry. Topcoder have built a unique community of 1.7 million of the world’s best technologists. Over the past 20 years they have placed community building at the core of their offering. They combine regular virtual events with an annual in person event for the top performers in the community. The Topcoder Open has become the equivalent of the Olympics of engineering!

This week the team also discuss lessons learned from Rishad Tobaccowala, Stephen Bartlett, Elizabeth Daily’s How to Fail Podcast and Jay Shetty’s book Think Like a Monk.