What does it take to build world-class robotics teams?

What does it take to build world-class robotic teams?

host: sabrina battison

GUESTS: Tracy Simek, Hiten Sonpal, and Ira Renfrew

location: TD GARDENS, boston

What’s this podcast all about?

Sabrina Battison, leader of House of Visionaries Scale, was joined by three of the sharpest people leaders in robotics – Tracy Simek (Locus Robotics), Hiten Sunpao (Rise Robotics) and Ira Renfrew (Familiar Machines and Magic), to explore what it really takes to build, lead and scale a world-class robotics team.

A must-listen for people leaders building teams in deeply technical, multidisciplinary environments.

In this podcast, Tracy, Hiten and Ira share their insight on managing conflict across disciplines, who really owns company culture, and how robotics companies are embedding AI into the way they work — without falling into the trap of AI for AI’s sake.

Topics kicked around:
✨ Why conflict is inevitable in robotics – and how strong teams are trained to use it
✨ Who really owns culture: the CEO, the people team, or both?
✨ How to build a “10X org” – scaling through people, process and tools
✨ Implementing AI into culture without it backfiring
✨ Why your next great robotics hire might not be a roboticist at all