From the Inside: The Podcast

Who are the people making organizations succeed with AI, and how do they do it with guilds and internal communities? We invited people who built human infrastructure at leading organizations to tell us what drove them, the challenges they faced, and what actually changed.

Episodes are in Hebrew. Every episode comes with a written summary of the key takeaways in English.

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The New Guild Model at Wix

Aviran Mordo, VP Engineering

Merging the development guilds into a single guild, inventing the xEngineer archetype, and why guilds matter even more in the AI era.

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Episode 25 · WixThe New Guild Model at WixAviran Mordo, VP EngineeringMerging the development guilds into a single guild, inventing the xEngineer archetype, and why guilds matter even more in the AI era.

Episode 24 · HiBobAI Champions Guilds at HiBobLihi Kab, Senior TPMHow the AI Champions guilds helped the company reach 100% tool adoption, significantly improve velocity, and more.

Episode 23 · HoneyBookThe Engineering Guild at HoneyBookBoaz Adato, Engineering Guild LeadHow the guild helped the company make the shift to AI and improve both velocity and the engineers' experience.

Episode 22 · SAPThe AI Community at SAPAsaf Bruner, Development ManagerHe started leading the company's AI community with partners 2 years ago: how it runs, the hard decisions along the way, and the impact it actually has.

Episode 21 · Rakuten ViberGuilds at Rakuten ViberPeleg Bahar9 global guilds help Viber manage development teams for users in 190+ countries: a structure that handles cultural challenges and drives knowledge sharing worldwide.

Episode 20 · HiBobThe Frontend Guild at HiBobDoron CyngiserIt has become a key tool that connects teams, boosts productivity and streamlines development. The model that turned it into a real growth engine.

Episode 19 · Applied MaterialsThe Reserve Duty Community at Applied MaterialsOren CohenHow it started, and how it affects employees at every level of the company.

Episode 18 · PlaytikaPlaytika's Global Professional CommunitiesKeren ItalianoBuilding global professional communities in a company with a unique and challenging organizational structure, and how Glue became part of the process.A Glue project

Episode 17 · General MotorsThe Ambassador Community at General MotorsShanny Ernst, Recruitment and Employer Branding ManagerThe story of how the company built its ambassador community.A Glue project

Episode 16 · MicrosoftThe Disability Community at Microsoft IsraelAdy Mor-Biran, Community leadBuilding a community at a company where diversity and inclusion are core values.

Episode 15 · LemonadeThe Frontend Guild at LemonadeShay Davidson, Guild leadBorn out of a shared wish to learn and grow professionally together: its impact on the organization and its developers, and how to connect developers who usually work on their own.

Episode 14 · AppsFlyerThe Team Leads Community at AppsFlyer R&DGuy Grinapell, Team lead and co-founder of the communityIt grew from the ground up, out of one team lead's initiative: how it was built, the challenges along the way, and its impact on a critical management layer.

Episode 13 · ONE ZEROGuilds at ONE ZEROHila ElkayamThe guilds at the digital bank grew out of knowledge sharing and a clear read of what people needed: spotting the need, building the guilds, and the wins along the way.

Episode 12 · TaboolaThe Product Analytics Guild at TaboolaLior SayfeldIt was born out of a real need: the insight behind it, the challenges along the way, and what the guild has produced.

Episode 11 · SalesforceThe LGBTQ+ Community at Salesforce IsraelMichal Porat, Lead of OutforceHow Salesforce's Israeli LGBTQ+ community was built, the sensitivity the topic requires, and the impact it makes inside the company and beyond.

Episode 10 · WixEngineering Guilds at WixAviran Mordo, Founder of the first guildWix is one of the great success stories of internal communities, or, to use the professional term, guilds. A walk through the unique model Wix developed.

Episode 9 · Microsoft IsraelThe New Employees Community at MicrosoftEli Belz, Service center manager, Microsoft HaifaAt the height of the pandemic, he founded the Starters, Microsoft Israel's new employees community. Here's the whole story.

Episode 8 · Intel IsraelThe AI Community at Intel IsraelDrory Shohat, Co-founder of the AI communityA look behind the scenes of a knowledge-sharing community that makes artificial intelligence accessible to professionals.

Episode 7 · MicrosoftThe Arab Employees Community at MicrosoftBahjat MusaFounded just 6 months ago and already making a big impact: the programs they've launched, the community, and what it has changed.

Episode 6 · IDFThe IDF Career Servicewomen CommunityWhen the community was founded, nobody knew what a community was, so nobody opposed it either. That turned out to be exactly what helped it grow into a platform for change.

Episode 5 · Clalit Health ServicesThe Nurses' Community at Clalit Health ServicesEti RosenbergOut of deep pain, she decided to build a Facebook community for all of Clalit's nurses. For 3 years now, they have been creating real change together.

Episode 4 · ElbitThe Innovation Community at ElbitHila Goldscher SassonInnovation that grows from the bottom up, and a community that embeds and nurtures it.

Episode 3 · MicrosoftThe 5 AM Club Community at MicrosoftShani BerkovichCreated to connect employees with each other during a time of social distancing, and to offer value beyond their day-to-day work.

Episode 2 · KPMGThe Power of Community at KPMGHen MeronOne of the Big Four accounting and advisory firms realized that communities are an effective way to retain people and build an employer brand.

Episode 1 · HP IsraelThe Women in Technology Community at HP IsraelChen CohenIt started as a commando unit of 20 women who learned to tell their personal stories inside the organization, and grew from there.