Varun Srinivas Founder & CEO of Therix.ai and Co-Founder at Coditas on Building Real-World AI Solutions

 

In this week’s episode of Discover Dialogues, Vikramsinh Ghatge—Senior Marketing Director and Editor-in-Chief at TechDogs—sits down with Deepak Visweswaraiah, Senior VP and MD at Pegasystems India, for a powerful conversation on the evolving role of leadership in today’s fast-paced, decentralized engineering world.

Together, they unpack how the rise of the platform economy has fundamentally changed the game. Expectations around speed, user experience, and delivery are sky-high—but many leaders are still measuring the wrong things. Deepak challenges this mindset, diving into how GenAI and low-code tools are empowering “citizen developers” and reshaping traditional engineering culture from the inside out.

Here’s what you’ll walk away with:

• The key difference between building scalable platforms vs. just exposing APIs

• Why developer experience is now a serious competitive edge

• How successful teams thrive on shared rituals—not individual brilliance

• The common leadership myths around speed, quality, and decision-making

• What’s missing in most tech leadership development programs

Deepak also shares how shifting from execution to strategy transformed his leadership journey—and reveals why asking the right questions matters more than having all the answers.

And yes, we get into:

• His perspective on the “vibe coding” trend

• How to avoid over-pivoting without losing momentum

• A simple but powerful leadership insight: “Don’t mistake decisiveness for clarity.”

Whether you're a product leader, CTO-in-training, or scaling a team—this is a real-world guide to leading with clarity in the chaos.

🎧 Tune in now, share your takeaways in the comments, and don’t forget to subscribe for more stories that bridge leadership and innovation.

👉 Listen to the full episode here.