Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Courtney Kissler, Chief Technology Officer at online retailer, Zulily.

In this episode, Mik and Courtney talk about Courtney's experience in driving technological transformations and cover many key topics such as:

- Courtney’s journey within DevOps and how her experience leading transformations at large enterprises including Nordstrom, Starbucks and Nike led her to Zulily
- The importance of fixed capacity and creating a generative culture where team members feel they can be honest and supported
- Value stream mapping and how this can help teams and organizations understand the dynamics of flow to increase the flow of value to customers
- Helping technology and business leaders understand what the leading indicators of success are and how to track them
- Tips to practise and adopt OKRs in order to promote learning and improvement

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For more information about Courtney Kissler and to view the full list of additional resources, visit:
https://projecttoproduct.org/podcast/courtney-kissler/

Episode 34: Courtney Kissler on Nike, Nordstrom, Starbucks and OKRs

In this episode, Mik is joined by Christian Idiodi, Partner at Silicon Valley Product Group.

In this episode, Mik and Christian talk about how to establish product management disciplines and other key topics including:

- Fascinating insights into how Christian got into product management, how he landed with Silicon Valley Product Group and insights about his own career
- Establishing product management disciplines at multiple levels of the organization and why it is an important catalyst to successful transformations
- The importance of good leadership and management, and why it’s crucial to establish stable teams that can learn, solve problems and deliver value to the customer
- Aligning OKR’s with culture and empowering teams to deliver greater value to customers
- Advice to this generation of leaders on coaching and key cultural initiatives that Christian has seen resonate at large enterprises

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For more information about Christian Idiodi and to view the full list of additional resources, visit:
https://projecttoproduct.org/podcast/christian-idiodi/

Episode 35: Christian Idiodi on Product Management at All Levels

In this special episode of Mik + One, Mik summarizes some of his favorite episodes from the last 18 months and provides insight into some of his key takeaways including:

- Interesting insights on scaling Agile and helping digital transformation succeed
- The importance of equity, diversity and inclusion on value streams
- The pivotal role of leadership’s responsibility on improving daily work
- Flow Metrics and OKRs as a match made in heaven
- How balancing portfolios to managing risk and debt can be a key enabler of innovation

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Episode 36: Summer Special with Dr. Mik Kersten

Since publishing best-selling book, Project to Product, technology business leader, Dr. Mik Kersten, has introduced transformative frameworks and ideas for delivering software at scale. He has given numerous standing room only keynotes and presentations worldwide and is an internationally recognized thought-leader.

In this podcast, Mik + One, nothing is off the record as Mik sits down with industry leading guests and delves into how they deliver value and drive digital transformations in their organizations.

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