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. Tune in for a new episode every two weeks! Subscribe to the Mik + One podcast today so you never miss an episode. Follow Mik on Twitter: @mik_kersten #MikPlusOne www.projecttoproduct.org
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episode 11: Episode 11: Dominica DeGrandis on Increasing Developer Happiness
In this episode of Mik + One, the official Project to Product podcast, Mik is joined by Dominica DeGrandis, Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop and Author of “Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow.”
In this episode, Mik and Dominica cover a variety of topics, including:
- Reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on organizations, and advice for leaders, teams and individuals to get through this time and find their own flow
- Exploration into how Dominica’s work in ‘Making Work Visible’ applies at the individual, team and organization levels
- Leadership’s role in acknowledging employee burnout and working to improve it in order to increase employee confidence, innovation and engagement during the Turning Point
- Getting Work in Progress (WIP) under control in order to improve flow
- The concept of Flow Safety, and why it is critical in making structural changes and seeing successful results
- The importance of experimentation when removing bottlenecks, and how it can help to increase team happiness and productivity
- Why exposing dependencies is critical in order to make fast decisions that produce results, reduce wait times, and reduce WIP
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For more information about Dominica DeGrandis, to view the full list of resources featured in this episode, and to download the episode transcript, visit:
https://projecttoproduct.org/podcast/dominica-degrandis/