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 28: Episode 28: Pieter Jordaan on TUI’s Incredible 6-Month Cloud Journey
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Pieter Jordaan, Group CTO at TUI, the world’s leading integrated tourism group operating in more than a hundred destinations worldwide.
In this episode, Mik and Pieter discuss Pieter’s contribution to TUI’s successful transformation to cloud and product value streams, as well as other key discussion points including:
- Pieter’s background and how he came to work for TUI, where the company was when he met Mik and the kind of business they were doing at that time
- How Pieter approached the transformation to consolidate the company’s different organization structures, operating models and IT systems
- The importance of visibility and choosing the right technology platform to provide a modern operating model for the entire business
- How the pandemic changed travel and made TUI look at massive cost savings and readopt a startup day mentality to continue their digital transformation journey
- Convincing leadership to buy into this transformation and everyone at the company to shift
- The critical process of allowing people to make mistakes and why managing risks shouldn’t be the first starting position
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