Mik + One: The Official Project to Product Podcast by Dr. Mik Kersten

Episode 11: Dominica DeGrandis on Increasing Developer Happiness

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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/

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