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

Episode 15: Adrian Cockcroft on the CEO’s Most Critical Metric

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Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Adrian Cockcroft, VP of Cloud Architecture Strategy at Amazon Web Services.

In this episode, Mik and Adrian provide concrete advice on moving ahead in the digital world and cover many key discussion points including:

  • Insight into Adrian’s experiences establishing technical practices in organizations like eBay, Netflix and AWS
  • The importance of product-centred innovation in order to pave the path for faster success
  • Business agility, and why all organizations must have this in order to innovate and stay ahead of the competition
  • The importance of feedback loops when delivering software, with a key focus on the four stages of the OODA loop
  • The notion of ‘Flow Time’ or ‘Time to Value’ and why it is a crucial and powerful metric that all CEOs must prioritize
  • The use of VSM in order to achieve better decision making and build a scalable organization

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    For more information about Adrian Cockcroft, to view the full list of resources featured in this episode, and to download the episode transcript, visit:

    https://projecttoproduct.org/podcast/adrian-cockcroft/

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