In this episode — DocuSign's VP of Engineering (Loïc Houssier) chats about the lessons he learned as a leader while his company underwent a re-organization.

• 1:53 - Reorgs not driven by growth
• 2:43 - Accepting change as a manager
• 3:50 - Product company moving towards portfolio company
• 5:30 - How to organize your company to manage innovation
• 9:04 - How a new idea or project becomes a revenue stream
• 12:09 - The mindset of incremental innovation
• 14:14 - Affects of a GM approach
• 16:43 - Learning from every manager
• 17:24 - Biases aside
• 18:45 - Changing the definition of “done”
• 19:51 - Thinking about the business value
• 22:05 - Managing expectations
• 26:43 - Difference in friction zones
• 29:30 - Empowered or not?
• 31:46: Emotional vs rational
• 33:58 - Providing space and then moving on

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