One of the most fascinating conversations I’ve had recently was during the keynote that I gave at Operations Nation’s conference, along with Hari Raghavan, founder & CEO of AbstractOps, whom I am lucky to support! We discuss:

* My career path, and the value of COOs to founders

* Why Operations is the core of the “Composable Enterprise”

* Why “systems thinkers” will be our future leaders

This is the first of two podcasts I’ll publish this week on the rise of Operations. Don’t hesitate to shoot me an email with your own thoughts on these provocative topics.

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