Mik + One: The Official Project to Product Podcast by Dr. Mik Kersten - Episode 45: Jean-Michel Lemieux on Building Great Software to Maximize Business Impact

Episode 45: Jean-Michel Lemieux on Building Great Software to Maximize Business Impact

05/04/22 • 60 min

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

Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Jean-Michel Lemieux, author, investor, advisor, and former CTO and SVP of Engineering at Shopify. In this episode, Mik and Jean-Michel discuss a wide range of topics around engineering, architecture, scale, organizational design, and flow. Key discussions include:

How Lemieux approached his role at Shopify, and insights into some of the actions he took to turn Shopify into a platform to create business value
The importance of identifying the type of work you’re doing in order to innovate and improve the velocity of your software evolution
Structuring teams to ensure developer happiness, productivity, and success
The importance of feedback loops and viewing platform as a product
How to make an economic case to CEOs on why leadership needs to recognize digital platforms as important economic assets and investments

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For more information about Jean-Michel Lemieux and to view the full list of resources mentioned in this episode, as well as download the transcript, visit: https://projecttoproduct.org/podcast/jean-michel-lemieux/

How Lemieux approached his role at Shopify, and insights into some of the actions he took to turn Shopify into a platform to create business value
The importance of identifying the type of work you’re doing in order to innovate and improve the velocity of your software evolution
Structuring teams to ensure developer happiness, productivity, and success
The importance of feedback loops and viewing platform as a product
How to make an economic case to CEOs on why leadership needs to recognize digital platforms as important economic assets and investments

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Previous Episode

Episode 44: Geordie Henderson on Implementing Organizational Design and Innovation to Scale High-Performing Teams

Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Geordie Henderson, General Manager of AWS Messaging and Streaming at Amazon Web Services, and previously the VP of Engineering at Hootsuite.

In this episode, Mik and Geordie share insights into organizational design and innovation to build, integrate and lead successful software organizations, as well as other key topics including:

An overview of Geordie’s experience in scaling high-performing teams at Amazon Web Services and Hootsuite, and advice to leaders on the missteps to avoid
Implementing the correct team structures and dynamics when optimizing flow for business outcomes
How to successfully approach creating microservices teams and managing product needs
The concept of Single Threader Owners (STOs) and the role of product and engineering leadership when organizing around products vs. technology
Input versus output metrics and the importance of having set goals when evolving team structure
Advice to leaders on creating the dynamic and structure required for driving innovation within the organization

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For more information about Geordie Henderson and to view the full list of resources mentioned in this episode, as well as download the transcript, visit: https://projecttoproduct.org/podcast/geordie-henderson/

Next Episode

Episode 46: Sejal Amin on Lasting Organizational Change that Drives Innovation

Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Sejal Amin, current Chief Product and Technology Officer for Khoros, where she leads global product development teams to build great experiences for customers.
In this episode, Mik and Sejal discuss a wide range of topics around continuous improvement, team health, organizational design, and flow.
Key discussions include:

Lessons Sejal learned from making the shift from project to product and barriers to overcome when making that shift
The importance of team culture and emphasizing the health of the team
Strategies to accelerate and make lasting organizational changes that focus on outcomes; including an example of a structure and data-driven environment in which teams can thrive
Proven tools that increase team performance to effectively work around data and flow
Structuring a product and team hierarchy that is conducive to a successful project to product transformation that enables continuous learning, improvement and innovation

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