Behind the Product Podcast

One of our key software partners, SEP, recently invited me to be a guest on their podcast, Behind the Product. I had a great time discussing my career, digital transformation, and the Rolls-Royce Software Factory. You can listen to the episode at the link above, in the embedded player(s) below, or on your favorite podcast platform (Apple, Spotify, or Google)

Highlights

I've put together a few highlights with timestamps below in case it's helpful:

• 5:10 - Hobbies, Ikigai Framework, Early days
• 6:15 - Software Factory Origin Story
• 15:07 - Citizen Developer Model
• 16:27 - New Approval Process
• 18:15 - Software Factory's Pull vs. Push model / Learn to Fly
• 22:42 - Software Factory's Be A Copilot model
• 25:40 - Catalyst Platform
• 27:55 - Organizational Influence
• 31:28 - Managing Bureaucracy
• 39:18 - Advice for others
  • 39:18 - hold the vision
  • 39:39 - doin` culture
  • 40:38 - value flywheel
  • 41:08 - making mistakes
• 43:20 - Scaling & Future Plans