Mik + One: The Official Project to Product Podcast by Dr. Mik Kersten
Episodes
Episode 62: Gene Kim on the Evolution of Product Operating Models in the World of AI
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mik Kersten is joined by Gene Kim—author of The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project—for a deep dive into Vibe Coding, his upc...
Episode 61: Patrick Debois, The “Godfather of DevOps,” on AI, Automation, and Innovation
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Patrick Dubois. Often referred to as the Godfather of DevOps, Patrick shares his insights on the evolving ...
Episode 60: Robin Yeman and Dr. Suzette Johnson on Implementing Lean, Agile, and DevOps Principles
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One are industry luminaries Dr. Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman. Suzette and Robin explore the integration of lea...
Episode 59: McKinsey + Company’s Martin Harrysson & Megha Sinha on Maximizing Business Value Through Product Operating Models
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Harryson & Megha Sinha Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One are Martin Harryson & Megha Sinha from McKinsey & Company. With a...
Episode 58: Steve Mayner on Implementing Pragmatic AI in the Enterprise
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Dr. Steve Mayner, a revered expert and coach in digital leadership, organizational change strategy, contin...
Episode 57: Gene Kim on "Wiring the Winning Organization," Unlocking High-Performance Organizations
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is technology luminary Gene Kim. Gene Kim is an esteemed author and technology thought leader with over two d...
Episode 56: GitHub’s Scott Densmore on the Copilot Revolution, Coding at the Speed of Thought
14 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Scott Densmore, VP of Engineering at GitHub, to discuss the future of connected work and the impact of Git...
Episode 55: Professor Mohan Sawhney: Rethinking Product Management with AI
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Professor Mohan Sawhney, Associate Dean of Digital Innovation and a Clinical Professor of Marketing at Nor...
Episode 54: Dr. Pallab Chatterjee on Digital Transformation Waste
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Pallab Chatterjee, a visionary entrepreneur and technology expert. Pallab is currently the chairman of 3Li...
Episode 53: George Kadifa on Generative AI
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is technology visionary George Kadifa to discuss generative AI and its potential impact on the tech industry....
Episode 52: Mik Kersten on the 2023 Project to Product State of the Industry Report
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mik + One, we’re flipping the script! Debbie Konrad, an early Value Stream Management advocate, interviews Mik. The two discuss ...
Episode 51: Carol Houle on Strategic Digital Transformations
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Carol Houle, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Financial Services and Insurance at Atos. With over ...
Episode 50: Former Ford CEO Mark Fields on the Value of a Unified Vision
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Mark Fields, Senior Advisor to TPG Capital, a member of Planview's board of directors, and former CEO of F...
Episode 49: Brendan Hopper on Lessons Learned Shifting From Project to Product
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Brendan Hopper, is the CIO for technology at Commonwealth Bank Group. He is responsible for ensuring the b...
Episode 48: Steve Berez on How to Do Agile Right
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik on this episode of Mik + One is Steve Berez, advisory partner at Bain & Company and co-author of Doing Agile Right, Transformation Without...
Episode 47: Razat Gaurav on Rebuilding the Future of the Enterprise and the Three Waves of Software Value Stream Optimization
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mik + One, Mik is joined by Razat Gaurav, Chief Executive Officer at Planview. In this episode, Mik and Razat discuss the trilli...
Episode 46: Sejal Amin on Lasting Organizational Change that Drives Innovation
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Sejal Amin, current Chief Product and Technology Officer for Khoros, where she leads global product develo...
Episode 44: Geordie Henderson on Implementing Organizational Design and Innovation to Scale High-Performing Teams
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Geordie Henderson, General Manager of AWS Messaging and Streaming at Amazon Web Services, and previously t...
Episode 43: Darrell Fernandes on Driving Organizational Improvement To Deliver Customer Value
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mik + One, Mik is joined by Darrell Fernandes, Head of Product Technology at TIAA, a Fortune 100 financial services organization th...
Episode 42: Manuel Pais on Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Manuel Pais, co-author of Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow. In this...
Episode 41: Bank of New Zealand on Applying the Flow Metrics at Scale
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off the first episode of 2022, Mik is joined by two guests from Bank of New Zealand: Paul Littlefair, Chief Technology Officer, and BMK Lakshm...
Happy Holidays: A Message From Dr. Mik Kersten
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're taking a break for the holidays, but Dr. Mik Kersten, Tasktop Founder & CEO, and best-selling author of 'Project to Product', has left a short m...
Episode 40: Dean Leffingwell on The Practices and Behaviors of High-Performing Teams
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re delighted to welcome back Leffingwell, Co-founder and Chief Methodologist at Scaled Agile. Dean is an entrepreneur and software development me...
Episode 39: Sally Elatta on Business Agility and Measurement
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Sally Elatta, CEO and Founder of AgilityHealth and Agile Videos. In this episode, Mik and Sally discuss th...
Episode 38: Dave Snowden on The Cynefin Framework
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mik is joined by Dave Snowden, CSO & Founder of Cognitive Edge and Director of the Cynefin Center. In this episode, Mik and Dave talk...
Episode 37: Felipe Castro on Connecting Business Agility To OKRs
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! And what an episode we have to kick things off. Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Felipe Castro, renowned author, speaker and tr...
Episode 36: Summer Special with Dr. Mik Kersten
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of Mik + One, Mik summarizes some of his favorite episodes from the last 18 months and provides insight into some of his key t...
Episode 35: Christian Idiodi on Product Management at All Levels
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mik is joined by Christian Idiodi, Partner at Silicon Valley Product Group. Mik and Christian talk about how to establish product man...
Episode 34: Courtney Kissler on Nike, Nordstrom, Starbucks and OKRs
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Courtney Kissler, Chief Technology Officer at online retailer, Zulily. In this episode, Mik and Courtney t...
Episode 33: Scott Prugh on Product Value Streams and Service Ownership
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Scott Prugh, Chief Technology Officer at CSG. In this episode, Mik and Scott talk about Scott’s experien...
Episode 32: Carmen DeArdo on Not Letting Your Work Manage You
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Carmen DeArdo, Principal Flow Advisor and VSM Practice Lead at Tasktop, and co-author of the award-winning...
Episode 31: Gene Kim on Psychological Safety and Communications Paths
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mik + One, Mik sits down with Gene Kim, best-selling author of The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project, as well as co-author of...
Episode 30: Brian Solis on the Digital Change Agents in the Novel Economy
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s episode 30 and what a guest we’ve got! Mik welcomes Brian Solis, Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce and world-renowned keynote speake...
Episode 29: Maya Leibman and Ross Clanton on American Airlines Going Contactless
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mik is joined by two IT leaders from American Airlines: Maya Leibman, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, and Ros...
Episode 28: Pieter Jordaan on TUI’s Incredible 6-Month Cloud Journey
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Pieter Jordaan, Group CTO at TUI, the world’s leading integrated tourism group operating in more than a ...
Episode 27: Robin Yeman on A Common Language Across Silos
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Robin Yeman, Senior Fellow and Agile DevSecOps Enterprise coach at Lockheed Martin. In this episode, Mik a...
Episode 26: Eric Willeke on the Metrics Killing Your Transformation
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mik + One, Mik is joined by Eric Willeke, Co-Founder and Principal of Elevate.to. In this episode, Mik and Eric touch on many key p...
Episode 25: Rene Te-Strote on The Future of Transport: Virtual Simulation
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mik + One, Mik is joined by Rene Te-Strote, Senior IT Project Lead for the BMW Group. In this episode, Mik and Rene discuss Rene’...
Episode 24: Adrian Cockcroft on Serviceless Servers and Chaos Engineering
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kicking off the first episode of 2021, Mik is joined by Adrian Cockcroft, VP of Cloud Architecture Strategy at Amazon Web Services. In this episode, M...
Episode 23: Gail Murphy on What Makes Us All Unproductive
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the final Mik + One episode of 2020, Mik is joined by Gail Murphy, Tasktop Co-Founder, and Professor of Computer Science and VP of Research and Inn...
Episode 22: John Cutler on What Startups can REALLY Teach Enterprises
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik on this episode of Mik + One is “sage and poet of product thinking” John Cutler, Head of Product Research & Education at Amplitude. In...
Episode 21: David Anderson on IT Shifting to Partner-Enabling Technology
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik on this episode of Mik + One is David Anderson, Director of Technology, Liberty IT. In this episode, Mik and David discuss: Liberty IT’s...
Episode 20: Justin Watts on Doing The Right Things Wrong
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik on this episode of Mik + One is Justin Watts, Director of Agile Change at Lloyd Banking Group one of the UK’s Big Four banks. In this ep...
Episode 19: Peter Moore on Zone Management Measurement
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik on this episode of Mik + One is Peter D. Moore, a business and digital technology strategy advisor specializing in helping companies manag...
Episode 18: Bryon Kroger on Agile Development Success at the DoD
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Mik + One, Mik is joined by Bryon Kroger, Founder and CEO of Rise8, and former co-founder and COO of the USAF's Kessel Run. In this...
Episode 17: John Willis on Your Most Pressing Bottleneck
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik on this episode of Mik + One is John Willis, Senior Director of the Global Transformation Office at Red Hat. In this episode, Mik and John...
Episode 16: Dr. Nicole Forsgren & Dr. Denae Ford Robinson on Breaking Developer Persona Stereotypes
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Mik is joined by two guests: Dr. Nicole Forsgren, VP of Research & Strategy at GitHub, and Dr. Denae Ford Robinson, Senior Researcher...
Episode 15: Adrian Cockcroft on the CEO’s Most Critical Metric
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Adria...
Episode 14: Heather Munoz on Visualizing Systems Thinking
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mik + One, Mik’s guest is Heather Munoz, Head of Retail Brokerage Practice, E*TRADE. In this episode, Mik and Heather discuss man...
Episode 13: Don Reinersten on the Economic trade-offs in Product Development (Part 2)
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mik + One, Mik continues the conversation with Don Reinertsen, President of Reinertsen & Associates, a product development consulti...
Episode 12: Don Reinersten on the Economic trade-offs in Product Development (Part 1)
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the twelfth Mik + One, Mik sits down with Don Reinertsen, President of Reinertsen & Associates, a product development consulting firm located in Re...
Episode 11: Dominica DeGrandis on Increasing Developer Happiness
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mik + One, the official Project to Product podcast, Mik is joined by Dominica DeGrandis, Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop and Auth...
Episode 10: Team Topologies on Relieving Mental Pressure on Teams
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded at the 2019 annual SEACON conference in London, Mik has two special guests, Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais, authors of Team Topologies: Orga...
Episode 9: Jon Smart on Why Agile is No Longer the Answer
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded at the annual 2019 SEACON Conference in London, today Mik’s plus one is Jon Smart, Partner, Business Agility at Deloitte. In this episode o...
Episode 8: Dean Leffingwell on Measuring the Business Impact of SAFe®
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the eighth episode of Mik + One, the official Project to Product podcast, Mik’s guest is Dean Leffingwell, Co-founder and Chief Methodologist at ...
Episode 7: Dave West on Avoiding the Industrial Mindset Trap
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the seventh episode of Mik + One, Mik’s guest is Dave West, CEO and Product Owner of Scrum.org. In this episode, Mik and Dave discuss: The digita...
Episode 6: Sam Guckenheimer on Ignoring Tech Debt at Your Peril
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joining Mik for the sixth episode of Mik + One is Sam Guckenheimer, Product Owner for Azure DevOps at Microsoft, and a regular keynote speaker at indu...
Episode 5: Shelley Perry on How Leadership Can Handle Uncertainty
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mik + One, Mik’s guest is Shelley Perry, Managing Partner & Founder of ScaleLogix, who has immense experience setting tech compan...
Episode 4: International Women‘s Day Special
07 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of International Women’s Day 2020, Mik is joined by three incredible women within the industry: Gail Murphy, Tasktop Co-Founder, and Profes...
Episode 3: Carlota Perez on Surviving the Latest Technological Revolution
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In another fantastic episode, Mik’s plus one is Dr. Carlota Perez, author of Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubble...
Episode 2: Gene Kim on The Unicorn Project, The Five Ideals (Part 2)
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Mik + One, Mik continues the conversation with Gene Kim, best-selling author of The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project, as wel...
Episode 1: Gene Kim on The Unicorn Project, The Five Ideals (Part 1)
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing the first episode of Mik + One, Mik sits down with Gene Kim, best-selling author of The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project, as well a...
Mik + One: Promo
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Since publishing best-selling book, Project to Product, technology business leader, Dr. Mik Kersten, has introduced transformative frameworks and idea...