Episode 11: Dominica DeGrandis on Increasing Developer Happiness

In this episode of Mik + One, the official Project to Product podcast, Mik is joined by Dominica DeGrandis, Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop and Author of “Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow.”

In this episode, Mik and Dominica cover a variety of topics, including:

• Reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact on organizations, and advice for leaders, teams and individuals to get through this time and find their own flow
• Exploration into how Dominica’s work in ‘Making Work Visible’ applies at the individual, team and organization levels
• Leadership’s role in acknowledging employee burnout and working to improve it in order to increase employee confidence, innovation and engagement during the Turning Point
• Getting Work in Progress (WIP) under control in order to improve flow
• The concept of Flow Safety, and why it is critical in making structural changes and seeing successful results
• The importance of experimentation when removing bottlenecks, and how it can help to increase team happiness and productivity
• Why exposing dependencies is critical in order to make fast decisions that produce results, reduce wait times, and reduce WIP

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For more information about Dominica DeGrandis, to view the full list of resources featured in this episode, and to download the episode transcript, visit:
https://projecttoproduct.org/podcast/dominica-degrandis/