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Theme 4: Enterprise Organizational Journey

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019 • Enterprise Experience 2019
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Theme 4: Enterprise Organizational Journey
Speakers: Ted Neward
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Summary

We’ll blend panel-style discussion, improvisation, business wargaming, and more to explore the dynamics of cross-functional enterprise implementation teams. Our panel of experts—each representing a different facet of the software development lifecycle, including UX, Product, Development, Operations and Sales & Marketing—will be put into situations not of their own choosing that they must resolve in a series of meetings played out before the audience. Each member has their organization’s goals in mind, and their company’s goals in mind, but they don’t always know everybody else’s goals or concerns. Just like back at the office! Participating in this session: - Nafisa Bhojawala, UX Team Lead for Compute, Google Cloud Platform - Kintan Brahmbhatt, Head of Product Management, Amazon Music - David Gatto, Strategic Account Executive, Smartsheet - Dave Sifry, CTO, MyVillage - Wendy Spies, Director of Business Development for Data and AI

Key Insights

  • DBNDC’s shift from B2D to B2B requires careful customer segmentation and validation before large investment.

  • Technical debt from integrating legacy systems Boneyard and E-Toy is causing outages that threaten customer retention.

  • A small, time-boxed cross-functional 'tag team' is preferred for initial exploration of the B2B pivot.

  • Government contracts represent a high-risk, high-reward opportunity, necessitating new compliance and legal frameworks.

  • Leadership turnover, including the CEO and a key architect leaving, creates instability during critical transition.

  • Prioritizing crisis response while maintaining exploration for future growth is essential for strategy balance.

  • Machine learning (Project Pavlov) offers potentially unique differentiation but raises privacy and compliance concerns.

  • Single sign-on and identity management for B2B customers need additional layers beyond consumer systems.

  • Partnership or acquisition can accelerate entry into unfamiliar markets like government or specialized B2B sectors.

  • Empathy, respect, and trust within executive teams facilitate civil, productive discussions even under pressure.

Notable Quotes

"We have two competitors: Canine Corp and e-pets, but e-pets is over-diversified, even pet rocks."

"Our consultant says we should pivot from business to dog to business to business—what do we do?"

"We can start small, test and validate quickly with a three-week tag team—one PM, one designer, one researcher."

"Outage caused by technical debt between Boneyard’s VT100 era system and E-Toy’s cloud infrastructure."

"We’re not in the identity business; let’s focus on e-commerce where the growth and customer value are."

"Government contracts are huge but require heavy compliance and long timelines—heads we win, tails we lose little."

"Machine learning could let dogs order just by barking—unique and hard to copy differentiation."

"We have to balance crisis management with long-term strategic exploration to not lose sight of growth."

"Being nice and empathetic at the executive level is critical to get results and maintain trust."

"Leadership is about being a transparent umbrella, shielding teams from chaos while keeping them informed."

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