Podcasts by The Playbook, an MIT LGO podcast
The Playbook invites leaders of global operations some of the world's largest and most innovative companies to share their strategies and mantras.
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Gene Kim - On the Importance of DevOps, Psychological Safety, and Courage from 2021-05-06T02:58:11
Gene Kim is a multiple award winning CTO, DevOps researcher, and co-author of The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project. In this episode, we chat about Gene’s experiences at Tripwire and what hig...
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Ladies of LGO – On Student Life, Imposter Syndrome and Relationships from 2021-01-21T06:13:35
Current students Juliette Chevallier (LGO ’21), Liza Xu (LGO ’21) and Lauren Sakerka (LGO ’22) share their candid experiences with the program. We chat about transitioning into virtual learning, ex...
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Josh Jensen - On Entrepreneurial Journey and Work Life Balance from 2020-12-06T22:15:02
Josh Jensen is an LGO Class of 2016 graduate with a wide range of work experiences from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups. He is the cofounder and CEO of Inspectify, a Y-Combinator backed company ...
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Arnold Barnett - On COVID-19, the Airline Industry, and Luck from a Probabilistic Perspective from 2020-10-10T15:20:14
Arnold Barnett shares his perspective as a professor, airline industry expert, and all-around probabilist as the world navigates the COVID-19 pandemic. He currently teaches courses on probability a...
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Hugh Churchill - On manufacturing and lessons learned from GM's ventilator production from 2020-06-26T13:01:05
Hugh shares with us his career working with General Motors after MIT, and we dive into his experience helping GM produce ventilators as a part of the Defense Production Act. We also talk about the ...
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Alex Whigham - On the Work from Home Life and Dealing with Uncertainty from 2020-05-28T14:05:47
Alex shares his experience going remote during the COVID-19 outbreak and how he and his team have been working stay on top of the rush in people ordering much more online. He works for Wayfair in B...
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JS Bolton - On Manufacturing, Listening, and Doing the Right Thing from 2020-01-17T14:30:20
JS Bolton shares her experiences in the manufacturing world, moments that have made a difference for her, and how she has grown as a leader. She currently works for Nissan in Smyrna, Tennessee wher...
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Sean Willems - On Teaching, Simplifying, and Optimizing from 2019-12-06T12:46:45
Sean Willems shares his story on what led him to teaching, some memorable experiences he's had with operations consulting, and why optimizing his wardrobe has made all the difference. Sean is curre...
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Leadership in the Face of Hurricane Maria from 2019-08-11T00:41:59
Two very special guests describe their extraordinary efforts in Puerto Rico in the face of the deadly Hurricane Maria disasters. Noel Zamot speaks about his efforts to bring private capital to Puer...
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Leigh Hunnicutt - Amgen from 2019-07-03T04:53
Leigh Hunnicutt shares stories about finding her identity as a leader and her passion for biotech. Leigh is currently an Executive Director, Global Operations at Amgen.
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Matt Vokoun - Google from 2019-04-10T15:37:56
A very exciting talk by Matt Vokoun about Google’s model of innovation. He is currently the Director of Product for the Create Hardware (Tablet and Laptop) category there and has served in various ...
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Domestic Plant Trek from 2019-03-03T15:50:57
Every year LGO's embark on a Domestic Plant Trek visiting manufacturing and operations sites across the country to observe large scale Operations at the world's most impressive companies. On this s...
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Dan Shockley - LFM Capital from 2018-12-27T17:48:54
Conversation with Dan Shockley who is currently the Managing Director and Partner at LFM Capital, and previously a broad-based leader of Operations at Ditch Witch, Caterpillar, and Amazon. Dan disc...
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