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Miki Szikszai

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In this episode, we chat with Miki Szikszai. Miki has served as CEO of Snapper Services since 2009. You'll know Snapper as the ticketing provider for Wellington - it also serves off-shore customers by white-labeling its apps and is launching a transport network performance analytics service in the next few weeks. He's been an active director on the Board of NZ-based SaaS companies including the original board of Vend, Chair of StarNow before its sale to Backstage, and is currently an active director at Spotlight Reporting and the chair of vWork.We chat about Miki's story from being a New Zealander made with imported ingredients. (His mother was photographed as one of a few Polish refugee children arriving in Wellington on board the ship General Randall.) From his career having to empathetically educate New Zealanders about major technology changes, to how to have an amazing grad program, to being an effective CEO and independent director. We really enjoyed this chat with Miki and hope you do also. Please follow and subscribe to our podcast wherever you consume podcasts.

In this episode, we chat with Miki Szikszai.  Miki has served as CEO of Snapper Services since 2009. You'll know Snapper as the ticketing provider for Wellington - it also serves off-shore customers by white-labeling its apps and is launching a transport network performance analytics service in the next few weeks. He's been an active director on the Board of NZ-based SaaS companies including the original board of Vend, Chair of StarNow before its sale to Backstage, and is currently an active director at Spotlight Reporting and the chair of vWork. We chat about Miki's story from being a New Zealander made with imported ingredients. (His mother was photographed as one of a few Polish refugee children arriving in Wellington on board the ship General Randall.) From his career having to empathetically educate New Zealanders about major technology changes, to how to have an amazing grad program, to being an effective CEO and independent director. We really enjoyed this chat with Miki and hope you do also. Please follow and subscribe to our podcast wherever you consume podcasts.

#14, Miki Szikszai, A failed pilot who built a top gun grad programme. 

In this podcast recorded after the JAFAC 2018 conference Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture &amp; Methods, spoke Miki Szikszai and Sandy Mamoli about Snapper’s adoption of holacracy. Why listen to this podcast:•	Clarity of purpose is key for an organisation looking to improve their ways of working•	The sign of a good coach is when they realise they need to step away so the client can stand on their own •	The most important skills are around collaboration, teamwork, innovation and empathy, not technologies and tools •	Holacracy is a system to create a self-organising organisation where decisions are made at the right level with a hierarchy of purpose rather than a hierarchy of people•	Holacracy amplifies the culture you already have – so get the culture right firstMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2zLL7cxYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVqSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoqLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoqCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2zLL7cx

In this podcast recorded after the JAFAC 2018 conference Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture &amp; Methods, spoke Miki Szikszai and Sandy Mamoli about Snapper’s adoption of holacracy. Why listen to this podcast: •	Clarity of purpose is key for an organisation looking to improve their ways of working •	The sign of a good coach is when they realise they need to step away so the client can stand on their own •	The most important skills are around collaboration, teamwork, innovation and empathy, not technologies and tools •	Holacracy is a system to create a self-organising organisation where decisions are made at the right level with a hierarchy of purpose rather than a hierarchy of people •	Holacracy amplifies the culture you already have – so get the culture right first More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ <a href="https://bit.ly/2zLL7cx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2zLL7cx</a> You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. <a href="http://bit.ly/24x3IVq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/24x3IVq</a> Subscribe: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/infoq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/infoq</a> Like InfoQ on Facebook: <a href="http://bit.ly/2jmlyG8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/2jmlyG8</a> Follow on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/InfoQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/InfoQ</a> Follow on LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/company/infoq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/company/infoq</a> Check the landing page on InfoQ: <a href="https://bit.ly/2zLL7cx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2zLL7cx</a>

Miki Szikszai and Sandy Mamoli on Adopting Holacracy at Snapper

Miki Szikszai (@mikiszikszai, LinkedIn), CEO Snapper, talks to us about change, how things change and why we need to change. We learn how Snapper evolved quickly to create a solution that customers flocked to and now they are exporting the technology globally.Miki has a background in technology innovation in New Zealand having led the development of new markets and capability for Telecom NZ that include it’s Fixed and Mobile Internet Content businesses, deployment of NZ’s first 3G Mobile network and the establishment of an in-house Innovation team.Snapper also work with Summer of Tech to grow new talent in the industry, Miki talks us through how that works.------------------------------------------------------We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.All our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nzFollow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcastSubscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/

Miki Szikszai (@mikiszikszai, LinkedIn), CEO Snapper, talks to us about change, how things change and why we need to change. We learn how Snapper evolved quickly to create a solution that customers flocked to and now they are exporting the technology globally. Miki has a background in technology innovation in New Zealand having led the development of new markets and capability for Telecom NZ that include it’s Fixed and Mobile Internet Content businesses, deployment of NZ’s first 3G Mobile network and the establishment of an in-house Innovation team. Snapper also work with Summer of Tech to grow new talent in the industry, Miki talks us through how that works. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen. All our past shows are on our website <a href="https://www.accessgranted.nz" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.accessgranted.nz</a> Follow and Like us on: <a href="https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ</a> <a href="https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ</a> <a href="https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast</a> Subscribe to the show however you want: <a href="https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/</a>

Miki Szikszai – Getting out of the building