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Sejal Amin

The Innovation Engine Podcast

Mik + One: The Official Project to Product Podcast by Dr. Mik Kersten

Real Technologists

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It’s so interesting to me, how social media platforms and industry groups can facilitate new friendships and enhance networking.  We all hear that it is possible, though when you take a step back, how many relationships have you grown this way?  It takes deliberate effort and an openness to reach out to others.This is how I met Sejal Amin, the current CTO of Shutterstock.  By commenting and contributing to LinkedIn conversations on the importance of value streams for modern software delivery, we followed one another and eventually,  agreed to connect.  What I didn’t know at the time was that Sejal is an influential member of the value stream management consortium (VSMC).   What is a Value Stream?  A value stream is the sequence of activities necessary to deliver a product, service or experience to a customer, internal or external. Value streams cut across and connect siloed business capabilities.  For those in the software design and delivery realm, you may see a natural alignment to the concepts of DevSecOps and the ability to deliver value to the end user.  This is how I learned about applying value streams to software; as an umbrella to DevSecOps flow. In October of 2022, the Value Stream Management Consortium held their first conference in Las Vegas.  They chose the time and place carefully to dovetail with the yearly DevOps Enterprise Summit.  There were nearly 100 folks gathered to discuss the importance and advance the topic and I happened to walk in the door nearly last.  I had taken a wrong turn when I walked into Bally’s Hotel and Convention area.  As I walked into the main conference room, I was greeted by multiple folks I had been chatting with on social platforms and even through an occasional zoom call.A fireball of a woman walked up to me and said, “I finally get to meet you, Trac!  I’m a fan girl!”  I was surprised and warmed by the welcome.  Her name was Sejal.  We took our seats to kick start the day’s sessions.  As the morning unfolded, and the experts shared their topics, I was stunned and excited to find out that Sejal was Sejal Amin, the CTO of Shutterstock who is leading their adoption of generative artificial intelligence.  We share a love of technology and a love of building teams.  We also share one other attribute: we have lived our entire lives in the states where we were born.  I’m Pennsylvaina born and  bred.  Sejal Amin has lived her entire life in New Jersey.  Sejal is first generation US born.  Her family immigrated to the US from India during the early 1970s. 

It’s so interesting to me, how social media platforms and industry groups can facilitate new friendships and enhance networking.  We all hear that it is possible, though when you take a step back, how many relationships have you grown this way?  It takes deliberate effort and an openness to reach out to others.This is how I met Sejal Amin, the current CTO of Shutterstock.  By commenting and contributing to LinkedIn conversations on the importance of value streams for modern software delivery, we followed one another and eventually,  agreed to connect.  What I didn’t know at the time was that Sejal is an influential member of the value stream management consortium (VSMC).   What is a Value Stream?  A value stream is the sequence of activities necessary to deliver a product, service or experience to a customer, internal or external. Value streams cut across and connect siloed business capabilities.  For those in the software design and delivery realm, you may see a natural alignment to the concepts of DevSecOps and the ability to deliver value to the end user.  This is how I learned about applying value streams to software; as an umbrella to DevSecOps flow. In October of 2022, the Value Stream Management Consortium held their first conference in Las Vegas.  They chose the time and place carefully to dovetail with the yearly DevOps Enterprise Summit.  There were nearly 100 folks gathered to discuss the importance and advance the topic and I happened to walk in the door nearly last.  I had taken a wrong turn when I walked into Bally’s Hotel and Convention area.  As I walked into the main conference room, I was greeted by multiple folks I had been chatting with on social platforms and even through an occasional zoom call.A fireball of a woman walked up to me and said, “I finally get to meet you, Trac!  I’m a fan girl!”  I was surprised and warmed by the welcome.  Her name was Sejal.  We took our seats to kick start the day’s sessions.  As the morning unfolded, and the experts shared their topics, I was stunned and excited to find out that Sejal was Sejal Amin, the CTO of Shutterstock who is leading their adoption of generative artificial intelligence.  We share a love of technology and a love of building teams.  We also share one other attribute: we have lived our entire lives in the states where we were born.  I’m Pennsylvaina born and  bred.  Sejal Amin has lived her entire life in New Jersey.  Sejal is first generation US born.  Her family immigrated to the US from India during the early 1970s.

Real Technologists: Sejal Amin

Sejal Amin is the newly-named Chief Technology Officer at Shutterstock where she has a broad mandate to drive Shutterstock’s digital transformation into a full-service creative platform for hundreds of thousands of creative professionals around the world. She talks with 3Pillar’s Scott Varho and Elisabeth Beller about moving from software project to product on this episode of The Innovation Engine.   Tune in to the full conversation to hear how Shutterstock is making the leap from project to product, what a value stream is and how to manage it within a company, and why using a body of metrics is vital to drive decision-making during digital transformation.   Resources:  Connect with Sejal on LinkedIn Read:  Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim Read:  Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework by Mik Kersten Read:  Sooner Safer Happier: Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility by Jonathan Smart If you have any feedback about the podcast or guests you’d like to hear interviewed, send your suggestions to info@3pillarglobal.com.    Learn more and get the full show notes at: 3PillarGlobal.com

Sejal Amin is the newly-named Chief Technology Officer at Shutterstock where she has a broad mandate to drive Shutterstock’s digital transformation into a full-service creative platform for hundreds of thousands of creative professionals around the world. She talks with 3Pillar’s Scott Varho and Elisabeth Beller about moving from software project to product on this episode of The Innovation Engine. Tune in to the full conversation to hear how Shutterstock is making the leap from project to product, what a value stream is and how to manage it within a company, and why using a body of metrics is vital to drive decision-making during digital transformation. Resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sejal-amin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Connect with Sejal on LinkedIn</a></li> <li>Read: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Accelerate-Software-Performing-Technology-Organizations/dp/1942788339" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations</a> by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim</li> <li>Read: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Project-Product-Survive-Disruption-Framework/dp/1942788398" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework</a> by Mik Kersten</li> <li>Read: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sooner-Safer-Happier-Antipatterns-Patterns-ebook/dp/B0889L7Y9D" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Sooner Safer Happier: Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility</a> by Jonathan Smart</li> <li>If you have any feedback about the podcast or guests you’d like to hear interviewed, send your suggestions to <a href="mailto:info@3pillarglobal.com">info@3pillarglobal.com</a>.</li> </ul> Learn more and get the full show notes at: <a href="https://www.3pillarglobal.com/insights/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3PillarGlobal.com</a>

190. Moving from Project to Product with Sejal Amin | PRODUCT MINDSET

Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Sejal Amin, current Chief Product and Technology Officer for Khoros, where she leads global product development teams to build great experiences for customers.  In this episode, Mik and Sejal discuss a wide range of topics around continuous improvement, team health, organizational design, and flow.   Key discussions include: Lessons Sejal learned from making the shift from project to product and barriers to overcome when making that shift The importance of team culture and emphasizing the health of the team Strategies to accelerate and make lasting organizational changes that focus on outcomes; including an example of a structure and data-driven environment in which teams can thrive Proven tools that increase team performance to effectively work around data and flow Structuring a product and team hierarchy that is conducive to a successful project to product transformation that enables continuous learning, improvement and innovation  Subscribe to the Mik + One podcast today so you never miss an episode and don’t forget to leave your review.  Follow Mik on Twitter: @mik_kersten #MikPlusOne www.tasktop.com

Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Sejal Amin, current Chief Product and Technology Officer for Khoros, where she leads global product development teams to build great experiences for customers. In this episode, Mik and Sejal discuss a wide range of topics around continuous improvement, team health, organizational design, and flow. Key discussions include: <ul><li>Lessons Sejal learned from making the shift from project to product and barriers to overcome when making that shift</li> <li>The importance of team culture and emphasizing the health of the team</li> <li>Strategies to accelerate and make lasting organizational changes that focus on outcomes; including an example of a structure and data-driven environment in which teams can thrive</li> <li>Proven tools that increase team performance to effectively work around data and flow</li> <li>Structuring a product and team hierarchy that is conducive to a successful project to product transformation that enables continuous learning, improvement and innovation</li> </ul> Subscribe to the Mik + One podcast today so you never miss an episode and don’t forget to leave your review. Follow Mik on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mik_kersten?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@mik_kersten</a> #MikPlusOne <a href="https://www.tasktop.com/?utm_source=podbean&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.tasktop.com</a>