The importance of Cross-Functional Teams When Scaling a Business with Herry Wiputa
Herry Wiputa joins Georgia on The Product Edge to discuss the foundations you need to scale a business and how that benefits the product, the customer and the business goals. He is an experienced Chief Product and Technology Officer who has scaled products and teams for Campaign Monitor, REA and currently, hipages. He is passionate about creating systems of work to empower people and teams to perform at their best.
Australia has one of the fastest-growing markets in terms of producing tech ‘unicorn’ businesses. We’ve seen companies like Canva, AfterPay and Linktree grow from 50 people to over 500+ people in a matter of a few years. So, how do they handle scaling a business so fast?
In this episode we discuss:
✓ What a good cross-functional team should look like
✓ The different ways of scaling products
✓ The foundations you need to scale quickly
✓ Ways to avoid hierarchy and big company bureaucracy
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Resources:
Book: Turn the ship around by David Marquet
davidmarquet.com/turn-the-ship-around-book
Connect with Herry:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/herrywiputra
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About your host, Jade Bennett
Having spent over 15 years helping Product leaders build high-performing teams across Asia Pacific and the UK, Jade understands how diverse and broad the Product Management sector is. Not only is she your host, but also the founder and owner of boutique talent agency, Middleton Executive, specialising in the recruitment of Product professionals across APAC, and is a self-professed Product Management geek.