Cap Watkins: Audacity to change company process, BuzzFeed

Update: 2016-07-27

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Cap Watkins is no stranger to change. He’s led changes at Amazon and Etsy, and he’s now an agent of change as the VP of Design at BuzzFeed. We discuss his audacity to incite changes to company process, beginning with teaching BuzzFeed designers to code and ending with hiring for curiosity and adaptation. See also Your Org is a Product.

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