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Transforming delivery time at a pivotal moment with Jack Humphrey from LinkedIn

Transforming delivery time at a pivotal moment with Jack Humphrey from LinkedIn

Update: 2023-06-05
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Jack Humphrey is an Engineering Director at LinkedIn. In this episode, Rebecca and Jack talk about the transformative impact on engineering velocity he had when they worked together at Indeed.


Find the transcript at: https://www.unblocked.fm/episodes/jack-humphrey-linkedin-transforming-delivery-time


Timestamps
(00:00 ) Introduction
(00:42 ) Jack’s current role at LinkedIn
(01:27 ) The early days of Jack’s 11-year journey at Indeed
(05:09 ) How Indeed’s developer productivity initiative got its start
(12:04 ) Setting a goal for the productivity initiative
(17:08 ) Managing the engineering teams’ concerns with improving productivity
(24:18 ) Rolling out a productivity project across the entire engineering organization
(32:12 ) Why Jack wouldn’t change anything about the project
(33:07 ) The right time to start working on productivity improvements


Where to find Jack
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leejack/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/youknowjack


Where to find Rebecca
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmurphey/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmurphey


Links and mentions
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/
• Indeed: https://indeed.com/
• Measure What Matters: https://www.amazon.com/Measure-What-Matters-Google-Foundation/dp/0525536221

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Transforming delivery time at a pivotal moment with Jack Humphrey from LinkedIn

Transforming delivery time at a pivotal moment with Jack Humphrey from LinkedIn

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