Peter Stout (Netflix)

About this episode

Peter Stout discusses the importance of senior ICs in addressing organizational vulnerabilities at Netflix.

The structures of an organization can often be self-reinforcing, and in a changing environment, this becomes a recipe for future vulnerabilities. That is why senior ICs need to play a slightly discordant role at times by alerting teams to issues conventionally outside of their bubble of concern. Peter Stout is a Technical Director at Netflix where he has a cross-functional role at the juncture of business and technology. He joins us on the show today to share some of the finer details around ...

People in this episode

Hosts: David Noël-Romas, Alex Kessinger

Guest: Peter Stout

Topics covered

• organizational structure
• vulnerabilities
• cross-functional roles
• business and technology
• senior ICs

Keywords

• organizational structure
• vulnerabilities
• senior ICs
• cross-functional roles
• Netflix

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Organizations: Netflix

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