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Welcome to the fourth episode of POD, but our very first one with a guest!
Today, our guest is Ariana Cofone, a Fractional Chief Operating Officer and host of the podcast Secret Ops.
For over a decade, Ariana has brought a host of digital and physical products to market, scaling multi-million-dollar businesses across industries as a Chief Operating Officer, VP of Operations, and Creative Technologist.
As the host of the Secret Ops podcast, Ariana uncovers the world of operations to help others become top operators in all aspects of their lives. Each episode, Ariana interviews experts from around the world to learn how they do whatthey do.Highlights from this episode :
* How is Product Operations defined in digital vs physical Product organizations?
* What are the first steps to achieve reliability of Data & Insights when working with early stage start-ups or scale-ups?
* Ariana’s experience traversing the two worlds of Business Operations and Product Operations and the lessons she learned
* Is Product Operations still at a stage of infancy where we have to “sell it” or convince teams & organizations on the need for it?
* The myth behind “data-driven decisions” and other buzzwords that are written on the wall but never practiced in reality
* How taking the time to build strong bases and fundamentals in Product Operations reap outsized returns in the long term
* Communication : The underrated skill in navigating the bridge between executors and stakeholders.
* Biggest takeaways for Ariana from her interviews with guests on the Secret Ops podcast.
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