How Value Stream Networks Will Transform IT & Business

Mik Kersten

Founder, Lymyt

Dr. Mik Kersten is an independent technology strategist and researcher best known as the creator of the Flow Framework and author of the bestselling book Project to Product and the new book Output to Outcome. Mik founded Tasktop and led the company as CEO until its acquisition by Planview in 2022. Mik started his career as a Research Scientist at Xerox PARC as part of the team that created the first aspect-oriented programming language. He then completed his PhD in Computer Science at the University of British Columbia, where he pioneered the integration of software development and collaboration tools. That work became the foundation for Tasktop and helped shape the emerging field of Value Stream Management. Before shifting his focus to flow, outcomes, and organizational modularity, Mik wrote more than one million lines of open-source code that are still in use today. His work now focuses on helping leaders transition from output- driven management to outcome-driven operating models, enabling organizations to harness the power of AI in a human-centric way. For more information, please visit the book‘s website at https://outputtooutcome.org/ .

Talks by Mik

31 min

Project to Product - How Value Stream Networks Will Transform IT & Business

Las Vegas 2018

19 min

Output to Outcome: An Operating Model for the Age of AI

Las Vegas 2025

15 min

Modularizing the Messy Matrix

Las Vegas 2022

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