Moonshot Engineering Projects: Getting Innovative Initiatives Off the Ground

You’ve been given the reins of a moonshot engineering project. The company’s big, make-or-break initiative is in your hands and all eyes are on you. Feeling lost? Overwhelmed? No idea where to start? In this episode, new co-host, Luke Wilhelm — Chief Product Officer here at Very and a veteran leader of big consequential projects — doles out advice for overseeing critically strategic engineering initiatives. Topics covered: - Advice for newbies leading a really big initiative - Options for changing the scope of a project midstream - Tips for effectively managing up - Why saying “no” often makes saying “yes” more effective Never miss an episode of Over The Air by subscribing wherever you listen to podcasts. Listening on a desktop & can’t see the links? Just search for Over the Air in your favorite podcast player.

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Budget overruns. Bricked devices. Data breaches. Building connected products is hard. Join us every other Tuesday for unfiltered conversations with executives about their IoT journeys — the mistakes they made, the lessons they learned, and what they wish they’d known when they started. In each episode of Over the Air, our expert guests will make bold predictions, reveal unpopular opinions, and share stories you won’t hear anywhere else.