{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Breaking Silos + Pioneering Cross-Department Collaboration","description":"I'm bringing you an inside look into the journey of Stacy Willis from engineer to COO, where she's making waves by pioneering cross-department collaboration at Playwire. \ud83c\udf0a &amp;nbsp; \ud83d\udd04 Incremental Change Magic: Stacy's success story underscores the transformative power of taking small, manageable steps. Discover how incremental change became the secret ingredient in Stacy's leadership recipe. \ud83c\udf1f &amp;nbsp; \ud83e\udd1d Cross-Department Synergy Unleashed: Breaking silos is Stacy's superpower! Dive into her insights on fostering cross-department collaboration that sparks innovation and unites teams for extraordinary results. \ud83c\udf10 &amp;nbsp; \ud83c\udfaf Test Plans for Success: Learn how Playwire crafts pre-built test plans for each initiative, ensuring clarity and effective measurement aligned with top-level company goals. Stacy spills the beans on their systematic approach to success. \ud83d\udcc8   Show Notes: brittanydrozd.com\/73 &amp;nbsp; Eye Opening Insights: &amp;nbsp; [00:04:08] Stacy: I actually decided to go back and get my MBA, but the funny part is it sounds sort of accidental, but when I was in high school, they gave us this task to like write a letter to your future self. And then our teacher kept it and literally mailed it out like 10 years later. It was very cool. And I, I had on it, I will have been an engineer for three years and then I'm going to go back to get my MBA and this and that and I've happened and I had forgotten I even had the plan.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; [00:05:51] Stacy: And humans are the most complex problems. So that's where I think I've ended up in operations.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; [00:09:17] Brittany: What do you think has either been different for you and made you successful in more of a leadership role? Or what do you look for to when people are making that leap from IC to manager? &amp;nbsp; More From Brittany Drozd: &amp;nbsp; Find Out How to Work With Me Here: https:\/\/brittanydrozd.com\/work-with-me &amp;nbsp; Find More Episodes of Eye Openers Here: https:\/\/brittanydrozd.com\/podcast &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Eye Openers Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/brittanydrozd.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/28956253\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/164702238"}