14 Aug August 14, 2026 – Output to Outcome Dr. Mik Kersten and Pitch to Payoff Brad Poulos
Dr. Mik Kersten – Founder of Lymyt.ai and Author of Output to Outcome: An Operating Model for the Age of AI
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Dr. Mik Kersten
Dr. Mik Kersten is a technology strategist, researcher, entrepreneur, and founder of Lymyt.ai whose work focuses on helping organizations move from measuring activity and output to delivering meaningful business outcomes. He is the creator of the Flow Framework and author of the bestselling Project to Product and Output to Outcome: An Operating Model for the Age of AI. His latest work examines the AI productivity paradox and argues that organizations must rethink traditional management structures, organizational design, and measures of productivity to realize the full value of artificial intelligence. Rather than simply using AI to generate more work faster, Mik helps leaders design outcome driven operating models that connect technology, human judgment, and accountability to measurable business results. Mik began his career as a research scientist at Xerox PARC, where he was part of the team that developed the first aspect oriented programming language. He later earned his PhD in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia, where his research pioneered the integration of software development and collaboration tools. That work became the foundation for Tasktop, the technology company he founded and led as CEO until its acquisition by Planview in 2022. He subsequently served as Planview’s Chief Technology Officer and has continued his work as an independent technology strategist and researcher. Mik’s research and leadership helped shape the field of Value Stream Management, and before turning his attention to organizational flow and operating models, he wrote more than one million lines of open source code that remain in use today. Through Lymyt.ai and his research, writing, and advisory work, Mik now focuses on how businesses can reorganize around outcomes, adapt their leadership models for the age of AI, and use rapidly advancing technology in a way that amplifies rather than replaces human judgment.
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Brad Poulos
Brad Poulos is an entrepreneur, educator, author, and business advisor with more than 40 years of experience building, leading, and advising companies across the telecommunications, software, manufacturing, and cannabis industries. He is the founder of Confident Operator, where he helps small and midsized business owners replace chaos with practical operating systems that improve decision making, profitability, and long term growth. Drawing on decades of real world experience, Brad specializes in business strategy, customer development, organizational design, and helping entrepreneurs build companies that are focused, scalable, and built to last. Brad teaches entrepreneurship, strategy, and small business management at Toronto Metropolitan University, where he also launched Canada’s first Cannabis Essentials course series. Earlier in his career, he spent 15 years in corporate leadership before co founding mmWave Technologies, helping grow the company into one of Canada’s fastest growing businesses and leading it through a public listing. He has also served as an investor, board member, and mentor to numerous startups and growth companies. Brad is the author of The Small Business Operator’s Manual and Most Problems Solve Themselves, and co author of From Pitch to Payoff. Through his teaching, writing, consulting, and speaking, he continues to help entrepreneurs make better decisions, build stronger businesses, and create sustainable success.