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Special rebroadcast episode: Mark Ethier founded iZotope and built it into an award-winning audio technology powerhouse by prioritizing empowerment, innovation, and purpose. In this conversation, Mark reveals the insights and lessons he learned about modern leadership, organizational transformation, and why genuine empowerment is the secret to sustainable innovation and high performance.

Discover how Mark navigated co-founder relationships, Agile transformations, subscription-model shifts, and how he redefined accountability and the manager’s role at iZotope.

Episode page: https://www.humanizingwork.com/rebroadcast-how-mark-ethier-built-a-high-performing-organization-through-empowerment-and-purpose/

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Most Product Owner advice is built for market-facing roles—helping visionary products succeed in the market. But internal Product Owners operate in a very different world.

If you're working on internal systems, platforms, or tools, you've probably felt caught in the middle—between shifting priorities, competing stakeholders, and unclear authority. And you've probably noticed that most product guidance doesn't fit your context.

In this episode, we explore what internal Product Owners actually need. You'll learn:

• Why most standard PO advice falls short for internal roles
• Three categories of practices that do work: foundational, amplified, and adapted
• Practical tools for stakeholder interviews, value modeling, assumption testing, and more

If you want to lead with more clarity, confidence, and impact in an internal-facing role, this episode is for you.

Episode page: https://www.humanizingwork.com/internal-product-owner-advice/

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