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Guest Talk with Alex Komoroske | Gardening Platforms

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Alex Komoroske, a veteran tech industry leader known for his work on Chrome's web platform team, discusses gardening platforms—applying horticultural metaphors and coordination principles to platform design and governance. Drawing on his experience navigating large-scale organizational coordination challenges, Komoroske explores how platforms can be cultivated and managed as living ecosystems rather than rigid systems.

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