Value Stream Mapping as the Swiss Knife for Business
Value stream mapping is usually pitched as a process-improvement tool — Marcin Karkocha argues it is something far more powerful: a Swiss knife for the entire business. In this Techstrong TV interview, Caterpillar Garden’s Chief Technology Strategist Marcin Karkocha sits down with Alan Shimel to preview his upcoming Flowtopia 2026 session, share real-world examples from enterprises and startups, and explain how he uses VSM to push back on the reflex to ‘add AI everywhere.’ Marcin also opens up about how he built a team of AI agents that wargame strategy and run SWOT analyses in hours instead of days — a glimpse at what solo consulting looks like in the agentic era.
