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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Second, we are incubating new software talent and [creating] software DNA. ” Incorporating rapid programming practices (“ Agile ” and “ Extreme Programming ”) to bring significant time-to-market and productivity benefits also required new and different skill sets than what were traditionally found within GE.

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An Astronaut’s View Of The Power Of We

Tanveer Naseer

Senator Mikulski felt this to be a very powerful tool to break down barriers to cooperation and to provide a common ground that will serve as the relational foundation for working together. One of the main things gained through established trust is a team’s improved agility.

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