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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? ” So GE has hired 1,000 software engineers and data scientists to provide enhanced software and analytical skills across GE’s many businesses. General Electric turns out to be an excellent case in point.

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How Tribalism Hurts Companies, and What to Do About It

Harvard Business Review

Sales organizations want flexibility to meet changing customer demands while engineering and operations need stability to drive scale and efficiency. I had a client once where the disagreements between design, engineering, and marketing were so strong that the teams couldn’t work together without arguing.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer at Uber, recently wrote about her “very, very strange year at Uber,” characterized by a pervasive culture of alleged sexual harassment. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation.