Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Three years ago, Whitney Johnson asked me how I felt as the only female partner in my VC firm. From how I was raised through my education and my career at Bell Labs and AT&T, I never felt any gender bias. Freshman Engineers designing radial keyboard for the communication impaired (e.g., Get Innovating Women.

CTO 142

CTO Engineering How To Innovation 142

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

You’re not cut out for engineering. When I launched my first company in 2008 (CarZen, acquired by Liberty Mutual), one of my first hires was a CTO. I made him the CTO’s protégé, and had the CTO spend time teaching and evaluating him. Or perhaps they want to jump from engineering to sales.

CTO 8

CTO Goal How To Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Beyond shipping new features on a regular cadence and keeping the peace between engineering and the design team, the best PMs create products with strong user adoption that have exponential revenue growth and perhaps even disrupt an industry. Core Competencies. Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

They want to seize on the promise of AI, machine learning, and people analytics to improve business results and enhance their career prospects. Knowing how to use lean, self-managing team methodologies is a prerequisite. But their priorities can conflict with other parts of the business. Leaders must foster a culture of learning.

Technology 10

Technology Talent Management Process Management 10