Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

We stereotype innovators as men and mainly in STEM* products. 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., A man alone in a lab? Answers at the end of the post].

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images. Core Competencies.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2015

Which companies allocate the highest proportion of that budget to engineering in China and India, specifically? And what drives their success with these global engineering initiatives? Six selected insights are presented here, tempered with our own experience in many years of consulting with global engineering initiatives.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

As a VP charged with talent tech innovation at a large consumer products company told us: “We started our digital transformation top-down, creating a sense of urgency and cascading it down. They want to seize on the promise of AI, machine learning, and people analytics to improve business results and enhance their career prospects.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Much as I want to believe that a glaringly good idea will stand on its merits, I have come to realize that just like any product or service, ideas require good marketing if they’re going to reach their intended customers. New ideas tend to evoke fear and anger – we are programmed to prefer the comfort and safety of established norms.

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