Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The stories, including one by America’s new CTO and former VP at Google[X] Megan Smith , are the authentic voices of women who have persevered, overcome, created, and innovated their careers and accomplishments. Freshman Engineers designing radial keyboard for the communication impaired (e.g., Get Innovating Women.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

CEOs and CFOs managing technology may not recognize tech debt building up in their SMBs—because it is not revealed in monthly variance reports or other accounting controls. Let’s look at how that might happen and how to prevent it. That is patch management—a relatively straightforward process, 10 or 20 years ago.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2013

These three change accelerators are what lie behind today''s avalanche of business transformation, and they are directly affecting the roles of CIO and CTO. And, just as the CIO''s role needs to change, so too does the CTO''s—from Chief Technology Officer to Chief Transformation Officer.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

You’re not cut out for engineering. Lines like this are still used all too frequently when employees tell their managers that they want to move in a new direction. Managers are under tremendous pressure to generate results. How will your unit’s monthly, quarterly, and annual goals change as a result?

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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.” Self-management: Being a PM can be incredibly stressful.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2018

And because organizational change tends to be driven by those who most acutely feel the pain, it’s often line managers who are the strongest champions for “talent tech”: innovations in how firms hire people, staff projects, evaluate performance, and develop talent. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2018

How to make your company more nimble and responsive. Maximize engineering productivity. Engineers love continuous delivery environments because they can immediately see how their work adds value to the organization. And, once again, business leaders would do well to pay close attention to the strategic implications.

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