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212: Building a Courageous Culture that Facilitates Innovation and Problem-Solving | with Karin Hurt

Engaging Leader

Schmoozers: people who talked a great game, but never help implement that plan that sounded so amazing when they presented it. She provides leadership development programs for organizations around the world. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she has over two decades of experience in customer service, sales, and human resources.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform. Bill Ruh was selected in 2011.

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The Myth of the Intrapreneur

Harvard Business Review

The experience of the typical intrapreneur looks less like Spencer Silver, who developed the Post-It note while at 3M, and more like Steven Sasson, the engineer at Kodak who invented the portable digital camera. Lastly, companies need (8) skills and talent that are differentiated from traditional R&D or new product development roles.

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5 Positions Companies Need To Navigate Digital Transformation

N2Growth Blog

Developers do not program cognitive systems in a conventional sense, but rather a corpus of information is created for a specific domain set. Machine Learning Engineer: The objective of ML/DL is to develop a predictive engine for a specific use case. From there, low hanging fruit opportunities can be incubated.