2011 Software Engineering Software Review 
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 29, 2015
This means that many organizations and their leaders are running as fast as they can to quickly build their software capabilities. CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. In 2011 GE, the company famous for exporting great leaders, imported one when it recruited Bill Ruh from Cisco to lead GE’s push into software and analytics. billion stake.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 29, 2012
A 2011 IBM study of over 3,000 CIOs revealed that CIO-CEO alignment is stronger than ever, with traditional companies aggressively investing in technology innovation. Universities are rapidly growing their engineering courses. Venture capitalists are creating software engineering academies in their own cities.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 6, 2017
This is an enormous missed opportunity: we found that the best companies are more than 25% more productive than the rest due to the way they deploy, team and lead scarce, difference-making talent. Here’s what our research shows: The best talent is significantly more productive than the rest. It sent its very best team of Navy SEALs.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 29, 2015
Brian Fitzpatrick joined Google as a senior software engineer in 2005, shortly after the company’s IPO. Brian specialized in open-source software development and he quickly became a champion within the company for various initiatives focused on end users.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 18, 2013
When we first decided to move the headquarters of our software company from Atlanta, we didn''t think of Silicon Valley. But our company makes software that is used across dozens of industry verticals — automotive, health care, hospitality, and the public sector — each with their own specific needs and goals.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
In 2011, Thierry Andretta, the CEO of French fashion company Lanvin, announced an initiative called "no email Wednesdays" because he thought people had stopped actually talking to each other. Atomic Object, a software company in Michigan, put in place a standing-only rule in meetings, to keep them focused and short. Lead by example.
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