Moves the Needle

JULY 31, 2018

Currently, Kent is living the “funemployed” life playing poker 5 nights a week and pursuing other resurfacing hobbies after many years spent building a successful career as a software engineer and author. Innovation projects should be valued like insurance policies. Wry smiles abound.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 12, 2016

Firms will have to hire software engineers to design and deliver service solutions based on usage data. In other words every company will have to become a service provider and a software company – or perish. Companies will need to think innovatively about customer needs.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 15, 2024

A practical example of this is when Airbnb adjusted its cancellation policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing customers to cancel their bookings without penalties. Prototype and test empathetic policies , such as flexible returns, loyalty rewards, or improved accessibility for differently-abled customers.

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Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 29, 2024

Leaders who embody these practices set a tone that permeates through the organization, influencing policies, programs, and the overall work environment. Integrating Mindfulness and Well-being into Organizational Culture The integration of mindfulness and well-being into the fabric of an organization’s culture begins with leadership.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 10, 2023

Implementing policies and mechanisms to combat the spread of disinformation generated by AI systems helps maintain the integrity of information and protect users. Establishing clear guidelines on intellectual property rights for AI-generated content and creations is essential to prevent disputes and protect original work.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 17, 2023

Develop and enforce strict security policies, perform regular security audits, and invest in advanced cybersecurity tools. Ensuring Cybersecurity and Data Privacy As organizations become more digitally connected, the risk of cyberattacks and data breaches increases. In addition, educating employees on security best practices is essential.

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Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This approach exemplifies how empathetic policies can significantly contribute to a company’s innovative capacity and employee satisfaction. Policies reflecting compassion might include free access to mental health resources, creating a paid leave bank, and providing low-cost continuing education opportunities​​.

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Values Centered Innovation

MAY 27, 2018

Slowly, but surely people began to come up with ideas like baking chocolate chip cookies on the night shift or having a movie day while waiting for our vendor’s software engineers to do their work. In simple terms, culture is the set of values and norms that are embedded in your systems, practices and policies.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Even though the Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that 70% of employers provide sexual harassment training and 98% of companies have sexual harassment policies, the number of sexual harassment claims filed with the U.S. .” The Ailes case commanded a lot of media attention, but it was not all that unique. I said, ‘I sure have.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

All employees should not only understand what is expected of them regarding company policy and online behavior but also be trained to recognize nefarious or suspicious activity. .” The agile enterprise equips all organizational layers with decision guideposts and boundaries to set thresholds of risk tolerance.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

Leaders implement policies that prohibit discrimination against protected classes, but rules can’t prevent unconscious, unintentional bias. “I am the only woman on a team of software engineers. Some rely on training, others on policies, still others on support from the top. At worst, it is soul destroying.

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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.

Strategy 15

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2016

This is a special challenge when the original developer of the often homegrown legacy systems doesn’t have well-defined interfaces, documentation is scarce, and the software engineers are not available anymore. In this regard, talking about a “fourth industrial revolution” can be misleading.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2018

We heard freelance journalists, consultants, designers, software engineers, and executive coaches share tales much like those of the artists we spoke to. It is an insurance policy and a valuable asset in an age in which most of us are deeply attached to our work but not as loyal to our employers.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

In 2013 Tracy Chou — then a software engineer at Pinterest, now a cofounder of Project Include — helped jumpstart the transparency movement by creating a shared spreadsheet for companies to post their employee demographics. The figure at the end of this article gives an idea of what companies might report as a start.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Atomic Object, a software company in Michigan, put in place a standing-only rule in meetings, to keep them focused and short. Marissa Mayer, Yahoo''s CEO, ended the company''s work-from-home policy to foster a more collaborative, innovative environment.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

The software engineer sent a lengthy written commentary around the company, characterizing Google’s efforts to create a more gender-balanced workforce as an ideological crusade. If you think it is, you haven’t been listening. Leaders need to acknowledge this — and meet people where they actually are.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

For example, while women typically make up roughly 16 % of software engineers in the U.S. and almost no companies report engineering data specifically), Pinterest’s goal in 2016 was to hire women engineers at nearly twice this rate.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2016

Entrepreneurs should consider these changes to their user experience design, HR policies, and general corporate strategy to recognize, value, and support the emotional labor of on-demand workers: Hire workers as full-time employees. Foreground the rules and expectations of your platform to workers.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

From computer software engineers to veterinarians, the new professional class made the decisive difference in the 2008 general election for Obama, and they have fueled the dramatic growth of upscale brands like Apple. Campaigns and consumer choices share one important thing in common: they are about alternatives, not ideals.

Learning 15

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Germany does a better job on innovation in areas as diverse as sustainable energy systems, molecular biotech, lasers, and experimental software engineering. We need new policies that allow American innovation to be scaled up and produced on American soil, by American workers. The truth is: Germany wins hands down.

Radical Innovation 15

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Then there''s GILD, which uses data to search out software engineers who might have been missed by traditional forms of recruiting. The Wall Street Journal says 48% of the 79 million Chinese women of childbearing age could be affected by the policy change; if just a quarter of them had second children, there would be 9.5

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Ask just about any anyone to draw a picture of their organization — be it a Catholic priest, a Google software engineer, a nurse in Britain’s National Health Service, a guard in Shanghai’s Hongkou Detention Center, or an account executive at Barclays Bank — and you’ll get the familiar rendering of lines-and-boxes. Architecture.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Ask just about any anyone to draw a picture of their organization — be it a Catholic priest, a Google software engineer, a nurse in Britain’s National Health Service, a guard in Shanghai’s Hongkou Detention Center, or an account executive at Barclays Bank — and you’ll get the familiar rendering of lines-and-boxes. Architecture.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

It goes on to urge governments to take a harder look at their educational policies and how those policies can “rapidly raise education and skills levels of individuals of all ages, particularly with regard to both STEM and non-cognitive soft skills, enabling people to leverage their uniquely human capabilities.”.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

It goes on to urge governments to take a harder look at their educational policies and how those policies can “rapidly raise education and skills levels of individuals of all ages, particularly with regard to both STEM and non-cognitive soft skills, enabling people to leverage their uniquely human capabilities.”.

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