#PTW19#Intro19 - Question regarding moving fast and dealing with bureaucracy in large corps. Big orgs will focus on maintaining growth and protecting brand. By segregating some innovation work within a big org we can focus on exploring and learning.
#PTW19#Intro19 - "In a crisis you have to throw out all the rules. It's one of the best places to innovate"
Fun fact: during a yellow fever outbreak in Philly we stood up completely new methods of managing our water system.
#PTW19#Intro19 - At Johnson & Johnson "JPods" are established in innovation hubs around the world to connect with start-ups.
#PTW19#Intro19 - Large companies focusing on stability does not mean that they are opposed to innovation.
#PTW19#Intro19 - Innovating in a large org requires the innovators to bring everyone along for the ride. Change management and engagement from the get-go helps pave the way.
#PTW19#Intro19 - Quantifying success of innovation practices is critical. Getting KPIs right and communicating them is critical to maintaining a focus on building new and innovative products.
#PTW19#Intro19 - rotations through innovation centers provide a great opportunity to build organizational expertise in methodologies used to build new products. This then helps the broader org become more lean and experimental in building their product.
#PTW19#Intro19 - What are large companies looking for in employees working in innovation studios?
An innovation team requires people who can collaborate, think, solve problems, have a high EQ, are resilient (be ready to hear "no" a lot!), listen, and have empathy.
#PTW19#Intro19 - How do we bring front-line employee ideas in innovation studios?
One great idea is to have leaders actually pitch ideas to the employees that a solution will impact first and gather feedback. Involve the front-line in the solutioning and brainstorming!
#PTW19#Intro19 - How do you find candidates that have all the ideal qualities when things like "resiliency" aren't going to show up on a resume?
Look for starters, finishers and fixers! Innovators will call out what they've created/led & when they've fixed a messy situation
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For this community mentorship isn't just about the technical knowledge (which is important) but there are some specialized needs for career growth. Additionally, imposter syndrome (a big issue in tech) can weigh heavy for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Some useful tips for Technical Education regardless of a mentee's background.
"Don't disparage the mentee's educational path" is a big one IMO - more and more folks are entering tech from non-traditional backgrounds which is *awesome*
Had issues joining via web so I'm going mobile. In to the panel just in time for intros whew! Moira Bohannon, Mercedes Hall and Patreece Spence are all speakers with Beth Dickerson hosting. All from Elsevier.
Definitely appreciate the intros including pronouns #vGHC#GHC20
Workshops at #vGHC#GHC20 are the more 'interactive' version of virtual events this year. We're getting started with some audience polls to better understand demographics.
Lots of folks coming from SWE and a broad distro of folks across their career stage.
Next session at #vGHC20 for me is pretty pertinent: Male Allies: The One "DEI" Thing a Male Ally Can Do Today - a panel including Glenn Block, David Graham, Jason Thompson, and Jeremiah Chan.
Sobering stat: study by the patent office 12.8% of patent inventors are women. The percentage growth in this area is actually slowing down.. only 2% growth in 15+ years.
This isn't just about recognition for patent creation there's a financial impact as well.
Another stat: 9 of 10 venture capital dollars goes to while males according to our moderator Ha Nguyen. Through Spero Ventures she's working to help make those numbers more diverse.
I'm *really* excited about the next session on my list: Applying Accessibility and Gender Sensitive Design Strategy to API Design with Anwesha Bhattacharjee.
I tend to think of Accessibility == UX so it will be great to see a take on service build out.
This session is geared towards folks in B2B, a product manager/designer role familiar with Design Thinking or are building out a public facing API catalog.
My take: probably pretty important for internal API creation too!
Ethics in software development can be tricky - data may be used in unintended ways. As software devs it’s not always easy to think of these possibilities when we are so focused on delivering “the service.” #devopsdaysphilly
There’s a double edged sword at play - we may not know the usefulness of data points until we have them. But from a privacy perspective we should only be grabbing data that’s relevant to providing the service #devopsdaysphilly