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Generative AI: Let's Be Smart This Time Around
Generative AI: Let's Be Smart This Time Around
By Sven G.
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I’ve tasted the future and I can't get enough
I’ve tasted the future and I can't get enough
By Sven G.
Activity
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Impressive how rapidly the text to video models are evolving.
Impressive how rapidly the text to video models are evolving.
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Great article by The Business of Fashion on potential risks of using GenAI in certain use scenarios. We are all cutting new trails with AI and the…
Great article by The Business of Fashion on potential risks of using GenAI in certain use scenarios. We are all cutting new trails with AI and the…
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Experience & Education
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Gap Inc.
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Publications
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Moving IT beyond the department of No
The Enterprisers Project
See publicationThe word “no,” like the word “failure,” has many different meanings. Saying no can be a mark of maturity in some cases and naiveté in others. IT has a legacy of being The Department of No. More recently, IT has been told that if they say no more than three times, someone will lose their job. Neither position is appropriate because every context is unique.
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Why gameification is not a game
Wall Street Journal
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Evolve 2014
See publicationAt DIRECTV, the IT organization is 1 year into a multi year transformation focused on creating an innovative high performance learning organization. The transformation is powered by innovative techniques such as gamification, social media, sentiment analysis and organizational learning. This video describes the journey.
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6 lessons to learn from a happy IT organization
InfoWorld - Eric Knorr
At DirecTV, IT stopped playing defense and took the lead, helping business management weigh key decisions. Here's how they pulled it off
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To make IT 'agile,' devops is not enough
InfoWorld
See publicationDevops aims to heal the often bitter divide between developers and operations, but delivering more and better solutions faster demands an enterprise-wide commitment
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An Attempt at Failing — To Innovate
WIRED
See publicationThe fear of failure is the biggest factor holding organizations back from realizing their true innovation potential. A key factor required to unleash innovation is a high performance culture that is willing to continually experiment and learn from its failures.
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Driving learning engagement through gamification at DIRECTV
Infosys
See publicationSven Gerjets, Senior Vice President - Information Technology, DIRECTV Inc. shares his experience on how gamification helped drive employee behavior and learning engagement.
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At DirecTV, the CEO and CIO Are on the Same Wavelength
Forbes
See publicationCIO — Michael White, CEO of DirecTV, describes the company's innovation culture and what he expects from his CIO)
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IT Competing in a Segmented Marketplace
CIO Review
See publicationThe organizational culture we are creating today is either going to set us up for success in the future or will end up relegating the IT organization to the back office while our business partners go directly to the cloud for their technology solutions.
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The CIO brings a unique perspective to the business
The Enterprisers Project
See publicationSven Gerjets, Senior Vice-President of IT of DIRECTV says, "DevOps is not enough. The silos between operations and delivery, those are the things that break down our ability to deliver quickly to the business." He continues to say that, "if we create goals and we align development and operations, we get things out quickly."
Patents
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Computerized Comprehensive Health Assessment and Physician Directed Systems
Filed US US20080195594 A1
Physical and metabolic characteristics, historical data and current symptoms are compiled through use of a computerized expert system that recognizes patterns predictive of metabolic dysfunction or insufficiency. Functional capabilities of all bodily systems are simultaneously evaluated at each input session through expert system analysis to create science-based remedial plans exemplifying methods of lifestyle alteration and biologic response modification through nutrition and other means
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Courses
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“Achieving Breakthrough Customer Service”, Harvard Business School
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“Delivering Information Services”, Harvard Business School
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“DevelopU Executive Education Program”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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“Regional Leadership Forum”, Society for Information Management
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Honors & Awards
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Best Places to Work in IT 2014
Computerworld
The Best Places to Work in Information Technology (IT) list is an annual ranking of the top 100 work environments for technology professionals by IDG's Computerworld. The list is compiled based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, career development, training and retention. In addition, Computerworld conducts extensive surveys of IT workers, and their responses factor heavily in determining the rankings. New in 2014, the 100 winning…
The Best Places to Work in Information Technology (IT) list is an annual ranking of the top 100 work environments for technology professionals by IDG's Computerworld. The list is compiled based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company offerings in categories such as benefits, career development, training and retention. In addition, Computerworld conducts extensive surveys of IT workers, and their responses factor heavily in determining the rankings. New in 2014, the 100 winning organizations are organized by company size based on the number of employees (large, midsize, small).
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Best Practice in Learning Technologies 2014
CORPU Annual Awards for Learninbg Excellence and Innovation
Presented by CorpU, the awards salute corporate learning units that demonstrate excellence in leadership and creativity in improving employee and business performance. The awards program recognizes corporate learning units that best illustrate their performance in key strategic areas of.
Award recognized the innovation of using gamification as a learning engine to drive a culture of high performance and innovation.
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Premier 100 IT Leaders of 2014
Computerworld
“The Premier 100 awards program, now in its 15th year, shines a well-deserved spotlight on a group of talented, creative and hard-working men and women. These IT executives are driving technology innovation in business, education and government across the country and around the world. Technology advances quickly, and these leaders excel at keeping pace with the changing needs of customers and employees, and making fast technology decisions that map to their organizations’ top priorities."
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German
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Organizations
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Greylock Advisory Council
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SalesForce CIO Advisory Board
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