Business Chief USA February 2019

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how to use the newest version of
Angular J or sometimes it might include
a topic like yoga or meditation. We have
found this to be an incredible approach.”
It seems the workforce agrees. On a
cumulative basis more than 10,000
people participated in Teaching Thursdays
last year. It’s also helped to promote
best practices and allowed natural
leaders to shine through. “It’s been an
incredible low-cost approach, critical
in making all of this journey possible,”
Vasudeva adds. In conjunction with this,
Nationwide has developed TechCon,
its very own conference and a series of
code camps. “Around 2,000 of our
associates attend TechCon, during
which more than 200 classes are taught.
It’s our own technology conference for
our own technology people,” he says.
“We also have code camps, whereby
we pick topics that we want to excel in
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