Business Chief USA June 2019

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be knowledgeable of the technologies
empowering them. This is key next to
other critical enablers such as
transformation enabling governance
and change management.”
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DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT
When it comes to getting the right
talent, Schijven comments: “I would
advise organizations to look broadly,
step outside of your comfort zone.
What has surprised me is that it’s not
always necessarily folks with a
business or engineering background
who’ve got the right stuff. I’ve been
pleasantly surprised by people with
completely diverse backgrounds,
from microbiologists to historians.
Have a healthy mix of diversely thinking
people,” she advises.
Diversity of personal experience,
such as having a mix of genders, will
also be useful. “Women and men see
things inherently differently – we’re just
wired differently. Again, in the end what
you should strive for is diversity of
thought which is fueled by diversity
across multiple dimensions; different
genders, racial backgrounds, educational
backgrounds, sexual orientations,
etc. People who have walked life
JUNE 2019