How Talent Optimization will Impact Cloud Growth
summary
Argues that cloud growth stalls on people not tech and offers a concrete four-step framework—design, hire, inspire, diagnose—plus four specific misalignments: culture, job, team, manager. Cites team experiments (all-male 15 pushes/day, all-female 2, mixed 5–6 with better product) and claims cognitive absorption rate matters more than IQ. Presents a data tool (app.purpose.ly) that measures behaviors, EQ and learning capacity, offers free individual accounts, and urges measuring causes not symptoms.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:20What I will cover
- 2:05Military
- 4:49Change
- 9:56Design
- 12:47Hire
- 13:42Inspire
- 15:15Diagnose
- 18:12Culture
- 19:51Job Fit
- 22:32Team
- 25:30Manager
- 27:27The 3 Amigos of 'The Journey
- 29:58A Gift
- 30:55Final Thoughts
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