In current times, enterprises and startups have faced challenges of leading and at the same time ensuring development of team members & colleagues. In this edition of video interview, we are happy to feature Vinod Sood (Co-Founder and Managing Director, HSC) to share his experiences on addressing these challenges.
He also shared his thoughts about dealing with lack of ownership and responsibility, and what qualities can established enterprises learn from startups.
Interviewee: Vinod Sood (Co-Founder and Managing Director, HSC)
Vinod Sood is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Hughes Systique Corporation (HSC), an Engineering R&D Solutions & Services company. Prior to his current role, he was Head of Global Engineering and R&D at Hughes Software Systems (HSS) and served on its Board as well. Before HSS, Vinod worked with C-DOT where he was part of the core team which designed India 1st Digital Switch. Vinod is a veteran of hi-tech software industry, during his career span of 36 years he has built high performance teams at premier R&D organizations in India. Vinod has an exceptional track record of building profitable and sustainable institutions from conceptualization to maturity.
Interviewer: Noopur Pathak (Chief Media Editor, INNOVATION ROOTS)
Category: Video Interview
Retrospectives Antipatterns and Beyond with Aino Vonge Corry
Retrospectives are indispensable for continuous learning and improvement. There are some bad practices known as antipatterns that can result in the failure of retrospectives.
We are happy to feature Aino Vonge Corry (Author, Retrospectives Antipatterns) in the recent interview to discuss about what are the retrospective antipatterns, what is the biggest challenge for retrospective when we talk about people and distributed teams, common symptoms to know you are failing at retrospectives and solutions to make the process of retrospectives enjoyable and valuable.
Interviewee: Aino Vonge Corry (Author, Retrospectives Antipatterns)
Aino is Author of the book Retrospectives Antipatterns. After gaining her Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2001 Aino Corry spent the next 10 years failing to choose between being a researcher/teacher in academia, and being a teacher/facilitator in industry. She eventually squared the circle by starting her own company, metadeveloper, which develops developers by teaching CS, teaching how to teach CS, inviting speakers to IT conferences, and facilitating software development in various ways. She has facilitated retrospectives and other meetings for the past 15 years during which time she has made all the mistakes possible in that field. Aino has lived in Stockholm, Lund, and Cambridge, but she is now back in Aarhus, Denmark, where she lives with her family, and a growing collection of plush cephalopods.
Interviewer: Noopur Pathak (Chief Media Editor, INNOVATION ROOTS)