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9 months ago
In this session, Frank Calderoni, CEO Anaplan shared how to build a company that sees hypergrowth by upstanding the character of the company. He shared his insights on his journey in leading a large organization while still maintaining the character-led culture.
Bio:
Frank Calderoni is the Chief Executive Officer of Anaplan and the chairman of the company’s board of directors. Frank is a technology industry veteran with over 30 years of successful executive leadership. Before joining Anaplan, Frank served as the Executive Vice President (EVP), Operations, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Red Hat, Inc. from June 2015 to January 2017. He also served as EVP and CFO at Cisco Systems, Inc. for seven years. Prior to that, he served as Cisco’s Senior Vice President (SVP), Customer Solutions Finance, and Vice President, Worldwide Sales Finance. Frank joined Cisco in 2004 from QLogic Corporation, where he was the SVP and CFO. Prior to that, he was the SVP, Finance & Administration, and CFO for SanDisk Corporation. Frank also sits on the board of Adobe Systems, Inc.
Franks Book:
Upstanding: How Company Character Catalyzes Loyalty, Agility, and Hypergrowth by Frank A. Calderoni https://amzn.to/3z7igws
Discussion Timeline:
0:57 Frank's journey.
2:11 Thoughts on meaning of success for a leader in a large organization.
4:13 Financial metrics vs employee happiness.
8:42 Culture is built from bottom up or top down?
12:00 Culture and strategy.
14:19 Leadership during uncertain times.
19:33 The story behind the book "Upstanding".
20:52 The timing of the book "Upstanding".
24:17:00 How to gauge the character of an organization?
26:39:00 Influence of a leader in determining the character and culture of an organization.
28:23:00 The ideal reader for the book "Upstanding".
30:06:00 Rapidfire with Frank.
33:17:00 Frank's favorite reads.
34:29:00 Closing remarks.
About TAO.ai[Sponsor]:
TAO is building the World's largest and AI-powered Skills Universe and Community powering career development platform empowering some of the World's largest communities/organizations. Learn more at https://TAO.ai
About WorkPod:
Work Pod takes you on the journey with leaders, experts, academics, authors, and change-makers designing the future of work, workers, and the workplace.
About Work2.org
WorkPod is managed by Work2.org, a #FutureOfWork community for HR and Organization architects and leaders.
Sponsorship / Guest Request should be directed to info@tao.ai
Keywords:
#FutureofWork #Work2.0 #Work2dot0 #Leadership #Growth #Org2dot0 #Work2 #Org2
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In this session, Frank Calderoni, CEO Anaplan shared how to build a company that sees hypergrowth by upstanding the character of the company. He shared his insights on his journey in leading a large organization while still maintaining the character-led culture.
Bio:
Frank Calderoni is the Chief Executive Officer of Anaplan and the chairman of the company’s board of directors. Frank is a technology industry veteran with over 30 years of successful executive leadership. Before joining Anaplan, Frank served as the Executive Vice President (EVP), Operations, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Red Hat, Inc. from June 2015 to January 2017. He also served as EVP and CFO at Cisco Systems, Inc. for seven years. Prior to that, he served as Cisco’s Senior Vice President (SVP), Customer Solutions Finance, and Vice President, Worldwide Sales Finance. Frank joined Cisco in 2004 from QLogic Corporation, where he was the SVP and CFO. Prior to that, he was the SVP, Finance & Administration, and CFO for SanDisk Corporation. Frank also sits on the board of Adobe Systems, Inc.
Franks Book:
Upstanding: How Company Character Catalyzes Loyalty, Agility, and Hypergrowth by Frank A. Calderoni https://amzn.to/3z7igws
Discussion Timeline:
0:57 Frank's journey.
2:11 Thoughts on meaning of success for a leader in a large organization.
4:13 Financial metrics vs employee happiness.
8:42 Culture is built from bottom up or top down?
12:00 Culture and strategy.
14:19 Leadership during uncertain times.
19:33 The story behind the book "Upstanding".
20:52 The timing of the book "Upstanding".
24:17:00 How to gauge the character of an organization?
26:39:00 Influence of a leader in determining the character and culture of an organization.
28:23:00 The ideal reader for the book "Upstanding".
30:06:00 Rapidfire with Frank.
33:17:00 Frank's favorite reads.
34:29:00 Closing remarks.
About TAO.ai[Sponsor]:
TAO is building the World's largest and AI-powered Skills Universe and Community powering career development platform empowering some of the World's largest communities/organizations. Learn more at https://TAO.ai
About WorkPod:
Work Pod takes you on the journey with leaders, experts, academics, authors, and change-makers designing the future of work, workers, and the workplace.
About Work2.org
WorkPod is managed by Work2.org, a #FutureOfWork community for HR and Organization architects and leaders.
Sponsorship / Guest Request should be directed to info@tao.ai
Keywords:
#FutureofWork #Work2.0 #Work2dot0 #Leadership #Growth #Org2dot0 #Work2 #Org2
The Future of Data Podcast | conversation with leaders, influencers, and change makers in the World of Data & Analytics
1 hour 4 minutes 39 seconds
4 years ago
Building an AI First Company and Culture
Discussing AI First Company and AI First mentality with Ash Fontana. He sheds light on how organizations could embrace analytics, data and AI to retain competitive edge.
Bio:
Ash Fontana became one of the most recognized startup investors in the world after launching online investing at AngelList. He then became a Managing Director of Zetta, the first investment fund that focused on AI. The firm was the lead investor in category-defining AI companies such as Kaggle, Domino, Tractable, Lilt and Invenia. He has appeared in Fast Company, Bloomberg, Forbes, CNBC and at the UN. This is his first book.
Ash's Book:
The AI-First Company: How to Compete and Win with Artificial Intelligence by Ash Fontana https://amzn.to/33C2OL5
Ash's Recommendations:
On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee https://amzn.to/3vZhksk
Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain by Patricia S. Churchland https://amzn.to/2RiKrYO
Discussion Timeline:
TIMELINE
Some questions we covered:
1. Starter: Give your starter pitch 1 point that this book points to:
2. Vishal briefly introduce guest
Stage 2: Subject Matter Expertise
3. What is the state of startups today?
4. State of AI in mature organization?
5. AI and Enterprise outlook? Cautionary tale or hopeful story
6. Who will win the AI race?
7. Challenges in AI adoption?
Stage 3: Introduction as an author
8. What is an AI-First company?
9. Why write AI-First?
10. Why does every company need to prioritize AI over the next decade?
11. What are the most common mistakes companies make when trying to become AI-First?
12. What’s the difference between “lean-startup” and “lean AI”?
14. How do AI-First companies retain more of the “first mover” advantage than others?
15. AI + Business, will make it more science or art?
16. Can AI be a competitive edge
Stage 4: Rapid Fire with Ben Pring [Say what comes to your mind]
17 a. #MachineLearning
17 b. #Technology
17 c. #Leadership
17 d. #FutureOfWork
17 e. #Culture
17 f. #DigitalTransformation
17 g. #Disruption
17 h. #JobsOfFuture
17 i. #FutureofStartup
17 j. #FutureofOrganization
17 k. #AIFirst
Stage 5: Closing
18. What are 1-3 best practices that you think are the key to success in your journey?
19. Do you have any favorite read?
20. As a closing remark, what would you like to tell our audience?
About TAO.ai[Sponsor]:
TAO is building the World's largest and AI-powered Skills Universe and Community powering career development platform empowering some of the World's largest communities/organizations. Learn more at https://TAO.ai
About FutureOfData:
FutureOfData takes you on the journey with leaders, experts, academics, authors, and change-makers designing the future of data, analytics, and insights.
About AnalyticsWeek.com
FutureOfData is managed by AnalyticsWeek.com, a #FutureOfData Leadership community of Organization architects and leaders.
Sponsorship / Guest Request should be directed to info@tao.ai
Keywords:
#FutureofData #Work2.0 #Work2dot0 #Leadership #Growth #Org2dot0 #Work2 #Org2
The Future of Data Podcast | conversation with leaders, influencers, and change makers in the World of Data & Analytics
In this session, Frank Calderoni, CEO Anaplan shared how to build a company that sees hypergrowth by upstanding the character of the company. He shared his insights on his journey in leading a large organization while still maintaining the character-led culture.
Bio:
Frank Calderoni is the Chief Executive Officer of Anaplan and the chairman of the company’s board of directors. Frank is a technology industry veteran with over 30 years of successful executive leadership. Before joining Anaplan, Frank served as the Executive Vice President (EVP), Operations, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Red Hat, Inc. from June 2015 to January 2017. He also served as EVP and CFO at Cisco Systems, Inc. for seven years. Prior to that, he served as Cisco’s Senior Vice President (SVP), Customer Solutions Finance, and Vice President, Worldwide Sales Finance. Frank joined Cisco in 2004 from QLogic Corporation, where he was the SVP and CFO. Prior to that, he was the SVP, Finance & Administration, and CFO for SanDisk Corporation. Frank also sits on the board of Adobe Systems, Inc.
Franks Book:
Upstanding: How Company Character Catalyzes Loyalty, Agility, and Hypergrowth by Frank A. Calderoni https://amzn.to/3z7igws
Discussion Timeline:
0:57 Frank's journey.
2:11 Thoughts on meaning of success for a leader in a large organization.
4:13 Financial metrics vs employee happiness.
8:42 Culture is built from bottom up or top down?
12:00 Culture and strategy.
14:19 Leadership during uncertain times.
19:33 The story behind the book "Upstanding".
20:52 The timing of the book "Upstanding".
24:17:00 How to gauge the character of an organization?
26:39:00 Influence of a leader in determining the character and culture of an organization.
28:23:00 The ideal reader for the book "Upstanding".
30:06:00 Rapidfire with Frank.
33:17:00 Frank's favorite reads.
34:29:00 Closing remarks.
About TAO.ai[Sponsor]:
TAO is building the World's largest and AI-powered Skills Universe and Community powering career development platform empowering some of the World's largest communities/organizations. Learn more at https://TAO.ai
About WorkPod:
Work Pod takes you on the journey with leaders, experts, academics, authors, and change-makers designing the future of work, workers, and the workplace.
About Work2.org
WorkPod is managed by Work2.org, a #FutureOfWork community for HR and Organization architects and leaders.
Sponsorship / Guest Request should be directed to info@tao.ai
Keywords:
#FutureofWork #Work2.0 #Work2dot0 #Leadership #Growth #Org2dot0 #Work2 #Org2
