In this episode of the Innovation Garage, Vinicius David interviews Andre Nudelman, a serial entrepreneur and resident at Stanford University Graduate School of Education. Andre discusses his entrepreneurial career and how he ended up focusing on the educational sector. He also shares some important principles that he believes are necessary to run a successful business.
Alex is an executive in Operations with expertise in digital transformation, including implementation of large platforms such as SAP systems across the supply chain, application of process improvements and data quality systems. A leader with a proven track record of designing processes to integrate the value chain from customers, distribution centers, factories and recycling centers.
He has a unique ability to drive complex processes towards simplicity, clear accountability and cross functional alignment. His work experience combines expertise in Sales Operations and Planning (S&OP) by leading Sales Operations (call center, e-commerce and order fulfillment) as well as Supply Chain operations (demand and supply planning, manufacturing and inventory). Deep experience on leading operations that requires processes transformation combined with deployment of common IT tools.
Above all he is a role model of human dignity, bias to action and servant leadership. Alex has been a teacher and mentor for years. It's been an honor to call him friend.
We discuss in this podcast:
· Leadership principles
· Decision making for leaders based on purpose, values and beliefs
· How to develop people
· The caracteristics of a high-performance organazation
· The role of a mentor accelerating someone's carrer
· Why mentoring is a win-win process for mentors and mentees
Not a long time ago the world witnessed the birth of the 4th industrial Revolution at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Now the 5th one is here while many companies and organizations still struggle to adjust their business to the pace of transformation technology has been dictating for years.
What characterizes the The 5th industrial revolution? More and new technologies? Even faster impact? Pervasive AI in all aspects of Life? Humans with exponential skills? In this podcast, Vinicius will briefly cover what the industry 1.0 to 4.0 and share the details marking the debut of the of the 5th — A world that sees humans in the epicenter of innovation synergistically with the technologies from the 4th era to bend the limits of creation, development, productivity and economic potential.
The role of people at work has changed, leadership will never be same and in this podcast we will share important tips of what we all can do to surf this wave and evolve as entrepreneurs or workers, instead of getting hit hard by this phenomenon.
Artificial intelligence was born when Professor John McCarthy coined the term as part of a proposal, he wrote for the famous Dartmouth conference in Summer 1956. With the advancement of computing capabilities and data collection, that early-stage idea of representing human decision with algorithms today power the world and was the epicenter of the 4th industrial revolution.
Surfing this wave and designing AI first products has made legends in business disappear and entirely new models to materialize and transform markets. This process is still in its early days. Let’s talk about what the impacts and opportunities it represents for people’s career growth and the future of companies.
High-performing organizations represent one of the most competitive advantages companies can have. It enables business to grow and innovate faster, enable careers to catapult and societies to advance.
The three aspects of these teams performing at the top are:
In this series we will talk about each one of these three aspects and what each person can do to add to it and benefiting from being part a team like this.
There are two types of leaders out there. 1 — those who focus on people’s strengths and make them grow and shine brighter. They do it by meeting everyone’s purpose with a custom-built job scope that can multiply the impact of the talent already present along with the demands of the business. 2 – ½ Leaders who think about themselves first and end up trying to reform people before giving them a chance to show their full potential. These are talent suckers and the ones who will get a company to obtain a smaller return on the investment they make from every hire. Let’s discuss how to stop the latter and promote the former.
On this inaugural episode I am interviewed by my daughter Maria who is asking intriguing questions about the purpose of the podcast, what is entrepreneurship and innovation, why people should care about it and what to expect from this show.
