Show Notes
Joining me today is Art Hu, Lenovo’s senior vice president and global chief information officer. He also serves as chief technology and delivery officer of Lenovo’s Solutions and Services Group, or SSG. Our topic is building better products and services. Enterprises have found success with internal experimentation—from idea generation to prototype to commercialization, and finally diffusion—because you can test out new ideas before bringing them to market. But connecting internal capabilities to eventual solutions requires a culture of curiosity. Two words for you: internal innovation.
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