It’s one thing for a company to invest in new technology. It’s another for a company to become invested in technology. In this episode, Yao Morin, CTO of JLL explains how she isn’t just adding data to the company workflow, but is instead fostering a culture of innovation and data-driven mindsets across the 240-year-old company through education, and by demonstrating data’s business value across departments.

Key Moments:

Yao’s rapid rise at JLL [4:01]
Energy efficiency data in commercial real estate [13:26]
Fostering creativity and imagination in data teams [16:29]
Better understanding of B2B customer pain points [21:24]
Yao’s approach to startup investment [23:45]
Generative AI and the data/analytics workflow [28:58]
Delegating to better manage large data teams [32:27]
The underrepresentation of women in data and tech leadership roles [36:02]

Mentions:

Intuit
StubHub
Jira / Confluence
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
Tom Davenport
Diablo IV (video game)
“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen

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