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Friday, March 31, 2006

What is a technological leader?

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Our organization here at AOL was asked to think about what it means to be a technological leader.  Here's what i came up with:

A technological leader enables products users are passionate about.  It does this by funding the development of core technologies, driving open standards, supporting open interfaces, and conducting technological research.  The organization must be independent enough to manage the necessary tension between technical excellence and aggressive product requirements.  Taking risks with disruptive technology, technical evangelization, and support of external developers build the organization’s market recognition.  The organization must remain agile by allocating time specifically for innovation and worker self-education, and by listening thoughtfully to the workers in the technological trenches.




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  • #1 Comment from dixont
    3/31/06 12:41 PM | Permalink
    'driving open standards' and 'supporting open interfaces' parts are not accurate.  Ex. AIM, AOL, iPod, Napster, MySpace, Google, Yahoo, MS Windows, Vonage, Qualcomm, Nokia, Cisco, Intel, Red Hat etc. all support proprietary software and or hardware which maintains a unique user experience and competative advantage, often patented, over rivals.  Open standards can be implemented for select interfaces but a company's advantage can not be maintained, protected and monetized in an entirely open environment.