From industry shifts to supporting innovation: Insights from Kone's chief innovation officer

01/09/23 • 22 min

The Heidrick & Struggles Leadership Podcast

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Matti Takala speaks to Amy Chen, senior vice president and chief innovation officer at Kone about industry shifts in the industrial sector and which leadership capabilities drive innovation forward.

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Previous Episode

How technology industry CHROs can align talent strategy and business objectives

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Christina Cary speaks to Suni Lobo, the chief human resources officer at Marqeta, a digital payment, innovation, and modern card issuing platform company; and Missy Forlani, the chief people officer at PowerSchool, a global provider of cloud-based software for the K–12 education sector. Lobo and Forlani, who both recently stepped into their first public-company head of HR role, share what their experiences have been like over the first few months on the job, and talk about what they wish they had known before stepping into their current positions. The two also discuss the importance of building relationships with various company stakeholders including the CEO and board, and how those relationships can help the CHRO or CPO become a strategic partner within the organization that aligns talent strategy to business objectives. Finally, the two discuss how the current digital and technology transformation is affecting how they are implementing their organization’s HR strategy.

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FiscalNote’s CEO on DE&I, IPOs, and What He Learned From Political Campaigns

In this podcast, Heidrick & Struggles’ Julian Ha speaks to Tim Hwang, the founder, chairman, and CEO of FiscalNote, an information services company focused on reshaping how companies understand global policy and market intelligence by combining AI technology, expert analysis and legislative regulatory and geopolitical data. Disclosure: Julian Ha has been an adviser to and is a shareholder in FiscalNote. Hwang shares his journey from politics to founding FiscalNote out of a Motel 6 room to taking it public in August 2022. He discusses some of the skills he gained from working on campaigns as well as why collaborating with stakeholders is critical and what it takes to drive that collaboration within the C-suite and with other stakeholders such as employees, shareholders, and regulators. Finally, he talks about how he links DE&I goals to FiscalNote's strategy and operations.

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

What led Tim to found FiscalNote (01:09)

Why FiscalNote went public (05:16)

What political campaigns and startups have in common (08:48)

Leading your company through uncertain times (11:21)

Tim talks DE&I (13:19)

The leadership skills needed to drive collaboration in the organization (15:12)

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