Abstract
Silicon Valley is recognized as a hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurship, like Apple, Google, and Facebook. Why is Silicon Valley such an entrepreneurial place? A major contributor to the phenomenon is our diversity-half of us don't speak English at home. A wide variety of perspectives, leadership & thinking styles, management, and work approaches also contribute to the mindset of Silicon Valley, including the design thinking or user experience enabled by ethnomethodology. This lecture showcases the crucial conversations that effective people and leadership have in order to achieve growth success.
Time
14:00，May 26th,Sunday
Location
Room 302, Library
Speaker
Kimberly Wiefling, a physicist by education, she has been engaged in research in surface analysis and dielectric spectroscopy of polymer liquid crystals. She’s held leadership positions ranging from NPI Program Manager to VP of Program Management at HP as well, she was also the VP of Program Management, acquired by Google in 2001.
Kimberly has worked globally with people from over 50 different countries, ranging from Italy, Austria, German, China, Australia, to Thai. Her love of science allows her to work with NASA, SETI, Frontier Development Team, and the Giant Magellan Telescope team.
Host
Ray J. Rivera, Assitant Teaching Professor of English Literatue, Institute of Humanities.
Guest
Yuqing DU, Assistant Teaching Professor of Anthropology, Institute of Humanities.
Organizer
Kaoru Amino，Associate Teaching Professor of Japanese, Institute of Humanities.