Feb 23, 2023 | 2 min read

Innovative Executives League Summit Highlights

By: Patrick Emmons

Innovative Executives League Summit Highlights

The Innovative Executives League recently held its second in-person summit with an amazing slate of thought leaders sharing their experiences and perspective on innovation and leadership. In this episode, Patrick and Shelli highlight a variety of insightful presentations from the event.

If you’re unfamiliar with the Innovative Executives Leagues, it’s an invite-only community of innovators, entrepreneurs, and intrapreneurs with a growth mindset and a passion for innovation. It was founded to increase the network of innovation in the Chicagoland area and also on a national scale. If you’re interested in becoming a member, send us a message at LinkedIn or visit our website at www.dragonspears.com/innovative-executives-league.

  • (01:11) - Developer Experience: Improving Business Performance by Focusing on Your People with Deepika Duggirala, SVP, Global Technology Platforms at TransUnion
  • (07:38) - Creating an Effective Innovation Culture with Jack T. King, CIO at AAOS
  • (13:56) - Bridging the Employee Experience Gap in a Digital World with Kuldip Mohanty, CIO HUB International
  • (19:45) - Finding Value in Machine Learning, a 5-Step Framework with Maya Mikhailov, Founder of SAVVI AI
  • (28:49) - Corporate Social Innovation with Adam J. Hecktman, Founder of For Good Advisory and Former Dir. of Global Workforce Ecosystems, Microsoft Philanthropy
  • (34:12) - The Ambidextrous Organization with Mike Kennedy, VP Technology Enablement and Strategy at CDW

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About Patrick Emmons

If you can’t appreciate a good sports analogy, movie quote, or military reference, you may not want to work with him, but if you value honesty, integrity, and commitment to improvement, Patrick can certainly help take your business or your career to the next level. “Good enough,” is simply not in his vernacular. Pat’s passion is for relentlessly pushing himself and others to achieve full potential. Patrick Emmons is a graduate of St. Norbert College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. Patrick co-founded Adage Technologies in 2001 and in 2015, founded DragonSpears as a spin-off dedicated to developing custom applications that improve speed, compliance and scalability of clients’ internal and customer-facing workflow processes. When he is not learning about new technology, running a better business, or becoming a stronger leader, he can be found coaching his kids’ (FIVE of them) baseball and lacrosse teams and praising his ever-so-patient wife for all her support.

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