How Hackers And CFOs Innovate Together

When the Johnson Control business in Brazil hired an 18 year old hacker to reinvent their tech systems, everyone thought their CFO who was 3 times as old would never play along with the young computer whiz's suggestions.

Because the 18 year old won over the CFO's heart by using free software instead of suggesting an expensive IT overhaul, how do you help hackers and CFO's innovate together?

Help each understand what matters to the other.

1. What is the most important thing to the CFO?
2. Why is the tech team in a great position to make it happen?
3. Who on your tech team is great at innovating cost sensibly?
4. When will you ask the CFO and your tech lead to have coffee to discuss new opportunities that could change your business?
5. How will you ask one of them to pick another department to innovate using the same transparent communication?

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