Autodesk has an internal communication called the Autodesk Point of View published by the corporate strategy team where we discuss the big ideas that are important to our customers and us. Each monthly issue helps employees understand company-wide strategy and keeps all employees rowing in the same direction. I am sharing an article from a recent issue because it provides a peek behind the curtain and shares how Autodesk operates as a company.
Jon Pittman is the Autodesk VP of Corporate Strategy. Jon has also been a Lecturer at the Haas School of Business of the University of California at Berkeley. One of the elements of our strategy is exploring what capabilities are needed by our customers to design places, things, and media in an everything-is-connected world. We’re also investigating what the educational experience should be to prepare students to use such tools. As part of studying this first-hand, Jon has 170 connected devices at his home. That sounds like a job for