ServiceNow CEO On Entrepreneurship, AI, and Automation — With Bill McDermott
Big Technology Podcast
06/21/23
•45m
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Bill McDermott is the CEO of ServiceNow, a $113 billion, publicly-traded cloud computing platform that helps companies manage their operations. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his career path, from owning a delicatessen on Long Island to now managing over 20,000 employees. We also dive deep into how generative AI helps companies foster innovation and force businesses to retool their workforces in the coming years. Tune in for a lively conversation with one of the world's most dynamic tech CEOs.
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Highlights:
7:20 Starting off his business career by buying his local delicatessen at 16 years old.
16:20 Getting his first corporate job at Xerox
21:20 Lessons from witnessing the start of Xerox’s decline
30:40 What ServiceNow offers
37:00 Does AI lead to job loss?
39:40 Retraining people for the new economic reality
47:50 Bill’s secret for closing deals
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