The Fundamental Principles of Disruption feat. T. Canady Barton ’10
Owl Have You Know
English - March 20, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes - 56.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSociety & Culture Business rice business rice university rice biz rice owls rice business school b-school alumni university alumnus Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Looking at T. Canady Barton’s resume, she has some of the biggest company names on the list. After a few years doing chemical engineering, oil and gas, T. pivoted to consulting, tech and entrepreneurship for the bulk of her career.
In 2014, she moved to the U.K., where she was the vice president of portfolio management, digital strategy and transformation for Garner. From 2006-2018, she was a founding member and CEO of ThinkPower, Inc., a boutique consultancy focused on driving positive disruption and game-changing results via strategic execution and operational excellence.
She joined Google in 2020 as the customer experience and innovation leader for Google Cloud Consulting and was previously head of strategy and operations for YouTube marketing. Now, she’s following her own entrepreneurial path with BlackBoxx, redefining care packages and gift-giving!
Host Scott Gale sits down with T. to chat all about prioritizing joy and passion in her career, the satisfaction of entrepreneurship, and shifting focus to what her personal and professional legacies will be.
Episode Guide:
00:28 Journey from Engineer to Entrepreneur
01:07 Choosing Chemical Engineering
02:40 First Job and Early Career
03:58 Transition to ExxonMobil
05:33 Exploring Entrepreneurship
10:33 Fundamental Principles of Disruption
12:46 Rice MBA Experience
15:04 Entrepreneurial Journey
27:56 Building a Legacy
29:07 Final Thoughts and Advice
Owl Have You Know is a production of Rice Business and is produced by University FM.
Episode Quotes:
It's all about the people, not the formula
11:48: Your idea can be brilliant, but implementation matters. Adoption matters. And how do you get that, right? It's not just talking to the C-suite. Of course, you need their buy-in. You need them to validate and adopt it themselves. But you have to get to the heart of the people in any organization. You got to go to every single level of that organization and make sure people are clear that they're bought in. They understand it. And you're moving whatever roadblocks you have to do it. You have to stay scrappy. You have to have grit; if you really want to make it happen, you have to show passion.
T's view of entrepreneurship shaped her as an entrepreneur
Why T is driven by significance in doing something big
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