TheBridge profile: Anju Choudhary
Name: Anju Choudhary
Current city: Burlingame, CA
Current job: Global Head of Learning and Development at NextRoll, Inc.
Past job: Global leader: Learning and Diversity at UST Global; Senior Director Career Development and Delivery Excellence at IBM
Q. Favorite spot for a coffee meeting? I am not a coffee drinker but bubble tea any time.
Q. Describe how a skill you learned in a previous job helped you in your current job. Anyone who worked at IBM would always bleed blue, I am no exception. The BIG BLUE taught me to be curious (Growth Mindset). It allows me to question the status quo, to seek better ways of doing things, to create new solutions.
Q. Job advice in three words? Progress not perfection
Q. How are you (or your company, org, nonprofit) currently bridging the gap between politics and tech / innovation and regulation? NextRoll provides the advertising technology businesses needed to compete online and grow. Over the next decade, we built an industry-leading tech and data stack that fuels growth for businesses of all kinds. We always stay proactive in privacy compliance efforts and help our customers adhere to relevant privacy laws.
Q. What can innovators learn from policymakers? Zooming out and looking at the bigger picture often to continue keeping the context relevant.
Q. What can policymakers learn from innovators? To dream big and venture in uncharted territories to find new possibilities.
Q. Favorite book/podcast/long-form article you recommend? What got you here won't get you there!
Q. Most underrated virtue in an employee? Empathy and curiosity
Q. Living person you admire? My Coach and mentor Dr Marshall Goldsmith
Q. What's one piece of advice you are still trying to master? Don't be reluctant to claim your achievements
Q. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself in the beginning of your career? Enlist allies from day one
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