Key Strategies for Thriving in Retail Tech Leadership with Karen Beebe

In this episode, Jay sits down with Karen Beebe, CTO at Bealls, Inc. They talk about Karen’s vast experience in retail, the power of learning something new every day, and how relationships are vital no matter your role or years of experience.

Karen:

“ Relationships are key. You need to establish trust and you need to be trustworthy and you need to build those relationships at all different levels and throughout your career…So being around people that can help you make things happen, and being inspired by those around you, and exposing yourself to new things that you may be fearful of, but just going out there again and taking that risk. And, if you can do those things, I think that it rises you up to a method of leadership that you really start to appreciate.”

Top(pers) Take:

1. Speed-to-market: In a connected commerce world, thinking of how to go faster is critical.

2. The right foundation: Get your basics right before adding new technology.

3. Configuration over customization: Give power to your end users.

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