In the early hours of October 25, 2023, residents of Acapulco watched Hurricane Otis gather strength offshore. Forecasts had suggested a manageable storm. Instead, within less than 12 hours, Otis intensified from a Category 1 to a Category 5, with gusts exceeding 165 miles per hour.
Sparks of Wisdom: What We Learned This Year from 10 GE Vernova Innovators
Earlier this year, GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik wrote that helping to solve the energy challenges of tomorrow depends on the “gritty, never-give-up” hopefulness of its 75,000 employees. “What we’ve learned in our first historic year as GE Vernova is that the best way to do this starts on our factory floors, at the installed base, and in our research centers, all guided by a relentless sense of optimism in our capacity to create and lead positive change.”
Life Hacker: This Cybersecurity Specialist Started Bringing Her Full Self to Work, and Something Amazing Happened
In fall 2021, Arthi Vasudevan, product line leader for cybersecurity at Gas Power at GE Vernova, was working from home in Houston when there was a knock at her door. It was her seven-year-old son, sharing some exciting news. He’d just unlocked a new level on his video game, thanks to the help of a stranger online. Vasudevan hid her alarm. “The moment you start to preach, kids disconnect from you,” she says. “But inside, I was freaking out.”