THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX STORE
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX STORE
4 PagesTHINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX STORE DEVELOPING “ORANGE-BLOODED” INNOVATORS AT THE HOME DEPOT Pluralsight | The Home Depot 1 217707-19 THE CHALLENGE Customer needs demand digital adaptation Walking through any of the 2,200 Home Depot stores across North America probably doesn’t conjure up ideas about technological innovation— but it should. “There’s this connotation that everybody who thinks about Home Depot, they immediately make that association with the apron,” says George Boone, Software Engineer, Senior Manager. “And that’s what we want. But behind the scenes, we’re a massive organization that’s truly powered by technology.” To stay competitive, The Home Depot needs software engineers, security experts, UX pros, merchandising and data scientists to fill many of those orange ap
