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diverse and multinational types of people that Esri is made up of and the passion that they have .”
That culture has not only been crucial for getting through the pandemic , but for the company ’ s overall success since its foundation by CEO Jack Dangermond in 1969 . “ Jack ' s vision for Esri is tremendous : use the power of GIS to make the world a better place . Who wouldn ' t want to be a part of that culture ?” Such ambition demands space to learn from mistakes , and Haddad is clear that is an approach he promotes . “ Failure is not failure to me . Failure is : you tried your best , but for all kinds of reasons , it didn ' t work out . That ' s okay . You can learn from it and come back . Failure is experience . And we want to enable a place where failure isn ' t viewed as a negative but is viewed as an opportunity to grow .”
The future of Esri and GIS at large is bright , with new AI techniques only further improving its offering . “ AI , machine learning and data science as a whole are coming into play . We have a whole initiative around spatial analysis and data science . ArcGIS Insights has a model where you can connect to your existing open data science world and start coding into an analytics workbench , for instance .” That ’ s very much in line with Esri ’ s broader mission to continue innovating and create solutions for all users and industries . “ We want to give everybody the power to succeed through the use of the geographic sciences and GIS , even if they ’ re not experts . We want to advance the world of spatial analysis and data science and allow the creation of authoritative mapping products that the world needs .” aimagazine . com 85