This week on Energy 101, we had the privilege of speaking with Hema Prapoo, Microsoft's Worldwide Oil and Gas Leader. She shares her perspective on the energy industry, emerging technologies, and skills needed for the future based on her extensive experience spanning field engineering, entrepreneurship, and now tech.Key Points:
Discusses her career journey and the importance of having goals, mentors, and being open to new directions
Technology enables real-time data vs months before, but the challenge is making sense of vast data
Solving the energy trilemma requires collaboration between energy and tech
Policy incentives drive decarbonization but competitiveness shouldn't prevent collaboration
The workforce needs both digital skills and human strengths like empathy
Exciting technologies: AI, quantum computing, industrial metaverse applications
Microsoft partners to help energy companies meet sustainability goals
Maintaining work-life balance and vacation time is key

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