Waypoints Are Not Always a Shortcut

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Aurora's self-driving tech for trucks will be a major achievement, as well as an important waypoint on their overall goal. It was really strategy tactics on how to build the business and how to scale the business in the right way. This wasn't a pivot, it was a change of waypoint that would drive scale and allow Aurora to get to the overall destination far faster.

To complete an audacious journey, you need to set short, achievable goals — or waypoints — to avoid getting wildly lost. But waypoints also need to be flexible because when you're knocked off track, you need to be able to realign your waypoints to get back on course. Aurora's Chris Urmson shares how he keeps returning to short, flexible waypoints on his daunting journey to make autonomous vehicles part of our everyday lives.

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