Drone News of the Week October 21

Read or listen to all of the headlines in one place: excerpts from the DRONELIFE drone news of the week October 21.  Click on the titles below for the full story.  This week we were covering mapping and GIS conference INTERGEO and INTERAERIAL SOLUTIONS in Essen, Germany.  See all the latest from the global drone industry.

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Leadership Resistance, Training Hurdles, and More: Overcoming Challenges of Implementing a Drone Program, from the Experts at DroneNerds

..Some challenges to starting a drone program include internal resistance from leadership, lack of internal alignment with other teams, and the overall learning curve associated with the use of new technologies on a large scale.  The success of a drone program is tied to alignment; it is critical to get your key stakeholders engaged early in the process, both from a leadership perspective all the way down to boots on the ground—your team must be a part of the solution set….