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Weekly Round-Up: Leadership Lessons From Steve Jobs and Verizon's Ivan Seidenberg, Solving Manufacturing Comms Challenges, Leadership in a Digital Transformation, How to Podcast for Internal Comms

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Leadership Lessons from Verizon’s Ivan Seidenberg By Knowledge@Wharton ( @whartonknows ) At a recent leadership conference, Ivan shared 5 lessons he learned from working in the telecom industry for 50 years. Eight years ago, almost to the day, Ivan Seidenberg retired as chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications Inc.

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How To Ask Remarkably Better Questions To Encourage Great Ideas

Great Leadership By Dan

Laura thanked the rep and hurried to a quiet conference room where she could call her team. A former Verizon Wireless executive, she was named to Inc. She turned to the rep, “Is it always like this?” “Oh, We’re used to it at this point, but the system has some other nice features.” Magazine’s list of great leadership speakers.

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Simple Rules for Sustainable Business Growth

Skip Prichard

Jeremy and Josh meet at an industry conference. do this through their phone and wireless sales. What do those dollars represent? How many billable or revenue producing hours were used to create those dollars? Then, decide whether those dollars are enough. They start talking about their profits. Gyms, AT&T, Sprint, etc.

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Recording Meetings and Podcasts

Tony Mayo

Shure PGX Series Wireless Microphone System – Includes: PGX4 Receiver, PGX1 Bodypack Transmitter and WL93 Lavalier Microphone (H6/524 – 542MHz) PR 30 Dynamic Super Cardioid Studio Microphone — I love the warm, intimate sound of this microphone for podcasts and videos. Must be placed on a hard flat surface (e.g.

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How to Compete Like the World’s Most Innovative Leaders

Skip Prichard

Tesla’s genius and education led him to develop the foundations for electric induction motors, wireless telegraphy, radios, neon lamps, and remote control. His ability to perform integral calculus in his head led his tutors to think he was cheating. But you don’t have to found a new business to get noticed.

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America’s Transportation Infrastructure Needs Entrepreneurs

Harvard Business Review

Sensors, smartphones, tablets, wireless networks, and Big Data are starting to transform transportation and infrastructure. Not only could they digitally store manuals and logbooks, but wireless connectivity could also help with communications, flight planning, and keeping track of weather. Photo by Andrew Nguyen. But not fast enough.

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India's Exploding Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event called Founders Forum India. Further, we'll see a roll-out of 4G wireless services across the country in 2012. Many at the conference articulated the idea simply. Yes, there are challenges.