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To Stay Relevant, Your Company and Employees Must Keep Learning

Harvard Business Review

As AT&T CEO and Chair Randall Stephenson, recently told the New York Times, “There is a need to retool yourself, and you should not expect to stop… People who do not spend five to 10 hours a week in online learning will obsolete themselves with the technology.” Strategies for growth in a connected world.

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Talking to Yourself (Out Loud) Can Help You Learn

Harvard Business Review

Ross is a learning researcher, and he’s familiar with the effective, but often underestimated, learning strategy known as self-explaining. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson says technology workers need to learn online for at least five hours per week to fend off obsolescence. He was nervous. But he had an advantage.

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Winning the Elusive Marquee-Brand Customer Advocate

Harvard Business Review

As Michael Stephenson , a key leader in global customer programs at Oracle puts it, his firm has various business units that focus on specific industries. Make sure you know the marquee customer''s brand positioning and strategy. Often, the key customers in these areas aren''t the everyday brand names.

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The 3 Things CEOs Worry About the Most

Harvard Business Review

Randall Stephenson of AT&T explained, “We had 270,000 people we employed around the globe. So the challenge was to have the broad marketing strategies with local adaptations.” We wanted to keep those two things in the forefront of our thinking and driving our strategy and execution.

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The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of the U.S. Antitrust Movement

Harvard Business Review

The mythical ability of the markets to self-correct becomes doubtful as concentration levels increase, network effects shield the winners, and commercial strategies enable the entrenched to control and limit disruptive innovation.