Responsible for managing one of the biggest internet backbones on the planet, Lumen’s IP network architects and engineers are busy people. They spend a lot of time researching, thinking, planning, testing, deploying, and monitoring changes to our global internet backbone […]
Employees are coming back to the office. Or maybe they’re still working at home. Or both. We now have options, after all. Many employees are now part of a hybrid workforce and they could be anywhere. Whatever the new normal […]
Helping everyone adapt to the future I firmly believe that credibility is earned, not given. This is one of the core attributes of great leadership. I’ve been fortunate to have had great mentors in my life and my career. They […]
I spend a lot of time in California’s Silicon Valley, an area known for innovative startups and some of the most expensive real estate in the world. They follow the same metaphorical pattern. Startups today are born in the cloud […]
I was born in Detroit and still follow the sports teams out there, even the Lions whose record of football futility is almost legendary. So naturally, I had some mixed emotions when I watched the Los Angeles Rams win the […]
It feels like business is starting to get back to normal again, which means more traveling to meet customers face to face. I certainly welcome it. There is no better way to establish or strengthen relationships with customers than listening […]
A lot of activity in the last two years has been about “surviving” in a period of great uncertainty. Yet, we all seem ready to move forward. I hear confidence, even hopefulness, coming back into conversations I have with customers. […]
Is Bitcoin up? What about Ethereum? It’s easy to find headlines, tweets and other chatter about these digital marvels. Today we know what cryptocurrencies are and there are several of them. What we don’t yet know are the amazing things […]
The idea that a large ship turns slowly made its way from nautical uses into business lexicon a long time ago. You know the adage: Big companies can’t respond quickly to customers or market forces. They’re too big, too bureaucratic, […]
