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  On too many days, our world seems to be nothing but bad stuff.  COVID-19 pandemic death and illness and disruption … the war in Ukraine and the Middle East … mass killing of innocents getting their groceries, going to school, worshipping their God … inflation.  How can you not be bummed out?    And […]

I’m 37 and working at AT&T Network Systems, leading strategic planning.  Network Systems was AT&T’s then $10B networking equipment and software business.  We’re exploring some deal with Fujitsu.  It’s right before Xmas. 14 hours non-stop in a sawed off 747 from Kennedy to Narita.  I have 5 lasting memories: Who said everything in the Bell

  Clean up your data and you’ll thank me.  Your institution’s data is a valuable asset, if not one of your most valuable assets.  Data is too often neglected and likely a defect-laden hot mess.    Implementing and using AI is enabled and speeded with high quality data.  Even absent AI, higher quality data can

  Background:    I had a wonderfully fulfilling 35-year career at AT&T and Bell Labs. The first 15 years were in the pre-Divestiture Bell System, a regulated monopoly.  The following 20 at AT&T were in an ever more competitive industry.  The Bell System and AT&T still have the allure of being my professional “first love.”

Thanks to Len Breslow for turning me on to this one. Key Take-aways — My (perhaps flawed &/or incomplete) view: Americans already live in … and are moving to … places with like-minded people.  A friend had been telling this, but I was very skeptical; it did not match my personal experience and observations.  I was

The story’s genesis: I used to tell this story when I was trying to help some of my colleagues, who were very high net worth individuals when it came to technology but below the poverty line when it came to marketing & sales and putting themselves in the Customer’s shoes.    They were not “dumb.”