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Leadership is hard, especially now. People want easy answers and quick solutions. But does true leadership promise to minimize harsh realities? Harvard Professor Marty Linsky describes the challenge this way: “You place yourself on the line when you tell people what they need to hear rather than what they want to hear.” And he describes [...]
Next Practices Live: ICT Working Group – How will the Pandemic Change Telecoms Regulation on May 21, 2020
By Mark Jamison
We spend a lot of time talking about how the pandemic affects customers and service providers. But what about regulation? Is the pandemic teaching us things? Is it permanently altering policies, roles and relationships? John Reid, the former CEO of Cable & Wireless (C&W), explored these issues in Next Practices Lives. John has about 30 [...]
A lot of lessons and challenges are emerging in our Analyzing Utility Finances in Times of Crisis LIVE! program. PURC's director of energy studies, Ted Kury, and the participants have rolled up their sleeves on such issues as estimating financial impacts of the pandemic, what to do when data are limited, and how to measure [...]
Next Practices Live: ICT Working Group – Ensuring Telecom Services during the Pandemic on May 14, 2020
By Mark Jamison
Telecom companies and governments around the world are working fast to ensure that people have services both during and after the pandemic. But that is proving difficult because revenues are down, demand is up, and costs are up. And governments are sometimes asking operators to do more even while under lockdown restrictions. How are operators [...]
Next Practices Live: ICT Working Group – post pandemic telecommunications on May 12, 2020
By Mark Jamison
How is the COVID-19 crisis changing the shape of telecommunications? What will broadband look like on the other side of the pandemic? What are the strategic imperatives for network providers? For government officials? John Reid, the former CEO of Cable & Wireless, joined Next Practice Live to share his insights on these issues. John has [...]