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clrmoney
clrmoney
9/19/2017 2:24:24 PM
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Communication is everything
I think it is necessary to have communication if you are coming up with different ideas as a team to bring some/put something together for NFV.

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dcawrey
dcawrey
9/19/2017 3:33:49 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
I agree with SSD. Actually, I thought this was why a lot of companies were moving away from mechanical drives over to solid state. It certainly helps performance and reliability, that's for sure. 

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Mike Robuck
Mike Robuck
9/20/2017 1:44:02 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
I agree, it seems like a given. I can recall cable VOD vendors moving to solid state many years ago. 

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DHagar
DHagar
9/20/2017 8:30:03 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@clrmoney, that is key to truly implementing NFV and setting up a system that enables the services to be sustainable.  Plus, it is only through communication that you can innovate and truly delivery new value, the benefits of NFV, through new models of services.

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dcawrey
dcawrey
9/22/2017 12:39:50 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
Even if vendors were afraid of NFV, there's really nothing they can do to stop it at this point. It's better to give in that this is the future rather than trying to spend time thwarting it. A software defined future is where networking will go. 

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DHagar
DHagar
9/22/2017 6:59:20 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@dcawrey, exactly!  It is increasingly transforming from applications to platforms - which gives you the true value of economies of scale and mass customization.

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JohnBarnes
JohnBarnes
9/30/2017 5:07:24 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
DCawrey, DHagar,

On this point it's revealing that Walker said, "The open source stuff is really pushing forward and is fairly strong. What we haven't seen is the management standards take hold." One reason that open source in its many forms is so hard to resist -- which also makes NFV so hard to avoid even if they wanted to -- is that it tends to embrace a diversity of optional standards rather than mandate a narrow and restrictive set of them. The standards makers are forever going to be limping along behind open source, yelling "Wait for us," and very often will arrive just in time to codify what has already been settled by the open experiments-in-dialog process.

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DHagar
DHagar
10/2/2017 7:36:07 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@JohnBarnes, great analysis!  Yes, and that discomfort with focusing and designing your use and applications in an open environment I believe keeps many uncertain.  Some people are only comfortable operating within the lines with proven designs.  They are more comfortable following the leader.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/13/2017 9:58:43 AM
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Re: Communication is everything
@DHagar:

I hear what you are saying. And those are considered followers as you mnetioned, primarily there would like to play safe by minimizing the risk. This can be considered balance approach, but ofcourse that leads to lower or none inventions.

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DHagar
DHagar
10/16/2017 6:55:36 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, very true.  Technology use today needs to be led by individuals who have a vision of where to apply technology to solve real problems in ways that add value throughout the organization.  It truly suggests a role for leadership skills.  Leaders who can design, execute, communicate, and implement programs and solutions that enable the organization to be more effective.

This is a much larger capability than the old models of simply selecting vendors and buying and installing technology and programs.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/18/2017 8:58:43 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@DHagar:

Very well explained.

I do think that these advancements in technology also is forcing leadership approach. Unless they are visonaries, their leadership is not complete. 

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DHagar
DHagar
10/19/2017 5:38:58 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, thanks!  Yes, leadership and the technical ability to truly implement better solutions!

We really need to move technology to a higher level or we are only using the bare minimum capabilities - at a great price.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/21/2017 11:26:06 AM
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Re: Communication is everything
@DHagar:

That is very true. Moving technology to high level is very much essential at this age. That gives all C level folks a chance to gain more familiarity and understanding of trends so they can assess the value technology could add to an organization. And i believe that would help making strategy decisions for exec level community.

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DHagar
DHagar
10/23/2017 7:20:10 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, good vision.  Plus it actually creates an entirely new level of user - business, as opposed to solely working through IT.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/24/2017 11:06:28 AM
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Re: Communication is everything
@DHagar:

Great point. That business user involvement would make wonders in terms of getting to a real meaningful product that buisness needs practically. It becomes even more interesting if that business user engagemnet comes from high level / C level folks.

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DHagar
DHagar
10/24/2017 5:27:56 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, that is the real breakthrough opportunity.  That is where change and transformation can truly drive the organization forward and set the culture to support and sustain the new values.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/25/2017 7:06:43 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
Undoubtedly the combination and collaboration of change and transformation model would lead to more sustainable products in the market and culture in industry.

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DHagar
DHagar
10/26/2017 5:52:47 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, very true.  I see information - and communication - as becoming not an optional component but a foundational utility to conducting business in the future.  Once we cross that bridge of thinking it will open up the door for NFV and the other advanced technologies as vital to corporate capabilities.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/30/2017 8:08:09 AM
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Re: Communication is everything
Makes total sense. Agree with you that information and communication will be two mandatory components in our future business models.

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DHagar
DHagar
10/30/2017 7:45:38 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, that is where we have to recognize the true value of information and communication and the vital role it plays in organizations.  That is what makes the technology and data of greater value.  Not connecting that, or developing a culture to use that, minimizes its effectiveness.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/31/2017 8:59:34 AM
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Re: Communication is everything
@DHagar:

Good points about connecting right dots to make technology, data more meaningful following adequate communication channels. In some models technology may be at great lengths, data model could be exceptional, but unless we have the right marriage between data and technology, neither of teh components would end up yielding right value into the market space.

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dlr5288
dlr5288
10/31/2017 1:50:27 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
Good points. I think developing a higher quality of technology is great. However, you’re right. If we’re not training people on how to use this more advanced technology..then what is the point in having it?

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DHagar
DHagar
10/31/2017 6:25:24 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@dir5288, well said.  That is where we need to advance new developments into the non-tech users - then it becomes an essential connected piece in conducting business.  That opens the door and demand for technology (i.e., pull rather than push).

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dlr5288
dlr5288
10/31/2017 6:59:19 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
Exactly! I think if we had a kind of training session so that these new technology devices can be learned how to be used, it would greatly help for the future people.

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DHagar
DHagar
11/1/2017 5:05:54 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@dir5288, great idea!  Developing an executive/management focus on data-driven decision making - with examples as to how it helps produce cost savings and is essential for developing new models of services and products.  Plus, putting technology in context for the business user, would go a long way to expanding the use and markets for technology.

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dlr5288
dlr5288
11/15/2017 1:01:06 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
Exactly! I think expanding people’s minds on how these new technologies work and it’ll also save a bunch of time!

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DHagar
DHagar
11/15/2017 6:11:12 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@dir5288, thanks!  I believe that is the key to the future digital economy.  A term I just heard that represents that is "digital intelligence".  You don't have it automatically, it has to be developed.

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dlr5288
dlr5288
11/20/2017 5:33:48 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
Yes! And that’s whats so important. To understand that things have to be learned and developed. No ones going to walk in with all of this information already known..

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DHagar
DHagar
11/20/2017 6:38:00 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@dir5288, well said!  If we fulfill that demand well, it will build a strong value proposition for the human intelligence piece.  Then AI will "augment" human intelligence as opposed to replacing it.  Humans are still more capability than machines to think, put in context, develop new answers. and communicate with other humans!

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dlr5288
dlr5288
11/21/2017 3:24:08 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
Exactly! I agree. Humans are still a better use, I think, than machines. The learning process is just something that’s going to have to take place.

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DHagar
DHagar
11/21/2017 5:51:44 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@dir5288, that is certainly true.  If we don't learn how to better use the human skills WITH the technology we face the risk of losing on both fronts.

Maybe we need to look back into history to see how these major changes occurred and what skills were needed to make true progress.  Maybe examples such as literacy, computer use, etc.?

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dlr5288
dlr5288
11/27/2017 4:03:07 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
Good point! It’s been done before. How did the people before us learn to embrace the technology we have today? It’s important to go back and learn.

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DHagar
DHagar
11/27/2017 7:28:22 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@dir5288, absolutely.  There have been upheavals in society and business trends before, so certainly there are adequate lessons to be learned!  Just consider the transformation with transportation - cars, trains, planes - those were huge!

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dlr5288
dlr5288
11/27/2017 8:33:31 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
Well said! And also all the new technological advances when it comes to phones. Just over the past ten years there’s been gigantic leaps into the future will cell phones.

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DHagar
DHagar
11/28/2017 5:03:18 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@dir5288, very true!  We now have "continuous" virtual communications, blended with computing capabilities.  It changes everything!  Now if we can just increase the value from it, we should have a new frontier!  (Opportunity for NFV).

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dlr5288
dlr5288
11/29/2017 10:42:45 AM
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Re: Communication is everything
I know! It seems crazy to me that now phones have almost every capability that computers have! Years ago that would be unheard of.

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freehe
freehe
10/21/2017 5:18:00 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@dcawrey, I agree. It you are not in the race you will get left behind. You have to be a player to remain competitive. In addition, NFV has several benefits and will help companies generate additional revenue.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
9/30/2017 5:27:41 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@DHagar:

Very true points. Enabling sustainability services from a system is primary requiremnet. When it comes to delivering new things to indi\ustry, communication plays a bigger role.

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DHagar
DHagar
10/2/2017 7:27:24 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, that is the only way to combine efforts and achieve results.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/13/2017 10:00:39 AM
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Re: Communication is everything
@DHagar:

Totally in agreemnet with you.

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DHagar
DHagar
10/16/2017 6:57:15 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, thanks!  I view real success today as the ability to attract and enlarge the "users" of technology.  That is when you will begin to fully transform organizations and make organizations fully effective.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/21/2017 11:32:17 AM
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Re: Communication is everything
@DHagar:

You really made a key point. That ability to attaract and enlarge real users for any technology would yield to good outcomes, could either be positive or negative feedback. That feedback would genuinely help transformation process for organizations as the feedback can be trustworthy because it is coming from real users. That user focusesed / driven technology transformations would add real value to the organizations and in turn to marketplae as well.

 

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DHagar
DHagar
10/23/2017 7:23:11 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, well said.  It begins to focus on the user and solve the real problems that will also deliver value immediately.  Plus, knowledgeable users will better understand the results and you set in motion a continual chain of events of building information and knowledge.

After all, the value of technology is data.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/24/2017 11:09:20 AM
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Re: Communication is everything
@Dhagar:

Completely agree with your comment.

Knowledgeable users certainly would understand the results better, as well as identify gaps efficiently. That would make IT folks life easier to focus on approach for brdging those gaps with efficient solution capabilities both short and longer term.

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DHagar
DHagar
10/24/2017 5:31:42 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, absolutely!  Then you have systems that are providing solutions to the business problems and the business community begins to better understand the value and rely on data as an essential capability for their operations, and evolving innovations.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/25/2017 7:11:27 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
Yes, that is an absolute no brainer kind of ideal situation. And there is a very slim chance of things going wrong as the initiatives from the get go are being tweked to cater exact business needs that are directly identified and communicated by real business community folks. Ofcourse it is not realistic to expect a product that would have 100% acceptance rate in the first cut. But i can surely say there will never be a situation where we arrive at a product with 10% acceptance rate. We can focus on arraiving at a promising 60% acceptance rate (definitely will be more) and there could be further adjustments in form of enhancements. That pretty normal cycle.

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DHagar
DHagar
10/26/2017 5:54:57 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, great assessment.  Absolutely true, the improvement will not be in the final number of perfect solutions, it will be in the alignment of developing systems of joint value that continue to evolve and grow with the services and business lines.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/30/2017 8:12:15 AM
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Re: Communication is everything
@DHagar:

Just to add, I personally feel we can consider there is value as long as we see healthy evolouion in the journey and smooth alignments of multiple components of the process. That alignment is critical as we don't want to proceed in a direction that is not ideal.

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DHagar
DHagar
10/30/2017 7:49:40 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@ms.akkineni, good points.  That is when real change takes place and begins to develop the value that makes the change and/or improvement worthwhile.  Otherwise, it is an exercise in exercising!  A lot of activity that does not lead anywhere.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
10/13/2017 10:00:40 AM
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Re: Communication is everything
@DHagar:

Totally in agreemnet with you.

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dlr5288
dlr5288
9/28/2017 3:13:32 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
I completely agree. I think there absolutely needs to be a great deal of communication in order to make things work.

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ms.akkineni
ms.akkineni
9/30/2017 5:24:37 PM
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Re: Communication is everything
@clrmoney:

Can't agree more with you. Communication plays key role when you are coming up with new initiatives or rolling over new chnages for existing platforms. I know organizations spend dearly on coming up with solid communication strategy.

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freehe
freehe
10/21/2017 5:21:25 PM
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Lull
CenturyLink had a lull because they did not have the right leadership, the right plan or both. When embarking on a major initiative you have to hire the right people, the right implementation plan and the funding. You also need to create a mitigation strategy if things don't go as planned. Seems like Century Link needs someone to help clean up the mess.

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freehe
freehe
10/21/2017 5:22:58 PM
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Communication is Critical
Strong effective communication is critical for success in anything you do. Communication played a factor in the Century Link lull. Employees and leadership also have to change the corporate culture within the organization which probably also contributed to the lull.

 

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freehe
freehe
10/21/2017 5:24:41 PM
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Collaboration
Communication requires collaboration among team and across departments that may not have occurred in the past. A plan has to be developed to overcome those communication/teamwork hurdles. There has to be a liasion that can speak to each team and foster communication across the departments so they can work together to achieve a common goal.

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freehe
freehe
10/21/2017 5:27:40 PM
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Revelation
When strong communication occurs issues are detected, gaps are found and risks can be minimized. You can determine the LOE and ETA for work tasks. Asking questions also helps people feel appreciated and important and they are more inclined to contribute and take ownership of tasks. This makes it easier to foster solutions.

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