How to and How Not to Get People to Work Happily and Productively

There is such a thing. I was comparing the difference between Fring and Skype for ease of download, installation, use, ease of managing settings and de-installation. I called 6 CXOs to discuss the title of this blog post at the same time. I plan to write about both on my TMC blog some time in June.  For now...

Some videos on Youtube that focus on CXOs and human resources:

How to Motivate at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA-ifiDuvls ... usually sitting on the front row and aware of everyone around you... are they asleep, awake or using their Blackberry. "Thank God, I am alive today. Let's go make another spreadsheet."

Funny! Advice to managers: use big words, tell your employees what they should be doing even though have never actually done what they are doing for 10 hours in a row, always find soemthing wrong with what your people are doing or else ... why are you even there? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYtFI8hXwiA

CEO Rob Davidson on leading in a flexible work environment ... over a 90 person recruitment firm at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmFp2mgh2WQ ...  "A Road to Damascus experience."

Idiot CEO? 123 of Great Teamworking ... a bit funny ... I watched this and thought ... it looks like he is doing everything for his team. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxySwKKp-xs



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Bandwidth vs Applications on Mobile, 4GWE

I just received this interesting analysis and offer from Carl Ford via email and want to share it with you.

As communications evolve to the next generation of wireless broadband, the customer’s device selection seems to be more about bandwidth than the applications. With RIMs return to prominence as the leading smart phone, customers are choosing a device for reasons beyond simply the applications.

We can assume then, that bandwidth matters.

But this is not where the story ends. The story is evolving. With new phones coming from Google and Palm, the market is surely going to expand.

When it does, what is the case for the new versus the old, and how can a carrier
support the growth? As a leading wireless carrier, Verizon has had to face the
realities of working with device manufacturers to maintain its’ leadership role.
What decisions can carriers make to retain their existing customers in a saturated
market? What device will help retain and keep customers happy? Is this device all
about the applications, the bandwidth? How does a carrier ensure
that the network can support a device’s broadband applications and what are the business case issues to support the deployment of advanced wireless broadband devices?

At 4GWE, you will get answers to these questions and more as we investigate new applications and business models for 4G devices and services, MID device adoption, MID impact on 4G demand and more.

Register NOW, don't miss the opportunity to engage in the discussions that will help you and your company solidify your wireless strategy.

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Blackberry Numero Uno for 2008

Though Apple Inc.’s iPhone topped Research in Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry as the domestic smartphone leader for the last half of 2008, RIM has climbed back to the No. 1 position. The BlackBerry Curve was the No. 1 selling smartphone in the United States in the first quarter of 2009. Get more info.

Digging into my archives of case studies and articles on innovative www.didx.net members, I found DIDX Members Leverage the Blackberry.

"One recent client SACS, an international steel trading company with 14 locations worldwide and 200 business clients, already had a Cisco unified communications backbone for their IP PBX with integration of RIM (Research in Motion) Blackberry MVS (Mobility Voice Suite)."

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Guys, Get the Ladies in Your Life a Gift at GSMA in Barcelona

Recipe:
1. Get a DIDXchange mobile phone jacket like this ...

2. From me and Paul Deane (my colleague) at GSMA World Mobile Congress, Feb 16-19, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. If you can't find us, call my Barcelona, Spain phone number I will use while at GSMA (from a www.DIDX.net service provider) at +34 931845154. No charge.

3. Give them to the special ladies in your life. I gave them out at ITGulfcoast meeting and to some of my fellow ECRT running team members. They love them. They even fit my Nokia E61i.

(Hey, Debbie, my favorite friend at Paetec. I'm saving one for you!)


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Out of Five Best Girl Friends, 3 Don't Have a Landline

Seriously! One is using Verizon on a Blackberry Curve. One is using T-Mobile. Another AT&T on a Nokia E61i like me. The first is not interested yet in using mobile VoIP. I need to check out her Blackberry to see if it is capable even. The second two are using Truphone, Fring, and checking out Nimbuzz since my blog comparing mobile VoIP. One of them uses Celtrek because she travels all over Europe and Latin America and wants the reduced roaming fees and local phone numbers, something that makes Celtrek very unique.

The only reason the other 2 still have a landline is that Cox has convinced them that they have to buy cable, Internet and phone all in one from them where the phone service is app. $35 USD/month and does not offer unlimited calling to anywhere in the USA. I'm not one to force anyone to do anything. Lead by your example.

So read this blog post at Joop, very professionally done ... http://www.joopdorresteijn.com/Archive/why-embracing-mobile-voip-is-vital-for-carriers/





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