As an AT&T employee I was used to working in an office with lots of colleagues around. Suddenly in 1994 the group I was with was asked to work from home. I liked the fact that I didn’t have to drive 45 minutes to an hour to work but I missed the camaraderie of the office. I learned to compensate for the isolation and continued to work from home.
My son wanted me to write Starbucks to tell them why I stopped buying coffee beans at their shop. I didn't agree because it made business sense.
Years ago, I had a good friend who loved to play tennis. Al wasn’t a tennis star. He just loved...
When I joined New England Telephone in August of 1982, I knew I was destined to be part of a new company at that time called AT&T Information Systems. In January 1983 the new company was born, and I was a member of its first sales force selling telephone equipment to businesses. The company was very entrepreneurial. Everything was new to everyone. We all had one thing in common though and that was a very strong desire to have this new company succeed.