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Five telcos changing culture: Lessons from neuroscience

Many telcos are trying to change, to become more agile and move from infrastructure- to software-led business models. But change is hard, especially because to be successful they need to adapt their culture and employee skill-sets which is a notoriously difficult task. In our latest report we analyse change strategies used by AT&T, Telkom Indonesia, and three other telcos in the context of insights from neuroscience, and show that change is possible with the right strategy and leadership.

Executive Briefing Service — January 2017

Changing Culture: The Great Barrier

The findings of a senior exec summit we ran last week in Asia present a fascinating snapshot of the global telecoms industry. They highlight views on the key goals of and barriers to transformation, and point to some key actions needed to move forward.

Executive Briefing Service, Network Innovation — December 2016

The Devil’s Advocate: SDN / NFV can never work, and here’s why!

The early high hopes for SDN and NFV have given way to the realization that the road to cloud-telco ‘heaven’ is strewn with ‘infernal’ rocks and pitfalls. We present the “devil’s advocate’s” (i.e. an extremely sceptical) view of NFV set out in eight indictments. We then examine the argument for the defence.

Executive Briefing Service, Network Innovation — November 2016

The European Telecoms market in 2020, Report 1: Evaluating 10 forces of change

In the first of two reports, STL Partners evaluates how several powerful forces, within and beyond the control of telcos, look set to change the shape of the European market and considers the options for how these forces might develop going forward.

Executive Briefing Service — July 2015

Reality Check: Are operators’ lofty digital ambitions unrealistic given slow progress to date?

STL Partners’ industry transformation analysis, including a recent global survey of telco executives, suggests operators’ digital ambitions are rising fast but, given 9 substantial implementation challenges, too little is currently being done to engender successful industry-wide business model transformation. We also look at the lessons from NTT DoCoMo, one of the operators that has made the most overall progress towards a ‘digital’ model.

Executive Briefing Service — February 2015

Tag Archives: Culture

Five telcos changing culture: Lessons from neuroscience

Changing Culture: The Great Barrier

The Devil’s Advocate: SDN / NFV can never work, and here’s why!

The European Telecoms market in 2020, Report 1: Evaluating 10 forces of change

Reality Check: Are operators’ lofty digital ambitions unrealistic given slow progress to date?

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