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Analysis: New business models ‒ same talent?

The days of simply being a pipe master have long passed, as telcos and multiple system operators (MSOs) transform themselves into far broader businesses ‒ expanding into business services, developing new business models, and increasingly acquiring content providers in order to secure long-term flow of digital content for their distribution platforms. The question for many companies, however, will not be whether these are viable models, but how they should approach the talent issues these moves raise.
Michel Deschapelles

Bridges to the future ‒ On the many parallels between the expectations of young talents and the changing business environment (with a contribution by Jeff Jarvis)

Companies are feeling the impact of convergence in more ways than one: in their external relations with customers, suppliers and competitors, and in their internal relations with their own employees. In each case the effects are similar: both the business environment and the new generation of employees are posing enormous challenges for management.
Magnus Graf Lambsdorff