One of the first meetings you have when you start a new job is with the IT team. This is where you are hooked up to the enterprise communication system and spend your first few days learning the new system and unlearning the previous one – time that could have been invested in getting to [...]

I joined ShoreTel as managing director, EMEA, this past October, and was invited to meet the board in Sunnyvale, California. Playing it safe, I dressed-up but was surprised to discover a relaxed group of senior executives. A “compliment” about my tie broke the ice and set me thinking about the parallel between Silicon Valley and [...]