Episode 119: A Vision Driven Future With Ed Alford

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English - December 09, 2022 12:31 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Next Episode: Episode 120: The Art of Facilitating Connections and Knowledge With Eddie Flaisler

As tech leaders are curious people and interested in everything tech-related, their mind is not fixed on one area – but rather on an idea. The idea is that they can put their skills and experience to use and provide value to communities and people worldwide – a vision that can drive communities forward. And one such tech leader is Ed Alford, the CTO of New Look, who sat down with me for a short but deep chat that involved it all – from the start of his career, through his development as a leader, and into the now – on what his company is doing – and also the future.

Key takeaways from the podcast are:

• Remember that as leaders we’re not ‘in charge of people’, but ‘we have people in our charge’, meaning we have to take care of them, and that’s our main job.
• Omnichannel Experience
• How vision is the one thing that can give you the drive to move forward no matter what

Our Guest: Ed Alford
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-alford/
Website: https://www.newlook.com/

Intro and background music: Craig MacArthur - Power Shutoff (www.youtube.com/watch?v=x74iB_jtauw)