{"id":3464,"date":"2024-09-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2025-02-25T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T15:14:10","slug":"what-fortune-500-bosses-can-learn-from-an-att-engineer-who-took-up-beekeeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friscotimes.org\/?p=3464","title":{"rendered":"What Fortune 500 bosses can learn from an AT&amp;T engineer who took up beekeeping\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><span class=\"sc-cc7d6b4a-2 bpTicE by-text\">BY<\/span><span class=\"sc-cc7d6b4a-3 gKxkUz list-item-wrapper\">Eddy Barker<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-cc7d6b4a-1 hKUvTN\">\n<p><em>Eddy Barker, AVP of Mobility and Access Architecture at AT&amp;T, has <a href=\"https:\/\/about.att.com\/story\/2024\/eddy-barker-fellow.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/about.att.com\/story\/2024\/eddy-barker-fellow.html\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 kXvCFE\">spent over three decades<\/a> leading innovation teams that engineer new products, from revolutionizing DSL technology (taking the internet out of dial-up in the &#8217;90s) to launching AT&amp;T Fiber. 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