Ep 48 - Tips for a successful cloud transformation (Teena Piccione)
Telco in 20
<p>Moving to the public cloud is a major transformation for most telcos. There’s a lot at stake, and failure can spell disaster for an organization and its leaders. But the hard truth is that 70% of big transformation projects fail according to research from McKinsey & Company. In this episode, I sit down with Teena Piccione, a change management expert at Google, to dig into what telcos can do to keep their public cloud journey on track. Click play to hear our conversation about:</p>
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<li>The reasons big projects fail [03:15]; </li>
<li>How to build support for change in your organization [04:14];</li>
<li>What to do to get a derailed project back on track [07:59]; and</li>
<li>How to handle resistance to change [12:14].</li>
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<p>Listen to our conversation by clicking play above or subscribe through your favorite podcast platform – see the links in the right column above. You can find the transcript for this episode here.</p>
<p><strong>Links and Resources</strong></p>
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<li>This episode combines two topics I love – transformation and human resources. Here are other great TelcoDR insights on these topics:
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<li>The first episode of Telco in 20! <a href="https://www.telcodr.com/podcast/it-starts-with-transformational-leadership/" rel="nofollow">It starts with transformational leadership</a></li>
<li>Episode 7, <a href="https://www.telcodr.com/podcast/ep-7-the-hr-series-telcos-get-ready-for-workforce-transformation/" rel="nofollow">Telcos, get ready for workforce transformation</a></li>
<li>Learn how <a href="https://www.telcodr.com/podcast/ep-31-verizons-public-cloud-journey/" rel="nofollow">Verizon has navigated its public cloud journey</a></li>
<li>Read my blog about <a href="https://www.telcodr.com/how-to-start-your-move-to-the-cloud/" rel="nofollow">how to start your move to the cloud </a></li>
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<li>Teena and I talked before she left for Alaska – the last of the US states she had left to visit. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6960306473138622464/" rel="nofollow">Here’s a picture</a> from her trip. </li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emIHzg4VH8A" rel="nofollow">Check out this trailer </a>from <i>Insomnia,</i> starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hillary Swank. It’s a great movie about a veteran detective sent to a small Alaskan town to investigate the murder of a teenage girl.</li>
<li>Watch this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt2BPBAWiEQ&t=25s" rel="nofollow">fun scene</a> from the 1987 movie, <i>Overboard</i>, with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. </li>
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<p>Wanna talk public cloud? Telco execs set <a href="https://www.telcodr.com/contact/?utm_source=TDREm031221" rel="nofollow">up a meeting</a> with our team to learn how to tap the immense business value it can bring.</p>
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<p><strong>This week’s guest</strong></p>
<p><strong>About Teena Piccione</strong><br>Teena Piccione joined Google's corporate engineering team in February 2022 to lead the Technical Engineering Teams. She previously led Google Cloud’s Telco, Media & Entertainment, Gaming (TMEG) Industry Sales and Customer Engineering teams. She has served as the EVP/CIO for RTI International, a non-profit research institute, and held leadership positions at Fidelity Investments (COO) and AT&T (running the Big Data Center of Excellence startup). Teena sits on advisory committees with NC State University, the Digital Transformation Committee for the Governor of NC, and The Kenan Institute.</p>
<p><strong>Podcast Credits</strong></p>
<p>● Executive Producer and Host: Danielle Royston, TelcoDR</p>
<p>● Senior Producer: Lindsay Grubb, TillCo</p>
<p>● Editor/Marketing: Alisa Jenkins, Springboard Marketing</p>
<p>● Editing: Andrew Condell</p>
<p>● Music: Dyami Wilson</p>
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