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Don Peterson
Avaya (NW200 No. 30)
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Scott Kriens
Juniper (NW200 No. 40)
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Jack Messman
Novell (NW200 No. 61)
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| Favorite business book |
The Effective Executive, by Peter Drucker.
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Don't really read them. History books have much more to offer. WW2 and Churchill have as much to teach about business as today's
business books.
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The Innovator's Dilemma, by Clayton Christensen.
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| Favorite meeting place other than the office |
A restaurant. |
By the ocean. Helps keep everything in perspective. |
Palm Beach, Fla.
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| First thing done after arriving to work |
Get coffee. |
Get a bottle of water and check e-mail. |
Put previous night's work into the Outbox; scan the front page of The Wall Street Journal; scan e-mail.
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| Telephone or e-mail: |
E-mail. |
Telephone for people I want or need to talk to. E-mail is less
immediate and less personal.
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E-mail. |
| Early riser or late-night worker: |
Early. |
Definitely 5 a.m. (That’s when I
answered these questions.)
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6:30 a.m. early workday. |
| Charts & graphs or text & written explanations: |
Charts and graphs. |
Pictures and numbers. (Spare me the words.) |
Text and written explanations. |
| Favorite way to beat stress |
Talk. |
Read bedtime stories to my kids. |
Exercise (running).
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| If not networking, would be or try: |
A woodworker. |
Golf or car racing or wine making. |
A homebuilder
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