Dan, respectfully, you represent all of us and I was a little embarrassed by your appearance on the HBR panel at Davos. For next time, here are 3 pieces of advice:
1.) Shave.
2.) Sit up. Don't slouch. Posture's a huge non-verbal.
3.) If wearing a black top, thoroughly brush it off before go-live.
What was on display did not seem to represent the focus and determination of Verizon employees to restore this company to greatness. Thanks.
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Did he just roll out of bed? This makes me embarrassed to say I even ever work for this crock of cr-p company. So glad to have a found a better life outside of Verizon. Dan…what a joke.
It's a roughly 2-minute video available for all to see and make up their own minds. Search "harvard business review panel davos verizon microsoft".
Complete disgrace. But i think he reflects the current state of the company.
This from Reuters:
[quote] ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The tech industry came to Davos in full force, with rare appearances by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Nvidia's Jensen Huang.
AI startup Anthropic set up office space on Davos' main drag for the week, aiming to grow its enterprise sales. And unlike the scepticism of late 2025, executives said they were putting concerns that the market overvalued AI companies behind them.
While jobs would disappear, they said new ones would spring up. AI would be an excuse to justify layoffs, not necessarily the cause, two business leaders told Reuters.
But union leaders feared AI would destroy jobs and lead to more inequality, with some demanding regulation and training. [ end quote ]
What did you see ?
Our circus monkey, Dan the Clown, is not worth mentioning. A nobody.
The only power he has is to spend investors money waltzing into Davos, and fire people.
No brain needed for that, just lies.
He looked like a slob, slouching in his seat with denim jeans and a dusty black tee on it was unreal. And this old dudes constant obsession w AI. It’s getting old, older than him
The Microsoft president next to him completely destroyed him on his AI arguments, love that. Especially with his example of poem to his wife
Next time I see him I'm gonna say, "bro, you couldn't even work in a store for a couple of hours"
One of the most hated CEO, dirty Dan!!!
Mom jeans!
@OP simply unacceptable behavior!!!
That's part of his shtick. "I'm cool, I wear a tee-shirt and jeans when I address 100K stressed out employees, slurping my coffee. I don't need to dress up... or shave... or comb my hair... I have the power, and you don't..."
The ruling class lives by different standards than the rest of us. They just don’t care to mask it anymore. Most people couldn’t even get an internship in our self described prestigious/competitive program with that kind of presentation.