{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61efc450dc4aa800136f9bc1/6507556d61b80400115938b3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How BT Business CEO Bas Burger's preparing for the next tech revolution","description":"<p>When BT Business was officially launched in April this year, Bas Burger was the man entrusted to take the reigns. He’s in charge of 24,000 people, and a multi-billion pound strategy to make the UK’s broadband infrastructure fit for the future. In this episode we talk about:</p><p><br></p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why BT Business had to be created and why he wanted the top job</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why a CEO should “ask questions and not give answers for as long as you can”</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The challenges it faces to make the UK prepared for the AI revolution</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why every company’s a digital company and what that means for technology demand</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How Canadian ice hockey legend Wayne Gretsky’s influenced his strategy</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The importance of knowing “what’s not going to happen” in the future</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why the UK’s “arguably” fallen behind Europe in digital communication</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How he was first made a CEO at the age of 31, and how fast he had to learn</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why as a student he spent all his money on a plane trip from the Netherlands to the UK to get his first ever job</p><p><br></p><p>For more business interviews, news and analysis go to standard.co.uk/business, or pick up the Evening Standard newspaper.</p>","author_name":"Evening Standard"}