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Freddie Wagner

Freddie Wagner

Frithjof Wegener ("Freddie Wagner"), Assistant Professor at Northumbria University and podcaster on the Talking About Organizations Podcast.

Sep 29, 2026

TomHOST
17:58
And this was definitely an area where his his ego was was definitely getting him in the way.
18:04
I was thinking we could maybe talk about as well the role of Tesla as an immigrant who early on joined Edison, thinking that he could sell him on, I think, his most important idea, the motor that is using AC.
18:21
But that didn't really convince or didn't really interest Edison.
18:25
So eventually he left.
18:26
And he joined up with Westinghouse later.
18:30
And one of the key issues for Westinghouse was that even though he had the electricity and the bulbs, he didn't have the motor.
18:40
And that was really key to enter, sort of say, the...
SarahHOST
21:56
I think there's a different reason for that when you think of where did the ideas come from.

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