The BMW Championship’s Impact on St. Louis

So let's go back a little bit in your career.

You know, you had this amazing career at what was Southwestern Bell and then AT&T.

First of all, If I asked some of your former friends and executives about Ed, what was your vibe? What did they know about Ed?

What was your brand there? That's a hard question.

What I always tried to do, I somehow always ended up most of the time with large groups or large organizations and sometimes with things that weren't always functioning great.

So I tried to develop a style of bringing leaders in and given them the power to do what they needed to and help them out when I needed to and stay out of their way when I didn't.

And I was fortunate I had so many good folks working for me.

So I tried to be mostly soft spoken, I think.

Yeah.

So I wasn't one of the big high D managers as much as trying to build teams.

Yeah, that's cool.

And I

still believe that's the way you build great things.

Yeah, nothing really changes, right? It's humans and treating people well.

And, you know, all the data always shows if people leave companies, it's because they're bosses.

Not usually because the company, it's because they're bosses.

So leadership is very, very important.

So we were talking before we started recording about DSL and T1 and you've seen everything.

I was just, when you were talking about your career, I remember I used to have to go into a Southwestern Bell shop to get my, my car phone installed, right? They drill it.

You'd have a hand.

There was nothing portable back then.

And then I got a bag phone.

So you've seen technology grow like crazy.

And so you've seen it go from here to here to here.

Just give me your thoughts as somebody who's been in the industry and now kind of a bystander watching.