Let's Get Digital with Carrie Charles
Let's Get Digital is your gateway to the innovators and ideas transforming the digital infrastructure industry. From wireless telecom to fiber networks and data centers, this podcast explores all things digital infrastructure—diving into the trends, technologies, and people shaping the future of connectivity.
Hosted by Broadstaff CEO Carrie Charles, each episode features candid conversations with top industry leaders, uncovering the intersection of technology, talent, and transformation. Discover the innovations, leadership strategies, and company cultures driving success in this rapidly evolving landscape.
Whether you’re a business leader, a professional aiming to grow, or simply passionate about digital innovation, Let's Get Digital is your go-to resource for staying ahead in this dynamic industry. Tune in and let’s get digital.
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Previously known as 5G Talent Talk with Carrie Charles, the ‘Let’s Get Digital’ podcast is sponsored by Broadstaff in partnership with RCR Wireless News. Broadstaff is a full-service national staffing firm specializing in all areas of digital infrastructure. Since 1982, RCR Wireless News has been the leading media source for unparalleled news coverage, in-depth insights, and comprehensive analysis of the wireless and mobile technology industry.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 156
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Telecom Infrastructure Outlook in the Face of a New Reality With Brett Chester
The past few weeks have been uncertain and scary. In our industry, essential personnel are out there working to keep us connected, which is both worrying and inspiring.
In spite of this reality, our w…
By the numbers: Industry 4.0, 5G, and Wi-Fi 6
Our guest this week is Will Townsend, Senior Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. He travels the world spending time with enterprise infrastructure providers and operators. So, he understands the tec…
Laying the Foundation for 5G With Chad Rasmussen
If you’re in vertical telecom, you’re familiar with permitting delays and workforce shortages. Your counterparts in horizontal deployments face similar challenges: more applications than governments …
Cultivating a Culture to Thrive in a 5G World With Dan Leaf, CEO of Leaf Communications
Finding and retaining talent are twin challenges facing our industry. Add in rapid company growth, and those challenges get more critical and severe.
And yet Leaf Communications isn’t struggling, in s…
Breaking Down The Barriers to Fiber Broadband Deployment With Lisa Youngers
Perhaps because much of the time, it’s actually less visible.
We’re talking about the fiber network. And 5G and smart cities cannot exist without it.
In the top 25 U.S. metro areas alone, 5G needs 1.4 …
Need For Tower Workers With Todd Shlekeway
Episode 12: How NATE is tackling the 5G Labor Shortage
Guest Todd Schlekeway, Executive Director of NATE
It’s a slow climb to train enough tower technicians. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr says the U.S.…
Upgrading Telecom: Software Defined Network Gives Us New Value & Fresh Skills With Steve Canepa
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The future of telecom is much more than an advance from 4G to 5G. The entire industry is being upgraded. It’s no longer just a vehicle for voice and data. There’s a new space for telecoms and busine…
Turning Buzz into Resounding Success With Jay Brown
Culture, Diversity, and Workforce Development. They sound like corporate buzz-speak. And it’s true that some companies only pay them lip service. But for the workplaces that understand, embrace, and …
The New Rules of Employee Engagement With Rick Gallegos, CEO of Dale Carnegie Tampa
What does employee engagement really mean? Our guest this week, Rick Gallagos, CEO of Dale Carnegie Tampa Bay, describes it as “discretionary effort.” An engaged employee goes beyond the bare require…
Building 5G: Inside the Mind of a Tower Climber With Kathy Gill
Have you heard that tower climbers will jump to a company for even the smallest increase in pay? It’s not necessarily true.
What is true is companies are under a lot of pressure to get antennas instal…
Talent is Ageless: Solving the 5G Workforce Shortage With Miranda Allen
Do you have a talent shortfall? Open spots that you just can’t fill?
The workforce shortage and its impact on the race to 5G is a regular discussion topic in the industry.
If you’re feeling the pain …
How Artificial Intelligence will Impact the Human Workforce
The fear that AI will take away a significant number of jobs is somewhat exaggerated, says Rana Gujral. Gujral is the CEO of Behavioral Signals and an expert on AI. Behavioral Signals creates softwar…
Spotlight on Culture: Tilson is on a Mission With Joshua Broder and Adria Horn
Every company has a culture, but not every company has a winning culture. One that attracts and keeps talent. With a workforce shortage throughout the wireless industry, though, many companies are wo…
The Future of Work: Key Trends for the Next Decade with Alexandra Levit
Robots and AI are poised to make life a lot easier for us. But that reality is causing a lot of people to lose sleep. Workers will be displaced, industries will be disrupted, and our workplaces will …
How to Attract, Retain and Engage the Millennial Workforce With Dr Kent Wessinger
By 2020—just a few short months away—millennials will make up over 50% of the workforce. If you don’t understand your company’s average millennial retention rate (not your overall retention rate), it…