@andy_freed

Chairman of @Virtual__inc - a professional services firm that helps standards bodies, consortia and associations that are forming, changing or growing.

 Wakefield, MA
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Joined October 2010
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Join me at the Harvard Club of Boston for a fireside chat with Harvard Basketball Coach Tommy Amaker on October 13. nam11.safelinks.protection.o…

Inside Harvard with Harvard Men's Basketball Coach, Tommy Amaker

Teach. Lead. Serve.

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The most important tech standards are often the ones you never notice. Discover how technical standards quietly shape the products we use every day, and why they matter even more now that AI is moving from experimental to mainstream with CTA's Kerri Haresign feature on CES Now: cesnow.substack.com/p/the-in…
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New episode today. @andy_freed – CEO of Virtual Inc. Great leaders communicate clearly. This is brought to you by: LifeWave Corporate #LeadLiketheBoss #RealEnvironmentalist #entrepreneurship #startuppodcast
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Great piece on Lead Like The Boss in The Boston Globe. bostonglobe.com/2026/03/09/b….

Local exec publishes book on business wisdom from the Boss himself, Bruce Springsteen - The Boston...

Andy Freed, chairman of Wakefield-based Virtual Inc., wrote about leadership lessons he's gleaned from the rock icon.

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Thanks to Tom Thees for getting a copy of Lead Like The Boss to @StevieVanZandt. Stevie’s work as Musical Director shows that great bosses thrive when they have a team they can trust. Note bassist @gwtallent in the background #Springsteen @EStreetRadio #Estreetnation
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Most Leaders Don’t Have a Communication Problem. They Have an Intent Problem. Link: https://lnkd....

Most Leaders Don’t Have a Communication Problem. They Have an Intent Problem. Link: https://lnkd.in/d7uKWTRt By Andy Freed

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Check out my new web site at andyfreed.com. Would love to know what you think of it.
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It’s that time of year. Your inbox is no doubt filled with “out of office messages” from people on vacation. I bet you never read any of them. Because most out-of-office messages are where good communication goes to die. Generic. Forgettable. Deleted without a second thought.
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Let’s just say there’s a paddleboard, a questionable shark encounter, and a few nods to my favorite summer thriller. (Apologies to Spielberg. And whoever had to clean up the goat cheese.) Because here’s the truth...
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If you want to lead, you can’t just inform people. You have to engage them. I’ll be out of office for a bit. No promises on shark safety. But if you email me, I hope you’ll at least smile. See you soon, Andy
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This leadership book didn’t start in the classroom. It didn’t start in the corner office. It started in the last rows of Madison Square Garden. Because nearly 100 Bruce concerts have taught me valuable lessons. Lessons about the power of intentional communication...
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Check the comments for a link to preorder and get in early on something built to inspire every room you walk into. Because when you communicate with purpose, you don’t just inform. You inspire. And that’s what great leadership sounds like.
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