ThinkPad Futures
In 1992 I was fortunate to have an assignment in IBM’s personal systems group. I had been CFO in the computer integrated manufacturing unit of IBM just prior to that and was quite happy with what I was doing. However, a friend of mine, who was #2 guy in the personal systems group at the […]
The GIO
Innovation is one of those words that is a bit hard to internalize. Merriam-Webster says innovation is the introduction of something new or a new idea, method, or device. That would be a narrow definition — perhaps even obsolete. Innovation is much more than invention or introducing new technology. Some would say that innovation is […]
IBM Happenings: October 2004
There was a lot going on at IBM in October. Here are the announcements from IBM – the first three I find particularly interesting. The complete index of IBM Happenings by year and month is here. List of Announcements for October 2004 Clinic adopts IBM genomics solution IBM and The Cleveland Clinic will develop a […]
Waking Up IBM
Waking Up IBM: How a Gang of Unlikely Rebels Transformed Big Blue was written by Gary Hamel and published in the Harvard Business Review (July-August 2000: Reprint No. R00406). I had met gary at a “Revolutionaries” conference back during the height of the “boom” where we talked about change agents in big companies. Later Gary […]
IBM Happenings: September 2004
Many companies slow down during the late summer and take a while to get back in high gear in September. Based on the announcements from IBM, it did not seem that the company took much of a breather. Here are the announcements from IBM. The complete index of IBM Happenings by year and month is […]