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  1. For those of us who worked at IBM back in the day, Lou Gerstner, who has just died, is remembered as saving the company from its near-death experience of the early 1990s. I vividly recall seeing a video - no live streaming back then - of one of his first employee town halls. He came onto the stage not wearing a tie— a sign of itself that times really were changing. He walked over to a table where there were several reams of paper. He said that these were all the correspondence he had received from IBMers since his arrival a few months ago. He said there were two things he observed about all of this correspondence: first, the incredible passion IBMers felt for their company. He had never experienced anything like this before. Secondly, not one single email talked about our competitors. At a stroke, he nailed both our strength and our weakness. I recall thinking at the time just what a potent demonstration of leadership that was.

    #IBM #Gerstner

    theguardian.com/technology/202

  2. For those of us who worked at IBM back in the day, Lou Gerstner, who has just died, is remembered as saving the company from its near-death experience of the early 1990s. I vividly recall seeing a video - no live streaming back then - of one of his first employee town halls. He came onto the stage not wearing a tie— a sign of itself that times really were changing. He walked over to a table where there were several reams of paper. He said that these were all the correspondence he had received from IBMers since his arrival a few months ago. He said there were two things he observed about all of this correspondence: first, the incredible passion IBMers felt for their company. He had never experienced anything like this before. Secondly, not one single email talked about our competitors. At a stroke, he nailed both our strength and our weakness. I recall thinking at the time just what a potent demonstration of leadership that was.

    #IBM #Gerstner

    theguardian.com/technology/202

  3. For those of us who worked at IBM back in the day, Lou Gerstner, who has just died, is remembered as saving the company from its near-death experience of the early 1990s. I vividly recall seeing a video - no live streaming back then - of one of his first employee town halls. He came onto the stage not wearing a tie— a sign of itself that times really were changing. He walked over to a table where there were several reams of paper. He said that these were all the correspondence he had received from IBMers since his arrival a few months ago. He said there were two things he observed about all of this correspondence: first, the incredible passion IBMers felt for their company. He had never experienced anything like this before. Secondly, not one single email talked about our competitors. At a stroke, he nailed both our strength and our weakness. I recall thinking at the time just what a potent demonstration of leadership that was.

    #IBM #Gerstner

    theguardian.com/technology/202

  4. For those of us who worked at IBM back in the day, Lou Gerstner, who has just died, is remembered as saving the company from its near-death experience of the early 1990s. I vividly recall seeing a video - no live streaming back then - of one of his first employee town halls. He came onto the stage not wearing a tie— a sign of itself that times really were changing. He walked over to a table where there were several reams of paper. He said that these were all the correspondence he had received from IBMers since his arrival a few months ago. He said there were two things he observed about all of this correspondence: first, the incredible passion IBMers felt for their company. He had never experienced anything like this before. Secondly, not one single email talked about our competitors. At a stroke, he nailed both our strength and our weakness. I recall thinking at the time just what a potent demonstration of leadership that was.

    #IBM #Gerstner

    theguardian.com/technology/202

  5. For those of us who worked at IBM back in the day, Lou Gerstner, who has just died, is remembered as saving the company from its near-death experience of the early 1990s. I vividly recall seeing a video - no live streaming back then - of one of his first employee town halls. He came onto the stage not wearing a tie— a sign of itself that times really were changing. He walked over to a table where there were several reams of paper. He said that these were all the correspondence he had received from IBMers since his arrival a few months ago. He said there were two things he observed about all of this correspondence: first, the incredible passion IBMers felt for their company. He had never experienced anything like this before. Secondly, not one single email talked about our competitors. At a stroke, he nailed both our strength and our weakness. I recall thinking at the time just what a potent demonstration of leadership that was.

    #IBM #Gerstner

    theguardian.com/technology/202

  6. So, execution is really the critical part of a successful strategy. Getting it done, getting it done right, getting it done better than the next person is far more important than dreaming up new visions of the future.

    #Gerstner was a good #manager in my opinion. At his time, I was a fan of some of the IBM products.

  7. So, execution is really the critical part of a successful strategy. Getting it done, getting it done right, getting it done better than the next person is far more important than dreaming up new visions of the future.

    #Gerstner was a good #manager in my opinion. At his time, I was a fan of some of the IBM products.

  8. So, execution is really the critical part of a successful strategy. Getting it done, getting it done right, getting it done better than the next person is far more important than dreaming up new visions of the future.

    #Gerstner was a good #manager in my opinion. At his time, I was a fan of some of the IBM products.

  9. So, execution is really the critical part of a successful strategy. Getting it done, getting it done right, getting it done better than the next person is far more important than dreaming up new visions of the future.

    #Gerstner was a good #manager in my opinion. At his time, I was a fan of some of the IBM products.