Everything Starts With The Customer.

Vision Is Easy. It's So Easy To Just Point To The Bleachers And Say I'm Going To Hit One Over There. What's Hard Is Saying, Ok, How Do I Do That? What Are The Specific Programs, What Are The Commitments, What Are The Resources, What Are The Processes We Need In Play To Go Implement The Vision, Turn It Into A Working Model That People Follow Every Day In The Enterprise. That's Hard Work.

For The First Month, I Listened, And I Tried Very Hard Not To Draw Conclusions

Technology Has Limitations On What It Can Accomplish. You Do Not.

Until I Came To Ibm, I Probably Would Have Told You That Culture Was Just One Among Several Important Elements In Any Organization's Makeup And Success - Along With Vision, Strategy, Marketing, Financials, And The Like... I Came To See, In My Time At Ibm, That Culture Isn't Just One Aspect Of The Game, It Is The Game. In The End, An Organization Is Nothing More Than The Collective Capacity Of Its People To Create Value.

If The Practices And Processes Inside A Company Don't Drive The Execution Of Values, Then People Don't Get It. The Question Is, Do You Create A Culture Of Behavior And Action That Really Demonstrates Those Values And A Reward System For Those Who Adhere To Them?