Imagine your friend or colleague opening their morning email today and
finding out that they are the "IT Superstar of the Year". Just plug in your friends' names and email addresses and they'll be the star of the show.
Enjoy!
<posted by Ethan McCarty>
We continue to prove the value of the Greater IBM Connection each time we find a way to gather across the world. Last week, we did it again!
Over 490 IBMers past and present from 28 countries signed up to meet each other ONLINE at an appointed time and place to participate in a conversation with IBM Vice President of Diversity & Workforce Programs, Ron Glover. Our purpose in meeting was to explore the topic of LEADERSHIP and DIVERSITY in a CHANGING ECONOMY.
GETTING ACQUAINTED
We started the dialogue by first learning a little about who showed up. This seemed to create a sense we were connected in the distance. We had a chance to plot ourselves on a world map, shared why we were drawn to be there in a POLL, and got a glimpse of how we had described our unique roles in life and work. When each of us registered for the event, we also were asked to identify one DISTINGUISHING QUALITY we had as leaders or innovators. We shared the list with everyone. It had hundreds of unique expressions--- a little peer-to-peer sharing across cultures and twenty-eight countries. Nice!
CONVERSATION WITH RON GLOVER
Ron Glover spent the first hour with us and generously offered his stories and insights. We had received hundreds of questions from participants at registration. Our Greater IBM WIN-L Co-Founders, Cécile Demailly (France), Shara Sokol (New York), and Jane Scandurra (New York), joined me to field the questions submitted. The questions covered four key themes: Ron's LEADERSHIP JOURNEY, his thoughts on BEING A LEADER, the status of DIVERSITY at IBM in this changing economy, and Ron's SEND-OFF for us. We hung out together for another thirty minutes or so to discuss questions, reflect on what we learned, and share stories and perspectives.
As a Greater IBMer, I admit I was honored to have the opportunity to welcome IBMers past and present to our Global Dialogue Center ONLINE Conference Center and experience the power of connecting in still another way. As someone reflected on the event: "This was a one of a kind opportunity to connect with IBMERS from so many parts of the world and with so many views."
RECORDED HIGHLIGHTS, HANDOUTS, RELATED LINKS:
We captured the highlights of this global Greater IBM gathering at the Global Dialogue Center.
We invite you to share in the experience too...
Go here for RECORDED HIGHTLIGHTS:
http://globaldialoguecenter.com/events/gibm-june2009.shtml
It meant a lot to me be involved in this event. It was a special gathering that emerged through the Greater IBM Women's Network for Leadership (GIBM WIN-L) from other online experiences we created together. It was produced in partnership with the Greater IBM Connection team. Together --- Ron Glover, everyone who shared in this gathering, and our global team --- we created a moment in time that would not have been possible at one time...a memorable one!
From the reflective writings of those attending...
"It's very nice to have the opportunity to share ideas among all levels. It's not very common in other companies to have this kind of opportunity."
"...it is nice to see so many locations working to make the world and IBM a better place."
Best...
Debbe
Debbe Kennedy
Contributing Author
Greater IBM Connection Blog
Co-Founder, GIBM Women's
International Network for
Leadership(GIBM WIN-L)
Founder, President & CEO
Global Dialogue Center and
Leadership Solutions Companies
author, Putting Our Differences to Work
Video Book Review by futurist Joel A. Barker
IBMer 1970 - 1991 L.A.; Anchorage; Seattle; San Francisco
www.globaldialoguecenter.com
How making primary-care physicians the center of America's health-care system could drive down costs
Interesting story in BW that includes some discussion around IBM's patient centered medical home model. Here's an excerpt:
This medical home may sound like the "gatekeeper" model of the 1990s, a managed-care creation that was all about holding down costs. But advocates say the new concept is designed to help patients, not insurers. It's more like doctoring 1950s-style, when a Marcus Welby figure handled all the family's medical needs. This time it's juiced up with digital technology.
It also represents a politically painless way to streamline a disorganized and wasteful system that chews up a crippling 18% of the U.S. gross domestic product. That burden is felt particularly by private industry, which covers 60% of the nation's insured. Since most businesses try to ferret out waste and disorganization in their own operations, the medical home is a concept they can embrace in good conscience.
One of the biggest advocates is IBM (IBM), which shelled out $1.3 billion last year on health benefits for its U.S. employees and retirees, equal to one month of the company's net income. Dr. Paul H. Grundy, 57, who holds the unusual title of director of health-care transformation for IBM, is a medical-home evangelist who led the company to start the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, a coalition of some 500 large employers, insurers, consumer groups, and doctors. Part of his goal, he says, is to show that "employers can drive the medical-home idea as buyers of care."
Jack Mason, Strategic Programs & Social Media
IBM Global Business Services
http://smarterplanet.tumblr.com
JOIN US AND FIND OUT!
On Thursday, JUNE 18, IBMers past and present will be gathering from regions around the world to explore the topic of LEADERSHIP and DIVERSITY in a CHANGING ECONOMY. The first hour will include a personal, up-close conversation with Ron Glover, IBM Vice President of Diversity & Workforce Programs. We've been inviting GIBMers to offer questions as they've registered, so we are able to weave key themes into our dialogue with Ron to explore issues that are real and relevant to all of us.
WHO's JOINING US?
So far, we know it's going to be a remarkable, diverse group of innovators and leaders from across the world --- GIBMers and current IBMers that have registered from many different business vantage points, describing themselves in roles such as...
business analyst - communications manager - consultant -contract administrator - customer service - director -entrepreneur - program manager - executive assistant - sales executive - manager - web production lead - HR manager - IT analyst - IT architect - IT professional - IT specialist - Internet manager - project manager - president - founder - co-founder - owner - principal - global web production lead - program director - program manager - organizational change consultant - HR professional - IBM retiree - senior support manager - assistant vice president - senior support representative - marketing communications consultant - and other interesting roles...
What we have learned from Greater IBM ONLINE Events is that it is our DIFFERENCES that make for an interesting conversation --- and every time, we affirm that "something special" we all seem to have in common --- a little of BIG BLUE in the DNA that always seems to come out in the process.
THE INSPIRATION for GATHERING:
It came from Sam Palmisano's bold vision of "A SMARTER PLANET: The Next Leadership Agenda" which he shared in his address to the Council on Foreign Relations in NYC. "...a period of discontinuity is, for those with courage and vision, a period of opportunity." He defined current realities for leaders and innovators, painting a vivid picture of a SMARTER PLANET. We plan to explore what we all need to do to be one of those leaders that will "change the game."
This special ONLINE EVENT is sponsored by the Greater IBM Women's International Network for Leadership(GIBM WIN-L) for IBMers past and present in partnership with the Greater IBM Connection team. As a Greater IBMer myself, I'm honored to be participating and to be partnering to host the event at our Global Dialogue Center.
Hope you can be with us! Learn more here
REGISTER HERE: http://tinyurl.com/GIBMJUNE18Registration
Allow a few seconds for the URL to open.
Best...
Debbe
Debbe Kennedy
Contributing Author
Greater IBM Connection Blog
Co-Founder, GIBM Women's
International Network for
Leadership(GIBM WIN-L)
Founder, President & CEO
Global Dialogue Center and
Leadership Solutions Cos.
author, Putting Our Differences to Work
Video Book Review by futurist Joel A. Barker
IBMer 1970 - 1991 L.A.; Anchorage; Seattle; San Francisco
www.globaldialoguecenter.com
As IBM is building its new Business Analytics & Optimization consulting group, we wanted to highlight or showcase some examples of small companies, startups and organizations who are breaking exciting ground on this frontier: turning mobile phones in Africa into connected work tools (txteagle), building the open infrastructure for an "Internet of Things" that can help instrument the planet (Pachube, pronounced "Patch Bay") or starting to measure and count the billions of virtually invisible people in the developing world that have no official records (Mobile Metrix.)
Jack Mason, Strategic Programs & Social Media
IBM Global Business Services
http://smarterplanet.tumblr.com
We've developed a set of widgets on key Smarter Planet topics that you are welcome to add to your site, page, or blog, or share with your contacts and network. Simply copy and paste the embedding code that works for your site.
Jack Mason, Strategic Programs & Social Media
IBM Global Business Services
http://smarterplanet.tumblr.com
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