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IBM can be saved if the right leaders are put into the right positions

IBM does not need fresh leadership, they need leadership! As was said leaders inspire, willing to dig down and see that the troops are doing/thinking. When Ginny visited sites the local leadership hand pick who they wanted to interact with her. They stacked agile areas with mgrs pretending they were workers. IBM does have some good leaders left, but they are being drowned out by the 100s of VPs who do very little or nothing but make charts. Yes charts are needed, but does a VP need another VP to make them? That is a position a band 8, 9 or may I even say 10. Some of this started with Lou. I remember hearing of a person at my site sending him a email. His response was to the person's manager telling them to control their employee. (now granted I do not know what was in the email and maybe that response was warranted, but still not the way to do it) IBM can be saved if the right leaders are put into the right positions. But I am not holding much hope that will happen anytime soon.

The original poster is @1uoc+15AOKWVi.

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The only way IBM will grow is getting into new areas through acquisitions. Acquiring some innovative technologies and baking them into products that can readily sell and deploy. Find new market. The CEO should assemble a team to do that today and check on the progress every day.

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Post ID: @6cia+15DJXbKJ

Not just the leaders , they also need a solid product. Currently they are betting on red hat +IBM cloud ...REALLY?? I wonder who are the clients that chose IBM cloud over AWs/GCP/Azure. My opinion —IBM’s count down has began, it might just have maximum of 10 years run before crashing completely !!

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Post ID: @1bzp+15DJXbKJ

IBM reminds me of the US Government, the Military, and a large University system all rolled together and trying to operate like a business. It has become too big, too bureaucratic, and too hierarchical to operate in a hyper-competitive world. It seemed to work somewhat when IBM had market dominance through Mainframe and, perhaps, Strategic Outourcing contracts. Now it is a huge weight around IBM's neck.

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Post ID: @1jym+15DJXbKJ

Do you see any leaders in the current IBM hierarchy today? IBM is a dictatorship... you always do what your stupid manager tells you to do or else... There is absolutely NO POINT to voice anything at IBM, it will go nowhere, it will only harm you!

Very sad company...

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