Long time journalist and member of the IBM communications department, and co-author of the fascinating and informative book Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company, Steve Hamm, shares insights into the achievements, challenges, and transformation of corporate icon IBM. Steve Hamm describes how IBM was not only instrumental in spearheading technological innovation, but also influenced the development of society and changed the way that people think and work. At the same time, Steve points to the immense transformation made within the corporate structure and culture of Big Blue itself. Led by the legendary Thomas Watson Jr., IBM was an innovator in many of the corporate structures and personnel management practices seen all over the corporate world today. Discover the lessons learned by IBM as it reinvented itself over and over again, and how those same lessons can be applied to any company regardless of industry.
Steve Hamm is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.
The show airs live on Tuesday, June 7, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Long time journalist and member of the IBM communications department, and co-author of the fascinating and informative book Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company, Steve Hamm, shares insights into the achievements, challenges, and transformation of corporate icon IBM. Steve Hamm describes how IBM was not only instrumental in spearheading technological innovation, but also influenced the development of society and changed the way that people think and work. You will learn:
* How corporate icon IBM transformed society and the way people think and work
* How IBM faced many challenges and reinvented itself as a company
* How IBM maintained its leadership role in technological innovation
* How the lessons learned over a century can be applied to other companies
Steve Hamm (photo left) is Communications Strategist at IBM. Prior to joining IBM, Steve Hamm was a writer and editor at Busineessweek. Before that, Steve was a writer for PC Week. Steve is an expert in the global information technology business.
Steve Hamm is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and lives in the greater New York City area,
My book review of Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company by Kevin Maney, Steve Hamm, and Jeffrey M. O'Brien.
Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.
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Let's talk with long time journalist and member of the IBM communications department, and co-author of the fascinating and informative book Making the World Work Better: The Ideas That Shaped a Century and a Company, Steve Hamm, as he shares insights into the achievements, challenges, and transformation of corporate icon IBM. Steve Hamm describes how IBM was not only instrumental in spearheading technological innovation, but also influenced the development of society and changed the way that people think and work. At the same time, Steve points to the immense transformation made within the corporate structure and culture of Big Blue itself. Led by the legendary Thomas Watson Jr., IBM was an innovator in many of the corporate structures and personnel management practices seen all over the corporate world today. Discover the lessons learned by IBM as it reinvented itself over and over again, and how those same lessons can be applied to any company regardless of industry on Blog Business Success Radio.
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