Driving Cultural Change with IBM President (and former Red Hat CEO) Jim Whitehurst

December 10, 2020

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Jim Whitehurst

President of IBM

Jim Whitehurst is the President of IBM, a technology giant with revenues in excess of $77 billion annually. In this role, Jim is responsible for the IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software organization, as well as Corporate Strategy. Jim joined IBM when it acquired Red Hat in 2019 for $34 billion. He had been the President and CEO of Red Hat.

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510: IBM President and former Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst discusses

The differences in IBM and Red Hat’s culture
Why they are looking to inject cultural elements from each other into their own operating models
The three cultural characteristics IBM wants to drive: entrepreneurial spirit, growth mindset, and radical candor
Why IBM decided to spin out the managed services business
Why Red Hat is separate from IBM
The importance and potential of AI
How IBM thinks about where it’s going to invest versus where it’s going to rely on open source

Among a variety of other topics.

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Driving Cultural Change with IBM President (and former Red Hat CEO) Jim Whitehurst

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