Bill Nussey's Notes

My time at IBM has been amazing and it has opened my eyes to a scale and quality of business that I had never seen before.

But IBM is a huge company, saddled with the challenges all large organizations wrestle with. I was thrilled to be asked to share my experiences in smaller, high growth companies with IBM’s leadership. There are some great opportunities for IBM to embrace the approaches that high-growth companies do naturally. This presentation lists out the top ten observations I’ve made about what makes high-growth companies successful.

(later note: I was reflecting on this presentation many years later and it remains one of my all-time favorites.)

You can see all the slides here:

And download a PDF of the presentation here: 10 Lessons from Fast Growth Businesses for IBM (pdf)

Some random pictures from my life at IBM HQ in Armonk, New York.

I started taking pictures of license plates so I could remember which car I was driving each week (IBM’s parking lot is very large).