Today\u2019s Big Blue is the antithesis of Big Brother. It\u2019s \u2018Big Open\u2019. A transparent, nimble, collaborative organization known more for listening and engaging customers than for dictating to them. While ironically, some say Apple now resembles Big Brother given their propensity for tight controls.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s why IBM \u2014 not Apple \u2014 represents the future workplace.<\/p>\n
While Apple has been wildly successful, IBM\u2019s Social Business is much more attainable and sustainable than what Fortune\u2019s Adam Lashinsky describes as Apple\u2019s genius led, culture of fear. For the genius is always, as Benjamin Disraeli and later Peter Drucker predicted, succeeded by a \u201clieutenant of Marines\u201d who understands the business but nothing else. So the company is only left with an innovation vacuum.<\/p>\n
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