This week's highlight of Energized Innovation at EMC was written today by none other than BusinessWeek's Steve Hamm. (Thanks Steve!)
--- This post is Part 5 on my series on Energized Innovation at EMC. ---
In this BusinessWeek GLOBESPOTTING feature, Steve writes about the story, people, and the business strategy surrounding EMC's China R&D Facility and our global innovation model. EMC's Charles Fan is the major player in this story and is highlighted as a "great example of a new type of business person," "the Global Business Citizen." (I introduced you to Charles Fan here.)
This story brings to the mainstream EMC practices Steve Todd has been telling us about over on his "Information Playground" blog. See this post, "Innovation Pockets vs. Level Playing Field" as an example, from the viewpoint of one of our US-based top developers, for more on how EMC adds mojo to its innovation these days.
What you'll find in the folksy business stories from both Steve Hamm and Steve Todd is a new type of model at play at EMC --one that invites and develops ideas from EVERYWHERE and EVERYONE.
You can also read more about Charles and his energized community of EMC innovators in this new book that is just now for sale on Amazon.com called, "Closing the Engagement Gap. How Great Companies Unlock Employee Potential for Superior Results." In the making of this book, I had the pleasure of joining one of the authors as she interviewed EMCers from around the world, including a member of Charles Fan's staff, Ying Li, to hear what inspires people about working at EMC and how these compelling sources of inspiration work deliver fantastic business results.
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Is innovation still command & control at your company? Do you feel welcome, invited and expected to bring ideas and innovation forward? Do raise your hand or wait to be asked?
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