Ginni Rometty Keynote at #HIMSS17

I'm really impressed by @GinniRometty What a personable, humble, and interesting person. It's no wonder she's been so successful. — John Lynn (@techguy) February 20, 2017 This was the tweet I sent after the Ginny Rometty, CEO of IBM, keynote at HIMSS 2017. Needless to say, I was extremely impressed. She didn’t say anything groundbreaking. Although, I never expect that from a CEO from a large company that knows very little about healthcare. Her expertise is in management, leadership and in growing a large company. That’s what she can speak to since that’s her expertise. She isn’t an expert in healthcare. With that in mind, I found these insights from her particularly interesting: Never let someone else define who you are. #HIMSS17 Nice message at keynote. — John Lynn (@techguy) February 20, 2017 This was a really important message. Far too often I’ve seen healthcare companies with a valuable vision that makes sense and then they get skewed from it because they see how other people are defining the market. That’s generally a bad idea. On a personal level, this is even more important and something that’s missing far too often today. The most wonderful characteristic is someone who is endlessly curious. #HIMSS17 — John Lynn (@techguy) February 20, 2017 I agree 1000% that endless curiosity is a powerful thing. I’d like to see more of it in healthcare. Far too many people aren’t curious in heal...
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