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 healthcare. They’re just on auto pilot. The innovations that healthcare needs require more curiosity.
I have so much more to share from the conference, but it will have to wait until later. I like to spend as much time at HIMSS, learning, engaging, and experiencing things. Then, it’s fuel for the content I create over the next 6 months to a year. That said, check out @techguy to see many of the insights that were shared at the various meetups I did. Plus, there are a number of videos shared on there as well.