Chapter 6How IBM Leads the Work

Our Lead the Work framework suggests leaders should consider how Assignments can be deconstructed, dispersed, and detached; how their Organization should manage its boundary in terms of permeability, interlinkages, collaboration and flexibility; and finally how much Rewards should be shortened and individualized and make use of imaginative elements (Figure 6.1).

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Figure 6.1 Unlocking the “Lead the Work” Code (Reprise)

IBM has tackled the opportunities shown in the Lead the Work framework very comprehensively, and often by building a talent ecosystem within the organization that rivals or even anticipates the ...

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