Episode #11: Leadership in a post COVID-19 world with IBM CTO, Rashik Parmar

Welcome to the IBM Keep It Simple (KIS) Technology Podcast hosted by Thomas F. Anglero, Nordic Dir. of Innovation for IBM. In this episode, Rashik Parmer, IBM's CTO for Europe, explains how IBM globally prioritized their employees at the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak. He gives concise steps as to what, how and why to take care of your employees, first. Rashik explains why allowing employees and clients to experience grief, is the best way to help them and their business to recover. He shares stories from his personal and business life on helping to lead clients, colleagues, and even his own next door neighbour. Most importantly, Rashik elaborates on how this is the time to reset your business, innovate on what your new business can now be and experiment and leave any idea on the table as a possibility to allow your company to be what it was always meant to be. Another extraordinary podcast guest and so much more.. Please subscribe and we thank you for listening to the IBM "KIS Technology podcast”. Read much more about IBM, our ways of working and our Cloud offerings here - https://ibm.co/2URU66K We have also gathered some exiting insights where you pick and choose the ones that fits your needs the best.  Read how you can unleash data and AI for competitive advantage - https://ibm.co/39oc0D3 Manage IT. How to Orchestrate and simplify multi-cloud - https://ibm.co/2UqFtrW Optimize IT. How to Accelerate digital transformation - https://ibm.co/2WTsXCI Build cloud native. Build once, deploy anywhere - https://ibm.co/33WNmIL Modernize applications. How you can simplify and extend apps with an open, hybrid cloud - https://ibm.co/2wLYRG KEYWORDS: Grief, Resiliency, Planning, Leadership, Innovation, Caring, Compassion, Empathy