IBM: A Lost Federation of Businesses

​The United States and Canada are federations of states and provinces, respectively. We are friends. We are next-door neighbors. Putting cynicism—so rampant today—aside, there is no doubt that if either of our countries needed help, the one federation would rise to assist the other. It doesn’t require our two countries to sign treaties or to even shake hands; the democratic debate to come to the other’s aid would be a short one—probably just long enough to take the requisite, unifying vote to aid our brethren in liberty.

The 20th Century IBM was a federated organization

This is a relationship of nations that is too unique in the world. It is a synergy not governed by fear or greed, but by a unique awareness that both our countries must be guided by a mutual and enlightened, self-interest.

IBM at its strongest was also a federation—an international federation of businesses held together by a belief system of three words that encouraged a family spirit to cross international boundaries.

But no longer.

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A 21st Century Lost Business Federation