A New Wave: Transforming Our Understanding of Ocean Health
Humans have been plying the seas throughout history. But it wasn’t until the late 19th century that we began to truly study the ocean itself. An expedition in 1872 to 1876, by the Challenger, a converted Royal Navy gunship, traveled nearly 70,000 nautical miles and catalogued over 4,000 previously unknown species, building the foundations for modern […]
Fixing the Mismatch Between Skills and Jobs: A Pilot Project to Test Learning and Employment Records
Over the last few years, employers have become less interested in which educational degrees people have and more interested in what actual skills they possess. But there’s one challenge with that: It’s hard to know what skills someone truly has. IBM has come together with an important group of organizations to address this challenge. All […]
Words Matter: Driving Thoughtful Change Toward Inclusive Language in Technology
Words shape our worldview, how we regard others, and how we make others feel. Right now, in the midst of a health and societal crisis, we are at a pivot point where people are willing to not only talk about our hard-wired issues of systemic racism and bias but to take action. While common expressions […]
ADA at 30: Colleagues With Diverse Abilities Make Us All Stronger
Thirty years ago, three thousand people gathered on the lawn of the White House to watch President George H.W. Bush sign legislation that finally, after years of struggle, gave people with diverse abilities equal rights and access. With the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) on July 26, 1990, daily life promised […]
Gender Pronouns: How Small Words Make a Big Difference
What’s in a pronoun? Does he, him, his not apply to every person who is perceived as a male? Or she, her, hers to a perceived female? In our non-binary world, they do not. For non-binary or genderqueer individuals, and those who relate to gender in a fluid way, to be misgendered can be a […]
30 Years and Counting: Why IBM’s Environmental Report Matters More Than Ever
As we publish the 30th edition of IBM’s annual corporate environmental report, the world is in crisis: we are in the midst of a pandemic, a global economic contraction, and the heartbreaking persistence of racial inequality. In times like these, it would be easy for business leaders to neglect their responsibility for environmental protection, including […]
Shifts in U.S. Consumers’ Preferences Amid COVID-19 Make Business Agility Essential
As we move through the pandemic, and states and businesses in the United States begin to carefully re-open, U.S. consumers’ attitudes toward life and work are continuing to evolve, according to new research from the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV). The IBV polled more than 18,000 U.S. adults in May and early June to […]
Taking on Racism With Call for Code Employee Challenge
The events and reactions sparked by the recent killings in the United States are a reminder of the urgency of dealing with systemic racism. IBM is taking action and increasing efforts to ensure technology is used appropriately and productively to deal with racial inequality, beginning with an internal Call for Code Emb(race) Spot Challenge for […]
Creating a New Path to Digitalization for the Mining Industry
In the current economic climate, many companies are naturally trying to work out priorities for their business strategies and decide how to best leverage opportunities as countries move into the recovery phase. The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on digitalization and how it can help provide cost efficiencies, speed up delivery of products and […]
The Supreme Court Decision Is a Landmark. Let’s Take the Next Steps Toward Full Inclusion.
The Supreme Court’s landmark decision on Monday, that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT+ employees from workplace discrimination, was a watershed event for the LGBT+ community and our allies nationwide. For IBMers, it feels like the world is finally making progress on an issue we have been focused on for decades. Since 1984, when sexual […]
Igniting the Dynamic Workforce in Your Company
In the rapid push to moving to remote work, we’ve seen digital strategies accelerate by years – transforming their workplaces, workstyles, and business processes forever. Overnight, remote workforces put advanced environments of multi-device mobility, dynamic connection points and robust cloud-based apps that ease communication and collaboration. A new normal is emerging, led by the companies aggressively adopting cloud […]
Lessons from Space May Help Care for Those Living Through Social Isolation on Earth
Since the Crew Dragon spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on May 31, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have been busy—according to their Twitter posts, even working over the weekend to repair the ISS treadmill. They likely don’t have much time to think about being lonely and cut off from life […]