Len Devanna offers over 24 years of digital innovation experience at Fortune 500 brands. He helps companies with all aspects of their digital ecosystem, including online strategy, engagement marketing, and social brand management.
Last week, Joe sent out a memo providing perspective on the current global economic situation. In it, he talked about EMC's strong position and sighted how the company has weathered such tough times in the past - only to emerge stronger. What was most interesting was what happened after this was sent out...
It all started in our 'Virtual Water Cooler'... A place where anything goes... Any employee can start a discussion or blog about any topic they'd like.
Michelle started a discussion called 'Constructive Ideas to Save Money'. As of this morning, this thread has had over 11.5k views and almost 200 folks have provided suggestions. Ideas are all over the board - from enabling employees to spend some of their vacation time contributing to a charitable organization (while helping take some time off the books) to revamping our current PC / laptop program to replacing our current shuttle fleet with hybrid vehicles. Given the diversity of the EMC ONE community, ideas cover a wide variety of topics.
As impressive has been the tone of the conversation. Folks understand what's going on in the world... They understand the challenges ahead - and know that some of the ideas put out there may make their lives a tad tougher...
But, they're all in it together. They feel a sense of pride, a sense of ownership, a sense of community.
It's been very interesting to watch and the discussion seems to be building momentum as each hour passes.
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