Reasons for Joining

Channel Futures: Tell us about your decision to move to Insight? What drove that move?

Dee Burger: It’s an easy one to answer. I’ve actually got a sticky note still on my desk from when I made the decision. I had a very long career, and I was ready to do something different. I knew that. I started a very intentional process on my end around looking at the market. I started with the idea of joining either a traditional big services company and doing something really unique, going into the startup world, or a technology company that also did services. Insight fell in that latter category. I talked to probably 30 or 40 companies, as I went through a process that ultimately took about six months. Where Insight was so unique was really three things.

Joyce is point one. It struck me that I had spent my whole career never getting to select my boss. If you can do that for a first time, Joyce is a really good choice. 

The second reason was that I had 12 interviews – six with executives and six with board members. I had 12 different discussions about the importance of culture, values and where we were going. When you’re making a life choice and thinking about what you’re going to do, that’s a really important aspect.