I ask everyone’s opinion when they don’t speak up. And then when they have an opinion, I’ll ask others to talk about it. – Ginni Rometty
To me, I learned along the way, you know, culture is behavior. That’s all it is; culture is people’s behaviors. – Ginni Rometty
The amazing thing about IBM is that it’s a company where I have had 10 different careers – local jobs, global jobs, technology jobs, industry jobs, financial services, insurance, start-ups, big scale. The network of talent around you is phenomenal. – Ginni Rometty
And the reason I came to IBM was I think – I always say at a really early age, I learned you’ve got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices. – Ginni Rometty
If I have learned nothing else in all my years here, my biggest lesson is you have to constantly reinvent this company. That’s how you get to be 103 years old. – Ginni Rometty
Every day I get to ‘Think’ and work on everything from digitizing electric grids so they can accommodate renewable energy and enable mass adoption of electric cars, helping major cities reduce congestion and pollution, to developing new micro-finance programs that help tiny businesses get started in markets such as Brazil, India, Africa. – Ginni Rometty
If we would change the basis and align what is taught in school with what is needed with business… that’s where I came up with this idea of ‘new collar.’ Not blue collar or white collar. – Ginni Rometty
And so when I moved to IBM, I moved because I thought I could apply technology. I didn’t actually have to do my engineer – I was an electrical engineer, but I could apply it. And that was when I changed. And when I got there, though, I have to say, at the time, I really never felt there was a constraint about being a woman. I really did not. – Ginni Rometty
Some people make their choice on size. I happen to not be a believer in that. I’ve often said, especially in an industry that’s clamoring for growth, if I wanted size, I wouldn’t have divested $8 billion of businesses. – Ginni Rometty
This century, the 21st century, will be the Indian century – and I really believe that. – Ginni Rometty
Think about when a digital business marries up with what I’ll call ‘digital intelligence.’ It is the dawn of a new era about being a ‘cognitive’ business. When every product, every service, how you run your company can actually have a piece that learns and thinks as part of it, you will be a cognitive business. – Ginni Rometty
As I tell all our folks, the only reason we exist – make no mistake – is our clients. – Ginni Rometty
I believe that the idea of strategic beliefs may be more important than strategic planning when thinking about how you keep the long view. – Ginni Rometty
Clients say, ‘What’s your strategy,’ and I say, ‘Ask me what I believe first.’ That’s a far more enduring answer. – Ginni Rometty
No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices. – Ginni Rometty
I make time to exercise. It’s not being indulgent. I think it’s got a lot to do with your ability to manage properly and stay focused. There’s no doubt about that. – Ginni Rometty
