“Every now and then, a technology comes along that is so profound, so powerful, so universal, that its impact will change everything. It will transform every institution in the world. It will create winners and losers, will change the way we do business, the way we teach our children, communicate and interact as individuals.” WorldWayChildrenIndividualPowerfulTeachTechnologyUniversalOur ChildrenInstitutionsImpactProfoundCommunicateWinnerLoserNow And ThenWinner And Loser Author:Lou Gerstner
“If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprises are built from the ground up.” IfsWorldLifeMotivationalWould BeSuccessEasyCompanySuccessfulBuiltEnterpriseBeing SuccessfulBusiness SuccessRoad To SuccessMotivational BusinessMotivational SuccessSuccessful Company Author:Lou Gerstner
“I just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry Kasparov.” ThinkingWorldShouldLooksSaidPlayerChessChess PlayersChess Match Author:Lou Gerstner
“What I'm trying to do is deliver results, not promises; results, not vision; results, not concepts. The world is cynical about IBM's promises.” WorldTryingResultsVisionPromiseConceptsCynicalIbm Author:Lou Gerstner
“I initially wanted to be a teacher and then I was going to become an engineer and build bridges and highways but pretty soon I went into the business world. I never did get to be a teacher except in a different way.” WorldWayDifferentWantedTeacherBridgesDifferent WaysEngineersHighwaysBusiness World Author:Lou Gerstner
“The fundamental issue is: In the world of the Internet, is there a place for a packager of services? Does the customer want to go surf the Net and go to every one of 50,000 Web sites? Or will people pay a reasonable amount for somebody to go out and preselect and package what they want? My guess is they will both coexist.” PeopleWorldWantDoePayIssuesAmountInternetFundamentalsCustomersReasonableSitePackagesSurfCoexist Author:Lou Gerstner
“The networked world offers the promise that maybe the information technology industry will start to, for the first time in a decade or so, address CEO-level issues.” WorldFirstsLevelsTechnologyIssuesInformationIndustryPromiseOffersFirst TimeDecadesAddressesCeoInformation Technology Author:Lou Gerstner
“The world is full of CEOs that think that just because they write a memo or they write a letter inside an annual report or they give a little video speech that gets sent around the company, they think that's what's really going to affect employees.” ThinkingWorldGivingWritingLittlesCompanySpeechLettersVideoReportsEmployeeCeoAnnualsMemosAnnual Reports Author:Lou Gerstner
