Building and managing network services is not our core competency.
(As IBM CEO).
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
I look for people who work to solve problems and help colleagues, I sack politicians.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
I think values are really, really important, but I also think that too many values are just words.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
In the end an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Never confuse activity with results.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
No institution will go through fundamental change unless it believes it is in deep trouble and needs to do something different to survive.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
People do what you inspect, not what you expect.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Technology has limitations on what it can accomplish. You do not.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
The era of the PC is over.
(IBM CEO, 10/98).
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
The real mechanism for corporate governance is the active involvement of the owners.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
We do not need Departments of Commerce, Labor, and Education; we need a single Department of Skills that will promote an integrated approach to global competitiveness.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
You don't get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks.
--Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
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