One thing I always think about in making a market, and it again is something I have learned from Sam [Palmisano] as well, he always says, "Be first and be lonely."

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.

For CEOs today, it's all about acheieving growth and efficiency through innovation. It's not about product innovation so much anymore as about innovating business models. process, culture and management.

Don't let others define you. Define yourself.

Never love something so much that you can’t let go of it.

You have to stick up for what you believe in. And that, to me, is the biggest thing you can do about driving inclusion.

I learned to always take on things I'd never done before.