You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it.
The last thing IBM needs right now is a vision.
Visit USA.gov and you'll find thousands of directorates, agencies, boards, offices, and services replete with overlapping responsibilities, ancient priorities, and divided accountability.
I have always believed you cannot run a successful enterprise from behind a desk.
IBM needed - an enormous sense of urgency.
This really is a merger of equals. I wouldn't have come back to work for anything less than this fantastic opportunity. This lets me combine my two great loves - technology and biscuits.