I just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry Kasparov.

I came to see, in my time at IBM, that culture isn't just one aspect of the game; it is the game.

No institution will go through fundamental change unless it believes it is in deep trouble and needs to do something different to survive.

Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.

You can never be comfortable with your success, you've got to be paranoid you're going to lose it.

I think that my leadership style is to get people to fear staying in place, to fear not changing.

If the practices and processes inside a company don't drive the execution of values, then people don't get it. The question is, do you create a culture of behavior and action that really demonstrates those values and a reward system for those who adhere to them?