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.
Lou GerstnerNo institution will go through fundamental change unless it believes it is in deep trouble and needs to do something different to survive.
Lou GerstnerI just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry Kasparov.
Lou GerstnerEvery 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.
Lou Gerstner