Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

When asked how to achieve success more rapidly, came the quick reply, 'Double your failure rate'.

Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.

If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.

You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.