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Ginni Rometty

(1957) Entrepreneur

108 quotes in 491 categories

A morning jog clears the mind before a board meeting. Rometty says regular exercise helps maintain focus, and she stresses that leaders need empathetic support and mentors to stay balanced. She envisions a future of man plus machines, where belief‑driven strategy and predictive analytics guide business change.

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Ginni Rometty is an entrepreneur, best known for Good Power.

Quick Facts About Ginni Rometty

Born: July 29, 1957
Profession: Entrepreneur
Notable works: Good Power

About Ginni Rometty

Virginia Marie Rometty is an American business executive who was executive chairman of IBM after stepping down as CEO on April 1, 2020. She was previously chairman, president and CEO of IBM, becoming the first woman to head the company. She retired from IBM on December 31, 2020, after a near-40 year career there. Before becoming president and CEO in January 2012, she first joined IBM as a systems engineer in 1981 and subsequently headed global sales, marketing, and strategy.

Quotes by Ginni Rometty

Digital, it is not the destination.

Destination

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Be first and be lonely.

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I have a great job at a great company.

Business

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You can engineer change.

Change

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Growth and comfort do not coexist.

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I am very practical.

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Don't let others define you. You define yourself.

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Don't protect your past. Don't protect your products.

Past

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The ultimate competitive advantage is being cognitive.

Advantage

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The most important thing for any of us to be in our jobs is curious.

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The social network will be the new production line.

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The social network will be the new production line in a company,

Business

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India... what a big part you play in this story for IBM and for the world.

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I've always looked for challenges, and I have found plenty.

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One day we're going to look back, and whatever this era will get called, it's going to put a premium on math…

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I ask everyone's opinion when they don't speak up. And then when they have an opinion, I'll ask others to talk about…

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Someone once told me growth and comfort do not coexist. And I think it's a really good thing to remember.

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With this emergence of big data and social mobility, you will, in fact, see the death of 'average,' Instead, you will see…

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The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It's this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an…

Business

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You make the right decision for the long run. You manage for the long run, and you continue to move to higher…

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I believe that the idea of strategic beliefs may be more important than strategic planning when thinking about how you keep the…

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If you step back and look at technology from every era, it has displaced jobs but also created a lot of jobs.

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One of the most important things for any leader is to never let anyone else define who you are. And you define…

Being a woman

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IBM's long-standing mantra is 'Think.' What has always made IBM a fascinating and compelling place for me, is the passion of the…

Company

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I think, particularly in our tech industry, this is an industry that has violent innovation and then commoditization, and it's a cycle…

Cycle

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Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think…

Artificial intelligence

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I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership…

Adversity

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I make time to exercise. It's not being indulgent. I think it's got a lot to do with your ability to manage…

Ability

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The amazing thing about IBM is that it's a company where I have had 10 different careers - local jobs, global jobs,…

Amazing

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I've got a distribution system that goes to 170 countries. If I acquire properly, you know, you may be successful in one…

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We have started something called the Corporate Services Corps. Now, it was modeled after the Peace Corps from long ago, the 1960s.…

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Every day I get to 'Think' and work on everything from digitizing electric grids so they can accommodate renewable energy and enable…

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And so when I moved to IBM, I moved because I thought I could apply technology. I didn't actually have to do…

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We share no data with the government anywhere in the world.

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

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Work on something that matters. Have courage.

Courage

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Don't let others define you. Define yourself.

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There will be times you make decisions that actually detract from growth.

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One of the most important topics I think for us all to work on is job creation.

Creation

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IBM existed a good 50 years before mainframes - we started with scales.

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Ginni Rometty by topic

Business (21) Technology (13) Time (11) Thinking (10)

Ginni Rometty Quotes About:

Business Quotes 21
You Quotes 14
Technology Quotes 13
Will Quotes 12
Your Quotes 11
Time Quotes 11
Thinking Quotes 10
Ibm Quotes 10