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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 my engineer - I was an electrical engineer, but I could apply it. And that was when I changed. And when I got there, though, I have to say, at the time, I really never felt there was a constraint about being a woman. I really did not. "

Ginni Rometty

Thought

Time

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

" It will not be a world of man versus machine. It will be a world of man plus machines. "

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

" The ultimate competitive advantage is being cognitive. "

" Think about when a digital business marries up with what I'll call 'digital intelligence.' It is the dawn of a new era about being a 'cognitive' business. When every product, every service, how you run your company can actually have a piece that learns and thinks as part of it, you will be a cognitive business. "

" I think health care is absolutely ripe. It's an $8 trillion industry, lots of inefficiency in it. "

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

" The amazing thing about IBM is that it's a company where I have had 10 different careers - local jobs, global jobs, technology jobs, industry jobs, financial services, insurance, start-ups, big scale. The network of talent around you is phenomenal. "

" Growth and comfort do not coexist. "

" No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices. "

" If it's digital, it will be cognitive. If you think that, you're going to change the way you run a business. "

" Every day I get to 'Think' and work on everything from digitizing electric grids so they can accommodate renewable energy and enable mass adoption of electric cars, helping major cities reduce congestion and pollution, to developing new micro-finance programs that help tiny businesses get started in markets such as Brazil, India, Africa. "

" I always say, you know, if I sit here and close my eyes and say, 'When did I learn the most in my life, in my career?' It'll always be when I close them and everything I think of is when I took a risk. It's when I think I learned the most. "

" Watson augments human decision-making because it isn't governed by human boundaries. It draws together all this information and forms hypotheses, millions of them, and then tests them with all the data it can find. It learns over time what data is reliable, and that's part of its learning process. "

" Steward for the long term. It's not always easy, but you do it. "

" Above and beyond, not only are we an innovation company, we are in service of our clients. "

" I am very practical. "

Ginni Rometty

Very

I Am

" I make time to exercise. It's not being indulgent. I think it's got a lot to do with your ability to manage properly and stay focused. There's no doubt about that. "

" As I say to our own team: 'Never protect your past, never define yourself by a single product, and always continue to steward for the long-term. Keep moving towards the future.' "

" I don't think anybody's just B2B or B2C anymore. You are B2I - business to individual. "

" Today when I think about diversity, I actually think about the word 'inclusion.' And I think this is a time of great inclusion. It's not men, it's not women alone. Whether it's geographic, it's approach, it's your style, it's your way of learning, the way you want to contribute, it's your age - it is really broad. "

" Be first and be lonely. "

Ginni Rometty

Lonely

First

" Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think we'll augment our intelligence. "

" As I tell all our folks, the only reason we exist - make no mistake - is our clients. "

" The social network will be the new production line. "

" Planes don't fly, trains don't run, banks don't operate without much of what IBM does. "

" When I think of revenue growth, I think of the words 'mix' and 'shift.' "

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

" If you're clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market. "