#362 – Ginni Rometty: IBM CEO on Leadership, Power, and Adversity

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Ginni Rometty is a former long-time CEO, president, and chairman of IBM. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:22) – IBM
(15:02) – Hiring
(20:19) – Leadership
(27:02) – Hard work
(32:43) – Adversity
(39:41) – Power
(53:07) – Sacrifice
(58:13) – Taking over as CEO
(1:16:27) – Negotiating
(1:21:34) – Deep Blue vs Garry Kasparov
(1:26:52) – IBM Watson
(1:46:45) – Work-life balance
(1:53:49) – Advice for young people