This really is a merger of equals. I wouldnt have come back to work for anything less than this fantastic opportunity. This lets me combine my two great loves – technology and biscuits. – Lou Gerstner
I think that my leadership style is to get people to fear staying in place, to fear not changing. – Lou Gerstner
You can never be comfortable with your success, youve got to be paranoid youre going to lose it. – Lou Gerstner
Its about communication. Its about honesty. Its about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You dont try to give them half the story. You dont try to hide the story. You treat them as – as true equals, and you communicate and you communicate and communicate. – Lou Gerstner
There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald – all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil. – Pliny, about the opal