#362 – Ginni Rometty: IBM CEO on Leadership, Power, and Adversity
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(05:22) – IBM<br />
(15:02) – Hiring<br />
(20:19) – Leadership<br />
(27:02) – Hard work<br />
(32:43) – Adversity<br />
(39:41) – Power<br />
(53:07) – Sacrifice<br />
(58:13) – Taking over as CEO<br />
(1:16:27) – Negotiating<br />
(1:21:34) – Deep Blue vs Garry Kasparov<br />
(1:26:52) – IBM Watson<br />
(1:46:45) – Work-life balance<br />
(1:53:49) – Advice for young people</p>