I Want To Become A Student. I

Lou Gerstner Knows How To Do A Deal, And George Bush Sr., Less So.

Every Now And Then, A Technology Comes Along That Is So Profound, So Powerful, So Universal, That Its Impact Will Change Everything. It Will Transform Every Institution In The World. It Will Create Winners And Losers, Will Change The Way We Do Business, The Way We Teach Our Children, Communicate And Interact As Individuals.

I Initially Wanted To Be A Teacher And Then I Was Going To Become An Engineer And Build Bridges And Highways But Pretty Soon I Went Into The Business World. I Never Did Get To Be A Teacher Except In A Different Way.

Until I Came To Ibm, I Probably Would Have Told You That Culture Was Just One Among Several Important Elements In Any Organization's Makeup And Success - Along With Vision, Strategy, Marketing, Financials, And The Like... I Came To See, In My Time At Ibm, That Culture Isn't Just One Aspect Of The Game, It Is The Game. In The End, An Organization Is Nothing More Than The Collective Capacity Of Its People To Create Value.

My Parents Worked Enormously Hard To Put Four Children Through College. We Didn't Have A Lot Of Money.