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Lou Gerstner quotes: The last thing IBM needs right now is a vision.

The last thing IBM needs right now is a vision.

Lou Gerstner quotes: I think values are really, really important, but I also think that too many values are just words.

I think values are really, really important, but I also think that too many values are just words.

Lou Gerstner quotes: Customer complaints are the schoolbooks from which we learn.

Customer complaints are the schoolbooks from which we learn.

Lou Gerstner quotes: The thing I have learned at IBM is that culture is everything.

The thing I have learned at IBM is that culture is everything.

Lou Gerstner quotes: Lou Gerstner knows how to do a deal, and George Bush Sr., less so.

Lou Gerstner knows how to do a deal, and George Bush Sr., less so.

Lou Gerstner quotes: It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins.

It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins.

Lou Gerstner quotes: We built this company from the customer back, not from the company out.

We built this company from the customer back, not from the company out.

Lou Gerstner quotes: IBM needed - an enormous sense of urgency.

IBM needed - an enormous sense of urgency.

Lou Gerstner quotes: I just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry Kasparov.

I just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry Kasparov.

Lou Gerstner quotes: Everything starts with the customer.

Everything starts with the customer.

Lou Gerstner quotes: You don't get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks.

You don't get points for predicting rain. You get points for building arks.

Lou Gerstner quotes: No institution will go through fundamental change unless it believes it is in deep trouble and needs to do something different to survive.

No institution will go through fundamental change unless it believes it is in deep trouble and needs to do something different to survive.

Lou Gerstner quotes: For the first month, I listened, and I tried very hard not to draw conclusions

For the first month, I listened, and I tried very hard not to draw conclusions

Lou Gerstner quotes: I came to see, in my time at IBM, that culture isn't just one aspect of the game; it is the game

I came to see, in my time at IBM, that culture isn't just one aspect of the game; it is the game

Lou Gerstner quotes: The rewards system is a powerful driver of behavior and therefore culture.

The rewards system is a powerful driver of behavior and therefore culture.

Lou Gerstner quotes: I have always believed you cannot run a successful enterprise from behind a desk.

I have always believed you cannot run a successful enterprise from behind a desk.

Lou Gerstner quotes: I look for people who work to solve problems and help colleagues, I sack politicians.

I look for people who work to solve problems and help colleagues, I sack politicians.