Lex Fridman Podcast

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

03.02.2023 - By Lex FridmanPlay

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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

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