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Our job is to execute.
The more accountable I can make you, the easier it is for you to show you're a great performer.
The more I use a matrix, the easier I make it to blame someone else.
We need to temper the idea that this company has to have some earthshaking event every 15 minutes.
When someone gets a job, it better be clear what they did to get it.
After formulating and communicating the right strategy and optimizing operations to execute that strategy, CEOs and other top leaders then must be able to build management teams that truly understand the big picture.
At its core, HP has the best technologists on the planet Earth.
CEOs can stay too long.
CIOs have earned a strategic seat at the table, but now they've got to hold that seat - and the only way they can do that is to converse in the language of business value and business benefits and business outcomes that all align perfectly with the strategic agenda of the company.
CIOs have to be able to lay out a clear path in concert with the business leader - I used to make the business guy responsible for the apps and force them to answer the question of why they feel they need non-standard apps when they know that's how the costs skyrocket.
Cloud represents the maturation of the IT industry.
Customers want to talk to other customers.
Everyone wants to lead when things are going well.
Executives need ample flexibility to respond to the market. That means both reducing costs and increasing innovation.
For the most part, earnings and market value growth are a result of reduced expenses.
From a productivity standpoint, you're supposed to reduce headcount on par with declining revenue. If you believe the environment isn't going to improve, you should take a bigger cut to get in front of the problems.
I go all over the place. I do like the ability to go around the company at different levels to find the people that have the actual answers to the question.
I grew up in New York City, and I moved to Florida in high school.
I have a wife who's a great mom.
I have been competing against IBM my whole career. It's a good company, with good management and a good team.
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