Without execution, 'vision' is just another word for hallucination.
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.
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.
For the most part, earnings and market value growth are a result of reduced expenses.
There's a powerful tendency to overcomplicate the whole notion of leadership.
My day starts at 4:30 A.M., and I sort of have two speeds: fast and stop.
References drive the industry.
I like to have a team environment where I can go anywhere and not threaten management.
Not everyone is comfortable with being pushed.
I grew up in New York City, and I moved to Florida in high school.
It's tough to reenter the work force.
At its core, HP has the best technologists on the planet Earth.
There's money in the old stuff, but there's more wealth created in the new growth areas.
Customers want to talk to other customers.
I've been lucky to be at companies that have been at interesting intersections at the time I've been able to run them and lead them.
There will never be a day where the depth of integration, unless it was all built from the bottom ground up, will be integrated as any of us would like.
It's counterproductive to lower my price, because I have to sell more units to make up for that lost revenue. Generating brand-new products can take a long time. Improving service is typically the quickest way that I can take market share. So aligning technology strategy to better service customers becomes an essential path to revenue growth.
We make a significant effort at Oracle to focus the organization on making customers successful in how they deploy Oracle technology and transform their business through IT.
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.
