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Ginni Rometty

Board member, IBM

Search every verified Ginni Rometty interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Ginni Rometty, former CEO of IBM and current board member, has been promoting her book "Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World," released in March 2023 as an audiobook narrated by herself. In the book and related appearances, she discusses her personal history, including childhood adversity and her mother's resilience, as foundational to her leadership philosophy. She defines "good power" as power exercised with respect, inclusivity, and a focus on shared purpose, contrasting it with harmful or self-serving uses of authority. In a podcast interview, she reflected on her tenure as IBM CEO, describing the high sense of urgency during periods of revenue decline and emphasizing the importance of patience, curiosity, and maintaining core values. Rometty has also shared her views on resilience in video lessons, arguing that relationships and attitude are key components. She advises building networks through giving rather than receiving and maintaining conviction that there is always a way forward, even in difficult circumstances. Her recent public statements focus on applying these principles to drive societal change, including efforts to increase access to good jobs by encouraging employers to recruit and promote based on individual skills.

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Notable quotes

“In part three, the power of us changing our world, I tell the story of my multi-year journey to drive societal change, which required rethinking broken systems. Do we reinvent pieces or dismantle everything? This is where scaling good powers principles can help navigate the tensions of opposition to bring people together to enact solutions. In these chapters, I share the work underway to increase access to good jobs ”

“I would see the murder of George Floyd what percentage of black Americans don't have a college degree 80. okay what percentage of our jobs that are good that could sustain a family of four 85 percent need a college degree well we would then learn about half our over credentialed.”

“I still think we should cooperate on things like the environment and things that we could find common ground on that you know there's you you just if you leave it in an isolated position I'm one of the ones that doesn't believe that is the right thing to do.”

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