Wisdom From The Top with Guy Raz

IBM: Lou Gerstner

Jul 27, 2022

46:12

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What Was the Leadership Problem at IBM?

01:40

How to Become a Leader?

01:33

The Importance of Culture in Large Organizations

02:01

Introduction

3min

Did You Enjoy School?

2min

I've Never Met a C O Before Business School

3min

Isinon, You're a Rising Star at Mackenzie?

2min

Getting Used to the Idea of Hierarchy

2min

The Importance of Culture in Large Organizations

2min

Travellers Checks - The American Express Card

2min

The Black Lives Matter Era - A Brief History

2min

The Future Is in Cards, Not Paper Base Checks

4min

10.

What Happened at Arnabisco?

3min

11.

Is It a Leadership Challenge, Not a Technology Challenge?

2min

12.

IBM - The Biggest Loss Ever by a US Corporation

3min

13.

What Was the Leadership Problem at IBM?

2min

14.

How Do You Get Them Working Together?

3min

15.

Ibam

3min

16.

Business With Legal Zoom

4min

17.

When Did You Start to See It Turn Around?

2min

18.

How to Become a Leader?

2min

19.

The Responsibility of Corporations

3min

When Lou Gerstner became the CEO of IBM in 1993, he had never worked for a technology company, and IBM was in big trouble: competitors like Microsoft, Dell, and Compaq were eating up market share. Gerstner took the challenge head-on by reimagining IBM's structure and culture, and eventually helped IBM reclaim its position as a dominant force in the tech industry. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.