"I came to see, in my time at IBM, that culture isn't just one aspect of the game; it is the game"

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Source : "Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?". Book by Lou Gerstner, 2002.

Lou Gerstner

#Games Quotes #Culture Quotes #Aspect Quotes

“Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege, and we should always ask ourselves this before we share: "Who has earned the right to hear my story?" If we have one or two people in our lives who can sit with us and hold space for our shame stories, and love us for our strengths and struggles, we are incredibly lucky. If we have a friend, or small group of friends, or family who embraces our imperfections, vulnerabilities, and power, and fills us with a sense of belonging, we are incredibly lucky.”
“Remember, Jesus would rather constantly shame gays than let orphans have a family.”
“According to any textbook on dynamic meteorology, one may reasonably conclude that in a warmer world, extratropical storminess and weather variability will actually decrease.”
“With Twitter, you just want to make people laugh in their meeting; on stage, people have paid for their tickets with their hard-earned money, so I owe them the truth as I experience it.”
“The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth.”
“What's the purpose of living in a loft if you put up walls?”
“Beware when any idea is promoted primarily because it is "bold, exciting, innovative, and new." There are many ideas that are "bold, exciting, innovative and new," but also foolish.”
“At Auschwitz, not only man died, but also the idea of man. To live in a world where there is nothing anymore, where the executioner acts as god, as judge-many wanted no part of it. It was its own heart the world incinerated at Auschwitz.”

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