Ginni Rometty

India will not be at the center - it will be the center of this fourth technology shift. ”

If you step back and look at technology from every era, it has displaced jobs but also created a lot of jobs. ”

And so when I moved to IBM, I moved because I thought I could apply technology. I didn't actually have to do my engineer - I was an electrical engineer, but I could apply it. And that was when I changed. And when I got there, though, I have to say, at the time, I really never felt there was a constraint about being a woman. I really did not. ”

I make time to exercise. It's not being indulgent. I think it's got a lot to do with your ability to manage properly and stay focused. There's no doubt about that. ”

Whatever business you're in - it doesn't matter - it's going to commoditize over time. It's going to devalue. You've got to keep moving it to a higher value. ”

The amazing thing about IBM is that it's a company where I have had 10 different careers - local jobs, global jobs, technology jobs, industry jobs, financial services, insurance, start-ups, big scale. The network of talent around you is phenomenal. ”

If it's digital, it will be cognitive. If you think that, you're going to change the way you run a business. ”

With this emergence of big data and social mobility, you will, in fact, see the death of 'average,' Instead, you will see the era of you. ”

You need to have a great support around you, people that empathise, understand and yet support, because these CEO jobs are all-consuming. ”

One of the most important topics I think for us all to work on is job creation. ”