When I was growing up, my father helped kindle my passion for innovation and technology. He was a high-ranking executive at AT&T and used our family dinner table as a focus group.

We need to be in front of consumer trends and translate those trends into insights and foresights.

Moving with the times is an important idea for strategy today.

The top principle for disruptive and sustaining innovation is that it has to have a laser focus on customers. Innovation begins with their needs and expectations.

In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.

The next thing is: we can make IBM even better. We brought IBM back but we're gunning for leadership.

I'm proud to stand beside you as a partner and support Special Olympics - an important program that promotes leadership and empowers students to be agents of change.

Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.