IBM Chairman and CEO Dr. Arvind Krishna spoke with Fuqua School of Business Dean Bill Boulding on March 28, 2023. The talk was part of the school’s Distinguished Speakers Series.
More information about the series can be found at www.fuqua.duke.edu/dss
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:51 What if you had become an academic, instead of going to IBM?
00:03:12 How did you develop skills to lead and manage?
00:07:05 Can you explain why you say, "You should live every day like you're going to be fired"?
00:09:54 Another though on feeling freedom: "You shouldn't be held hostage by your job."
00:10:18 When were you closest to being fired?
00:12:42 Have you ever been close to leaving?
00:14:36 What have you learned from previous IBM transformations?
00:20:38 IBM has done artificial intelligence for a long time, why isn't it in the headlines about AI?
00:25:58 Looking at quantum computing, has deterministic supercomputing reached a point of diminishing returns?
00:31:49 Will quantum computing take off due to refining the technology itself, or finding good use cases?
00:35:04 Cryptocurrency and quantum computing
00:38:37 Is this a bad time to be in the technology sector?
00:40:51 How do you evaluate talent? How do you get noticed?
00:43:06 What will be the watershed event for quantum computing? and What about "open quantum" competition?
00:48:22 How do you look at your fiduciary duty to stakeholders and communities?
00:53:45 How do you look at the risk of climate crisis on IBM operations?