Ginni Rometty
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And then at some point she started to work for me and stayed with me for quite a while.
And she was one of the few people that would tell me the truth.
And, you know, sometimes I'm like, enough already.
And she'd be like, do not roll your eyes at this.
And
You absolutely have got to have that.
And I think it also comes, it'll go back to my complete commitment to inclusion and diversity because you got to have that variety around you.
You'll get a better product and a better answer at the end of the day.
And so that, to resist that allure, I think it's around about who you surround yourself with.
Current politics would say that too.
Diversity to me means I'm going to get a better product, a better answer.
I value different views.
And so it's inclusion.
So I always say inclusion, diversity is a number, inclusion is a choice.
And you can make that choice every single day.
That's a good line.
I really believe, and I've witnessed it, that I've had when my teams are diverse, I get a better answer.
My friends are diverse, I have a better life.
I mean, all these kinds of things.
And so I also believe it's like no silver thread.