"I never hesitated to promote someone I didn't like. The comfortable assistant - the nice guy you like to go on fishing trips with - is a great pitfall. Instead I looked for those sharp, scratchy, harsh, almost unpleasant guys who see and tell you about things as they really are. If you can get enough of them around you, and have patience enough to hear them out, there is no limit to where you can go."

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Tom Watson

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Tom Watson was the influential CEO of IBM, known for his leadership and innovative vision that transformed the company into a tech giant.

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