"We should not get scared about innovation. It makes us more efficient and frees up capital for our customers to reinvest in other things."
Mark Vincent Hurd was an American businessman who was CEO of Oracle Corporation. Prior to that, he was CEO of NCR Corporation until 2005, then served as chairman, chief executive officer and president of Hewlett-Packard until 2010. He also served on the board of directors of Globality and a member of the Technology CEO Council and board of directors of News Corporation until 2010.
"My days at Baylor were not too different from my days as part of a company. I had to manage my time. I had to divide it into certain pieces so that I’d get as much done as I possibly could. And I had to have the discipline to stay focused on the most important things that needed to get done."
"There are unique opportunities for differentiating yourself from competition. By the way, they don’t come along every day. And usually, they show up in a crisis."
"Leading is not just about managing people. To lead, you have to help people understand where we’re trying to take the company and what their role is in getting it there."
"Our job is to get customers in a position where they’re the most efficient and effective they can be."
"Every time we threw Mark out the window he landed on his feet. So we moved him up a floor, and he landed on his feet again."
"Remember what’s bigger, to me, about the cloud isn’t so much the technology. It’s just as much about the business model. It’s just about what the customer needs to do to enable their business."