
Good morning.
I first met former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty in 2014, when Fortune’s Michal Lev-Ram profiled her for a cover story. I was impressed with Rometty's determination to change the stodgy technology giant. Her guidance to her team: “Don’t protect the past. Never be defined by your product. Always transform yourself.”
Now, Rometty has put the principles that guided her through that nine-year transformation effort into a book called Good Power, out tomorrow. I spoke to her last week and asked why she had decided to add hers to an already crowded CEO memoir market. Her response: