On a lighter note:
1. If you could have dinner with any 2 people (living or not), who would they be?
Grace Murray Hopper
Euclid
2. What was the last book you read? What books do you love to recommend?
I tend to read philosophy, science, and business books. I recently
finished reading Dava Sobel's book, "Longitude: The True Story of a Lone
Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time." It's the
story of an eighteenth-century clock maker, John Harrison, who worked
out a solution to the problem of determining longitude at sea. He built
the first successful chronometer and continued improving his invention
throughout his life.
3. If you were to choose a different profession, what would it be?
I would return to teaching. I am deeply committed to education and
working with students. I enjoy helping other people learn the skills
they need to carry them through life. Young people today need good
mentors, who understand the world of business from the inside, who can
challenge them to be their best by helping them identify their skills
and talents and develop them for competition in the global marketplace.
4. What is your definition of success?
Success is:
Personally: Being happy and peaceful in mind and spirit.
Business: Implementing and driving business directions at near "the
speed of light."
Irene Dec answers these questions:
1. What was your first job in technology?
2. Who has been your most significant mentor? Why?
3. What has been your greatest challenge and what strategies
did you use to overcome obstacles?
4. Who has been the most influential person in your life?
Why?
5. What lessons have you learned that would be valuable to
women beginning their careers in technology?
6. What new technology do you believe will have the most positive
impact on the world in the next 20 years? The most negative impact?
On the lighter side:
1. If you could have dinner with any 2 people (living or not),
who would they be?
2. What was the last book you read? What books do you love to recommend?
3. If you were to choose a different profession, what would it be?
4. What is your definition of success?