The More You Fail, The More Success You Will Have

So then, what is your advice for testing commitment to a new idea? Because new ideas are always flying off the shelves, right, especially at a really innovative company. So how do you go about testing commitment to that idea to make sure the idea sticks?

Yeah. Well, we have different ways to incentivize people to come up with ideas, but in the end, I measure more the failure than the success because the more you fail, the more success you’re going to have. It’s counterintuitive but that’s the fact. Listen, if I have 9 out of 10 out and one sticks, that’s a major success, but if I’m not failing enough, that means I’m not trying hard enough. And so this is where, you know, culture is everything. In the end, you know, people ask me, “Antonio, well, what do you want to leave as your legacy?”
Well, I think in the end, CEOs are going to be measuring the success of the culture, the legacy they leave for the brand, and what they have done for their employees. Are they reasonably a good return for shareholders? Because the fact is that Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and you can think about it being part of HP anyway, we are 82, 83 years-old in the making, has an amazing recognition in the market, obviously unique values. And we’re not going to be recognized by one thing, we’re going to be recognized by what we did for our customers and for our communities. That’s why I love our purpose, which is to advance the way people live and work.