Former IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson Jr. sits at one of the electronic data processing machines made by his company, May 24, 1956. (AP Photo) ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption toggle caption ASSOCIATED PRESS The Indicator from Planet Money How IBM's gamble ushered in the computer age October 23, 2023 • In the book of corporate folklore, former IBM CEO Thomas Watson Jr. deserves a special spot. Specifically, the massive gamble he took in 1964 to introduce the System/360, which had the potential to undermine his own company's entire business model. Today on the show, an interview with author Marc Wortman on what Watson Jr.'s decision reveals about the fragile relationship between innovation and destruction. How IBM's gamble ushered in the computer age Listen · 9:06 9:06 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197956188/1208529106" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
How IBM's gamble ushered in the computer age Listen · 9:06 9:06 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1197956188/1208529106" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
