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" It is very hard to transform your culture and your workforce to be a relevant company in the digital world if all of your processes are stuck in the traditional world. "
Julie Sweet
Hard
Digital
Culture
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" Our focus has been on having Accenture be a place where you can be successful as an employee at work and also at home. "
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" You can't get the growth without the skills. "
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" Pretty much every industry we serve feel like they are way over-regulated. "
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" Digital fluency is about basic skills. "
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" We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where our people can be successful, both professionally and personally. "
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" Through our Building Bridges dialogues at Accenture, where we have brought together people from diverse backgrounds to have sometimes difficult conversations, such as around race, I have experienced the power of storytelling to help people from diverse backgrounds understand each other. "
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" We're smarter and more innovative when we're diverse. "
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" We're supposed to be bringing out-of-the-box thinking and innovation, and you cannot do that unless you've got diversity... It's everything from gender to ethnicity to geographic diversity. "
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" The government needs to invest in raising digital fluency of its citizenry. "
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Government
" It's important to reflect upon how far we've come in achieving gender equality in the workplace and how we could move faster toward even greater goals. "
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" An employee, even a very junior person, if they can articulately summarize a meeting, if they can put together a presentation and even emails that are really salient and to the point, they are so valued. "
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Together
Person
" Diversity is critical to our business outcomes. "
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Business
Our
Outcomes
" We believe that transparency is needed to create trust, and it's also needed to create a dialogue. "
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Create
Believe
Transparency
" There is a very genuine belief that without diversity of thought, companies can't innovate. "
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Diversity
Genuine
" Every year, I spend time to improve how I communicate. "
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Improve
How
" Digital fluency... is literally your ability to do things like banking online, to connect with people, to use a device and the Internet in a very easy way. "
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Internet
People
Easy
" The U.S. may be behind on family-friendly benefits, but I see it's changing, because we're all facing a talent war. "
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Talent
War
See
" When you come into a role, there seems to be just a ton of different places you can make an impact. But it's critical in that first year to be seen to be a leader that can actually accomplish things and has a sense of priorities. "
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You
Priorities
Places
" If you choose to work at a larger company over a smaller company, you are more likely to be higher paid. "
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Choose
Company
" I think people underrate the importance of investing in your communication skills as a way to progress in your career. "
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Communication
Think
Progress
" You can't expect leaders and people to be intentional, take the steps that are needed, and be a part of making progress if you're not willing to be transparent about where we are and where we want to go. "
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Go
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" My dad painted cars for a living, and my mom graduated from college when I was a college freshman myself. "
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Living
Mom
Myself
" Innovation hubs are going to be in cities focused on the industries and clients of that city. So in Houston, it's focused on our industrial companies, particularly the energy sector, robotics, and automation. "
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Innovation
Automation
" We don't hire students who are just good at academics. "
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" Have the confidence to focus on uncharted territory. Take chances. "
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Chances
Take
" We believe that transparency creates trust. "
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" When you come in as a new leader, it's really important that people do get to know you and that you are constantly communicating. That's really hard in a big organization. "
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" Digital fluency can accelerate progress. "
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