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" It takes work to figure out how to bank on your phone, how to sign up for classes, how to connect in a community. "
Julie Sweet
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" We're smarter and more innovative when we're diverse. "
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" 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. "
Julie Sweet
Energy
Innovation
Automation
" Digital fluency can accelerate progress. "
Julie Sweet
Digital
Progress
Accelerate
" 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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" If you aspire to senior leadership, you're going to have to work hard. That doesn't mean you have to give up everything. "
Julie Sweet
Work
You
Work Hard
" 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. "
Julie Sweet
You
Priorities
Places
" Diversity is critical to innovation. "
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Innovation
Critical
Diversity
" What you want is to have women at the same pace as men doing tech immersion. It's not that every woman has to do it, but to close the gap, you need to have them do it at the same pace as men. "
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You
Doing
Men
" 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. "
Julie Sweet
Go
Expect
Progress
" You can't get the growth without the skills. "
Julie Sweet
Skills
You
Without
" Diversity is critical to our business outcomes. "
Julie Sweet
Business
Our
Outcomes
" I personally feel I will have failed if I do not make progress toward making us the most inclusive and diverse workforce in the U.S. "
Julie Sweet
Will
Us
Progress
" Digital fluency is about basic skills. "
Julie Sweet
Digital
About
Basic
" 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. "
Julie Sweet
Leader
Organization
People
" 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. "
Julie Sweet
Gender
Goals
Equality
" We don't hire students who are just good at academics. "
Julie Sweet
Just
Hire
Good
" Clients want to work with us. "
Julie Sweet
Clients
Work
Us
" There is a very genuine belief that without diversity of thought, companies can't innovate. "
Julie Sweet
Belief
Diversity
Genuine
" Women tend to lag in adopting new technology quickly. "
Julie Sweet
Women
New
Technology
" There are three things that I have found were really critical in my first year: listening, prioritizing, and communicating. I don't think they're different for women. It's really about that first year as a CEO. "
Julie Sweet
Women
Three
Year
" I think people underrate the importance of investing in your communication skills as a way to progress in your career. "
Julie Sweet
Communication
Think
Progress
" We're not going to change overnight that we have a majority of all white male leaders. "
Julie Sweet
Change
Majority
White
" Every year, I spend time to improve how I communicate. "
Julie Sweet
Year
Improve
How
" Innovation is the new competitive advantage. "
Julie Sweet
New
Advantage
Innovation
" People often talk about the self-driving car and what will that do. In 32 states, the number one job is to be the driver. But remember, it's not just the driver. Let's think about the truck stops along the way. When you suddenly have a lot of other people who are dependent on those careers. "
Julie Sweet
Car
People
Remember
" 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. "
Julie Sweet
People
Building
Together
" 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. "
Julie Sweet
Meeting
Together
Person
" The government needs to invest in raising digital fluency of its citizenry. "
Julie Sweet
Needs
Digital
Government
" Being an inclusive place means being inclusive for all people. "
Julie Sweet
Place
People
Being
" I'm driven by making an impact on the individuals I interact with and leveraging my success to give back to the world. "
Julie Sweet
Back
World
Success