Quotes from Julie Sweet

Women tend to lag in adopting new technology quickly.

My parents believed in the American dream and the power of education, but didn't have the money to send me to college. I realized early on that I needed to go against the flow and be better than everyone else to support my family.

Digital fluency is about basic skills.

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.

We believe that creating an inclusive and diverse environment is not only the right thing to do, but it also makes our company stronger, smarter, and more innovative - which helps us better serve the needs of our clients, our people, and our communities.

In the old, on-premises world, we had to make updates client by client. With digital, companies need to move quickly and change quickly, and cloud provides a competitive advantage.

The government needs to invest in raising digital fluency of its citizenry.

This goes to show how much of an impact culture has. Even in countries where online access is readily available, there may not be the same expectation for women.

My mom was a beautician in her early days, and then my parents decided that one of them needed to go to school in order to build the future. So my mom started going to college when I was in eighth grade, and she graduated when I was a freshman in college.

If you aspire to senior leadership, you're going to have to work hard. That doesn't mean you have to give up everything.

You can be in Shanghai on a Thursday, London on Friday, and in bed at home by Friday night.

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.

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.

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.

We see our clients saying we want a diverse team and also to attract people particularly the millennials they really care about working in a diverse workplace.

Digital disruption has blurred industry lines. You have industry convergence. You have cross-industry platforms. And you have CEOs who are benchmarking the best, regardless of industry.

We don't hire students who are just good at academics.

I worked starting when I was 14. I was the reservationist at the Elizabeth Howard dinner theater. They had never hired someone in high school, let alone a 14-year-old.

Blockchain is moving beyond cryptocurrency, and it's worth paying attention - especially since successful prototypes show that blockchain, also known as distributed ledger technology, will be transformative.

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.

One of the big aha moments is how many large companies still don't use collaboration tools and aren't using digital technologies internally. They're engaging with their customers, but they haven't invested in the infrastructure that allows their employees to telecommute.

Diversity, I think, has become a real business imperative at the very top with CEOs who are facing massive disruption.

Being an inclusive place means being inclusive for all people.

There is a very genuine belief that without diversity of thought, companies can't innovate.