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Can We Quantify the Value of Connected Devices?

Harvard Business Review

In the 1990s, Procter & Gamble’s Product Supply Organization kicked off a major Reliability Engineering program, much like the efficiency initiatives of companies such as Toyota. P&G didn’t go into its early connected device initiatives with a “let’s try this out and see what it gets us” mindset.

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Women, Finance the World You Want

Harvard Business Review

This friend also studied engineering in college and knows how to code. But if women don't feel comfortable handling their own money, it's unlikely that they'll feel comfortable handling a P&L for their firm — and if you don't feel comfortable with P&L responsibility, you're not going to make it to the top ranks of management.