Equity issues - women and girls

Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.

— André Gid

Forward motion is an asset, a skill and a job title.

Initiative, desire and being willing to take responsibility are powerful because most of us don’t care enough to bring them to the table.

Going forward requires skills, attitudes and belief. A rare combination.

• Seth Godin

When the committee is unanimous, it’s unlikely that the idea is a brilliant one.

Significant division and strong opinions (and widespread skepticism) don’t cause great ideas, but they’re often present when they arrive.

“Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage.”

• Anaïs Nin

Every word has consequences.

Every silence, too.

• Jean-Paul Sartre

It’s about taking action. Because the universe doesn’t actually reward hope...

It rewards being stubborn enough not to take “no” for an answer.

Your number one duty is to make people excited about the future. You need to shake people by the shoulders (metaphorically, don’t get HR involved) and say: “There’s something good coming and you are part of it!” Not vague encouragement. Not “hang in there” kitten posters. But fire. Passion. Nothing is more contagious than someone who’s genuinely ex

Most people mistake discomfort as a signal to stop; the great ones see it as evidence they’re on the right track.

The response has been beyond anything I could have hoped for — and yet there is still so much work to do.

Every day I see evidence — in academic papers, in media stories, and in government policy — that we still treat men as the default human beings — and women as aberrations.

On top of this, we are living through a period of intense backlash, led by