“Across the board, women are unhappy with our industry.”

Independent thinking is one of the things most valued in an investment professional.

Too often we see bitcoin and blockchain technologies as solutions in search of a problem.

It’s up to you to discover and work with your team to form and figure out how to do successfully.

Don’t assume that the answers are out there in the form of somebody else already doing something. Sometimes they are. But you have to think beyond that.

We at Fidelity view ourselves just as much a financial information processing company as an investment management firm. That may not be too newsworthy.

I don’t even like good surprises.

I am in a traditional financial services business – but we at Fidelity can see that the evolution of technology is setting our industry up for disruption.

Cryptocurrency will change market structures, and maybe even the architecture of the Internet itself.

Blockchain technology isn’t just a more efficient way to settle securities.

Sometimes you can gradually improve things. But sometimes, they don’t work, and you’ve just got to just say: Let’s grind this baby to a halt.

Lots of people will give you advice and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might be valid or not so valid.

Every day, you have to get up with new energy and new ideas to contribute to pushing the organization forward.

Change is something that is expected and, therefore, not resisted.

Even a small reduction in errors and rework can have a significant impact.

I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.

Returns matter a lot. It’s our capital.

You want the industry to finally admit that you’re good. But I’m still good without their admission.

The best part about being in the ‘showbiz’ industry is that you can voice your opinion.

I never felt like an outsider in the industry.

I have never felt the pain of not being white the way I’ve felt it since I’ve been a public figure/part of this entertainment industry.

I love music, so if I wasn’t singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I’d probably be a songwriter.

I love and really respect strong women. I’m obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.

I think initially, the record industry struggled a lot with digital media because there are a lot of aspects to it that can potentially destroy our industry.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.