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The vision is really about empowering workers giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot more than they’ve done in the past.

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Bill Gates
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: October 28
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At some point, that risk-taking private capital can take over, and have patents and trade secrets and things that let them lead the way, which happened with the steam engine and some other things, although with energy, the time of adoption is a lot longer than it is with, say, IT products or even medical advances, like drugs and vaccines.
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To be a good professional engineer, always start to study late for exams because it teaches you how to manage time and tackle emergencies.
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We win because we hire the smartest people. We improve our products based on feedback, until they're the best. We have retreats each year where we think about where the world is heading.
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Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have the confidence of their convictions and they know their skills. And that occupies most of my time.
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