good morning I’m Cindy and I am a rule-breaker so I
I’m Cindy and I am a rule-breaker so I
I’m Cindy and I am a rule-breaker so I don’t know that it is in this sense of
don’t know that it is in this sense of
don’t know that it is in this sense of the word that came to mind for each of
the word that came to mind for each of
the word that came to mind for each of you I don’t know what did you think
you I don’t know what did you think
you I don’t know what did you think about when I said that about breaking
about when I said that about breaking
about when I said that about breaking rules did you think about maybe your
rules did you think about maybe your
rules did you think about maybe your significant other who never goes the
significant other who never goes the
significant other who never goes the speed limit maybe the guy who you just
speed limit maybe the guy who you just
speed limit maybe the guy who you just read about who robbed a bank or you may
read about who robbed a bank or you may
read about who robbed a bank or you may have thought about that kid in high
have thought about that kid in high
have thought about that kid in high school who spent most of their time in
school who spent most of their time in
school who spent most of their time in detention your smiling that was you
detention your smiling that was you
detention your smiling that was you right I get it so experience has taught
right I get it so experience has taught
right I get it so experience has taught me that there are two different kinds of
me that there are two different kinds of
me that there are two different kinds of rule breakers there are those who break
rule breakers there are those who break
rule breakers there are those who break the rules for personal gain and then
the rules for personal gain and then
the rules for personal gain and then there are those who break the rule to
there are those who break the rule to
there are those who break the rule to change the game and I want to focus on
change the game and I want to focus on
change the game and I want to focus on the ladder today because I have two
the ladder today because I have two
the ladder today because I have two particular thoughts about that kind of
particular thoughts about that kind of
particular thoughts about that kind of rule breaker first I think that
rule breaker first I think that
rule breaker first I think that transformational rule breakers are
transformational rule breakers are
transformational rule breakers are fueled by one thing and one thing alone
fueled by one thing and one thing alone
fueled by one thing and one thing alone and that’s empathy
and that’s empathy
and that’s empathy I think they break the rules to make it
I think they break the rules to make it
I think they break the rules to make it better to make it better for other
better to make it better for other
better to make it better for other people to make it better in society or
people to make it better in society or
people to make it better in society or in the world and I think in particular
in the world and I think in particular
in the world and I think in particular that empathy is the DNA of a female rule
that empathy is the DNA of a female rule
that empathy is the DNA of a female rule breaker so what are rules when you think
breaker so what are rules when you think
breaker so what are rules when you think about that rules are those things that
about that rules are those things that
about that rules are those things that keep law and order that I mentioned
keep law and order that I mentioned
keep law and order that I mentioned earlier those things that we’re very
earlier those things that we’re very
earlier those things that we’re very clear about or there are those rules
clear about or there are those rules
clear about or there are those rules that are what I’ll call the unspoken
that are what I’ll call the unspoken
that are what I’ll call the unspoken rules the truths that the way we do
rules the truths that the way we do
rules the truths that the way we do things in society and I would tell you
things in society and I would tell you
things in society and I would tell you that I think women are bound by more of
that I think women are bound by more of
that I think women are bound by more of those rules so before you guys and all
those rules so before you guys and all
those rules so before you guys and all the guys in the audience get mad at me
the guys in the audience get mad at me
the guys in the audience get mad at me for sure men do wonderful and Noble
for sure men do wonderful and Noble
for sure men do wonderful and Noble things every single day fueled by
things every single day fueled by
things every single day fueled by empathy but I would ask you to challenge
empathy but I would ask you to challenge
empathy but I would ask you to challenge yourself is it not true that more men
yourself is it not true that more men
yourself is it not true that more men break the rules on the basis of status
break the rules on the basis of status
break the rules on the basis of status power or entitlement and when you watch
power or entitlement and when you watch
power or entitlement and when you watch women who break the rules did they not
women who break the rules did they not
women who break the rules did they not do it for greater good they’re bound by
do it for greater good they’re bound by
do it for greater good they’re bound by more of those boxes and I would argue
more of those boxes and I would argue
more of those boxes and I would argue they have to be really pissed to go out
they have to be really pissed to go out
they have to be really pissed to go out there and do something about it so let’s
there and do something about it so let’s
there and do something about it so let’s take
take
take as a case in point my study up till now
as a case in point my study up till now
as a case in point my study up till now in my professional career I’m probably
in my professional career I’m probably
in my professional career I’m probably best known for breaking through with the
best known for breaking through with the
best known for breaking through with the first ever drug for sexual desire in
first ever drug for sexual desire in
first ever drug for sexual desire in women what the media called Female
women what the media called Female
women what the media called Female Viagra so we broke through with this
Viagra so we broke through with this
Viagra so we broke through with this drug it was a huge news story across the
drug it was a huge news story across the
drug it was a huge news story across the world when we did it and I will tell you
world when we did it and I will tell you
world when we did it and I will tell you I absolutely did not do it to create the
I absolutely did not do it to create the
I absolutely did not do it to create the next blockbuster drug that was not my
next blockbuster drug that was not my
next blockbuster drug that was not my ambition nor was it to have a wonderful
ambition nor was it to have a wonderful
ambition nor was it to have a wonderful sketch on Jimmy Kimmel in which he
sketch on Jimmy Kimmel in which he
sketch on Jimmy Kimmel in which he called it Magic Mike in a bottle but I
called it Magic Mike in a bottle but I
called it Magic Mike in a bottle but I kind of did dig that sketch so that that
kind of did dig that sketch so that that
kind of did dig that sketch so that that is not why I did it I did it because I
is not why I did it I did it because I
is not why I did it I did it because I was in the field of sexual medicine for
was in the field of sexual medicine for
was in the field of sexual medicine for a long time I’m Irish I’m Catholic sexes
a long time I’m Irish I’m Catholic sexes
a long time I’m Irish I’m Catholic sexes of course my mom wishes I would stop
of course my mom wishes I would stop
of course my mom wishes I would stop saying that
saying that
saying that but here’s what I knew from the science
but here’s what I knew from the science
but here’s what I knew from the science already so I knew this we had already
already so I knew this we had already
already so I knew this we had already learned that for some women not all
learned that for some women not all
learned that for some women not all women but for some women about seven to
women but for some women about seven to
women but for some women about seven to ten percent so that’s a number of you
ten percent so that’s a number of you
ten percent so that’s a number of you already in the room here today the basis
already in the room here today the basis
already in the room here today the basis of the lack of interest in sex is
of the lack of interest in sex is
of the lack of interest in sex is biological so what you’re looking at
biological so what you’re looking at
biological so what you’re looking at right here on the screen on the left
right here on the screen on the left
right here on the screen on the left hand side is brain scan imaging of women
hand side is brain scan imaging of women
hand side is brain scan imaging of women who have normal desire they’re happy
who have normal desire they’re happy
who have normal desire they’re happy with it and what you see is their brain
with it and what you see is their brain
with it and what you see is their brain is lit up when they’re exposed to sexual
is lit up when they’re exposed to sexual
is lit up when they’re exposed to sexual cues what that is is your brain lighting
cues what that is is your brain lighting
cues what that is is your brain lighting up as it shuts down to go into the
up as it shuts down to go into the
up as it shuts down to go into the sexual experience look at the contrast
sexual experience look at the contrast
sexual experience look at the contrast on the right that’s the brain scan
on the right that’s the brain scan
on the right that’s the brain scan imaging of a woman with a medical
imaging of a woman with a medical
imaging of a woman with a medical condition called hypoactive sexual
condition called hypoactive sexual
condition called hypoactive sexual desire disorder or HSDD for short those
desire disorder or HSDD for short those
desire disorder or HSDD for short those are women who have no biological urge
are women who have no biological urge
are women who have no biological urge for sex they might have had it at one
for sex they might have had it at one
for sex they might have had it at one point but they lost it do you see the
point but they lost it do you see the
point but they lost it do you see the contrast of how their brain is not
contrast of how their brain is not
contrast of how their brain is not lighting up when they’re exposed to
lighting up when they’re exposed to
lighting up when they’re exposed to sexual cues it’s never quieting to go
sexual cues it’s never quieting to go
sexual cues it’s never quieting to go into sex
into sex
into sex we knew this we knew this from tons of
we knew this we knew this from tons of
we knew this we knew this from tons of different brain scan image studies over
different brain scan image studies over
different brain scan image studies over the course of time and yet there were 26
the course of time and yet there were 26
the course of time and yet there were 26 drugs for men and not a single one for
drugs for men and not a single one for
drugs for men and not a single one for women until 2015 and I knew that because
women until 2015 and I knew that because
women until 2015 and I knew that because one of those 26 drugs for men was mine
one of those 26 drugs for men was mine
one of those 26 drugs for men was mine it was Anna company that I founded and
it was Anna company that I founded and
it was Anna company that I founded and built so I was watching as the most
built so I was watching as the most
built so I was watching as the most exciting potential breakthrough for
exciting potential breakthrough for
exciting potential breakthrough for women
women
women coming along in 2010 and I started to
coming along in 2010 and I started to
coming along in 2010 and I started to think about what are the rules of sex as
think about what are the rules of sex as
think about what are the rules of sex as we know them and if a picture is worth a
we know them and if a picture is worth a
we know them and if a picture is worth a thousand words here are the rules of sex
thousand words here are the rules of sex
thousand words here are the rules of sex as we know it so basically we believe
as we know it so basically we believe
as we know it so basically we believe that men are as simple as an on/off
that men are as simple as an on/off
that men are as simple as an on/off switch and women oh they’re complicated
switch and women oh they’re complicated
switch and women oh they’re complicated what is the single best word to hold up
what is the single best word to hold up
what is the single best word to hold up progress it’s complicated and so these
progress it’s complicated and so these
progress it’s complicated and so these were the rules as we knew them but that
were the rules as we knew them but that
were the rules as we knew them but that didn’t make sense with what I just told
didn’t make sense with what I just told
didn’t make sense with what I just told you did it in fact it’s not so basic
you did it in fact it’s not so basic
you did it in fact it’s not so basic that all things for men in the bedroom
that all things for men in the bedroom
that all things for men in the bedroom are biological and all things for women
are biological and all things for women
are biological and all things for women are psychological and yet we were
are psychological and yet we were
are psychological and yet we were treating it that way so rewind back to
treating it that way so rewind back to
treating it that way so rewind back to 2010 I’m at the sexual medicine Society
2010 I’m at the sexual medicine Society
2010 I’m at the sexual medicine Society meeting you didn’t know there was one of
meeting you didn’t know there was one of
meeting you didn’t know there was one of those did you I’m a card-carrying member
those did you I’m a card-carrying member
those did you I’m a card-carrying member it makes me really popular at cocktail
it makes me really popular at cocktail
it makes me really popular at cocktail parties so I’m at the sexual medicine
parties so I’m at the sexual medicine
parties so I’m at the sexual medicine Society meeting in Miami and I’m being
Society meeting in Miami and I’m being
Society meeting in Miami and I’m being chased around by this fella
chased around by this fella
chased around by this fella his name is dr. Irwin Goldstein he is in
his name is dr. Irwin Goldstein he is in
his name is dr. Irwin Goldstein he is in fact the preeminent clinician in sexual
fact the preeminent clinician in sexual
fact the preeminent clinician in sexual medicine I would argue he’s pioneered
medicine I would argue he’s pioneered
medicine I would argue he’s pioneered the field
the field
the field he’s the modern-day masters in Johnson
he’s the modern-day masters in Johnson
he’s the modern-day masters in Johnson he got viagra approved for men then he
he got viagra approved for men then he
he got viagra approved for men then he switched and he’s done all his work
switched and he’s done all his work
switched and he’s done all his work really subsequent to them in women and
really subsequent to them in women and
really subsequent to them in women and so he’s chasing me around with his
so he’s chasing me around with his
so he’s chasing me around with his MacBook and he’s telling me Cindy Cindy
MacBook and he’s telling me Cindy Cindy
MacBook and he’s telling me Cindy Cindy you need to watch this when you have
you need to watch this when you have
you need to watch this when you have been in sexual medicine for some time
been in sexual medicine for some time
been in sexual medicine for some time you realize when one of those doctors is
you realize when one of those doctors is
you realize when one of those doctors is asking you to look at a video you look
asking you to look at a video you look
asking you to look at a video you look away so he chased me for quite some time
away so he chased me for quite some time
away so he chased me for quite some time and here’s why he was doing it so there
and here’s why he was doing it so there
and here’s why he was doing it so there was a drug on the horizon everybody was
was a drug on the horizon everybody was
was a drug on the horizon everybody was very excited about finally there was
very excited about finally there was
very excited about finally there was going to be one for women and yet they
going to be one for women and yet they
going to be one for women and yet they hit a roadblock with the FDA they hit
hit a roadblock with the FDA they hit
hit a roadblock with the FDA they hit more of a roadblock in the public
more of a roadblock in the public
more of a roadblock in the public conversation so they were gonna put it
conversation so they were gonna put it
conversation so they were gonna put it on the shelf so they were at the time in
on the shelf so they were at the time in
on the shelf so they were at the time in trials they went out to those women who
trials they went out to those women who
trials they went out to those women who were in trials and we’re gonna tell them
were in trials and we’re gonna tell them
were in trials and we’re gonna tell them give us the medicine back we’re walking
give us the medicine back we’re walking
give us the medicine back we’re walking away
away
away Irwin being the pioneer that he is
Irwin being the pioneer that he is
Irwin being the pioneer that he is decided to film those conversations with
decided to film those conversations with
decided to film those conversations with women so what he was chasing me around
women so what he was chasing me around
women so what he was chasing me around with was videos of women when he
with was videos of women when he
with was videos of women when he delivered the news that this medication
delivered the news that this medication
delivered the news that this medication that had meaningfully helped them was
that had meaningfully helped them was
that had meaningfully helped them was about to be taken back
about to be taken back
about to be taken back and I watched them as they did their
and I watched them as they did their
and I watched them as they did their hands like this as they cried and talked
hands like this as they cried and talked
hands like this as they cried and talked about what it would mean for their
about what it would mean for their
about what it would mean for their relationships and that was my moment in
relationships and that was my moment in
relationships and that was my moment in which I decided to sell off my easy and
which I decided to sell off my easy and
which I decided to sell off my easy and profitable business and then and take on
profitable business and then and take on
profitable business and then and take on this challenge with the FDA so I went
this challenge with the FDA so I went
this challenge with the FDA so I went out I got the drug from this company
out I got the drug from this company
out I got the drug from this company that was gonna put it on the shelf and
that was gonna put it on the shelf and
that was gonna put it on the shelf and we studied it in 11,000 women 11,000
we studied it in 11,000 women 11,000
we studied it in 11,000 women 11,000 women by context the average new drug
women by context the average new drug
women by context the average new drug approval is 760 patients we studied ours
approval is 760 patients we studied ours
approval is 760 patients we studied ours in 11,000 and we submitted it to the FDA
in 11,000 and we submitted it to the FDA
in 11,000 and we submitted it to the FDA we met all of our endpoints and they
we met all of our endpoints and they
we met all of our endpoints and they denied it so what do you do when they
denied it so what do you do when they
denied it so what do you do when they deny it well in our case we take out
deny it well in our case we take out
deny it well in our case we take out some pink boxing gloves and we take them
some pink boxing gloves and we take them
some pink boxing gloves and we take them on and the reason I did that was because
on and the reason I did that was because
on and the reason I did that was because of those women in the videos I made a
of those women in the videos I made a
of those women in the videos I made a decision to dispute the FDA it’s a path
decision to dispute the FDA it’s a path
decision to dispute the FDA it’s a path that’s available I like to call it the
that’s available I like to call it the
that’s available I like to call it the road less traveled and why did I do it I
road less traveled and why did I do it I
road less traveled and why did I do it I did it because I had 11,000 women worth
did it because I had 11,000 women worth
did it because I had 11,000 women worth of data that gave us the answer already
of data that gave us the answer already
of data that gave us the answer already but that wasn’t good enough right so I
but that wasn’t good enough right so I
but that wasn’t good enough right so I had to start thinking what was it in
had to start thinking what was it in
had to start thinking what was it in medicine everything comes down to a
medicine everything comes down to a
medicine everything comes down to a decision on benefit and risk right it
decision on benefit and risk right it
decision on benefit and risk right it sounds so objective doesn’t it that
sounds so objective doesn’t it that
sounds so objective doesn’t it that sounds so pristine and scientific and
sounds so pristine and scientific and
sounds so pristine and scientific and yet if you assign no value to the
yet if you assign no value to the
yet if you assign no value to the benefit of something then any risk would
benefit of something then any risk would
benefit of something then any risk would be too great and it was clear to me that
be too great and it was clear to me that
be too great and it was clear to me that that was what was going on here that
that was what was going on here that
that was what was going on here that there was a lack of empathy for what
there was a lack of empathy for what
there was a lack of empathy for what these women were going through and I’ll
these women were going through and I’ll
these women were going through and I’ll tell you I think benefit is in the eye
tell you I think benefit is in the eye
tell you I think benefit is in the eye of the beholder in the hardest days in
of the beholder in the hardest days in
of the beholder in the hardest days in those days of dispute women wrote me
those days of dispute women wrote me
those days of dispute women wrote me every single day I’ll show you just the
every single day I’ll show you just the
every single day I’ll show you just the letter here on the left a woman from
letter here on the left a woman from
letter here on the left a woman from Texas who wrote to me and basically said
Texas who wrote to me and basically said
Texas who wrote to me and basically said you know I’m I my marriage is in trouble
you know I’m I my marriage is in trouble
you know I’m I my marriage is in trouble in essence she said you know I’ve lost
in essence she said you know I’ve lost
in essence she said you know I’ve lost all interest in sex we have sex when my
all interest in sex we have sex when my
all interest in sex we have sex when my husband can’t take it anymore but I’m
husband can’t take it anymore but I’m
husband can’t take it anymore but I’m waiting every day for him to ask me for
waiting every day for him to ask me for
waiting every day for him to ask me for a divorce and if you go to the bottom of
a divorce and if you go to the bottom of
a divorce and if you go to the bottom of her ladder what does she say she says
her ladder what does she say she says
her ladder what does she say she says thank you for telling me it’s not my
thank you for telling me it’s not my
thank you for telling me it’s not my fault thank you for not telling me it’s
fault thank you for not telling me it’s
fault thank you for not telling me it’s all in my head and mostly thank you for
all in my head and mostly thank you for
all in my head and mostly thank you for telling me that I’m not alone I just
telling me that I’m not alone I just
telling me that I’m not alone I just listened to women
listened to women
listened to women and when I listen to them I thought so
and when I listen to them I thought so
and when I listen to them I thought so too should our government should our
too should our government should our
too should our government should our clinicians and we should look at it
clinicians and we should look at it
clinicians and we should look at it through that lens as we made that value
through that lens as we made that value
through that lens as we made that value judgment so when I started asking some
judgment so when I started asking some
judgment so when I started asking some critical questions all of a sudden here
critical questions all of a sudden here
critical questions all of a sudden here we were right here in Raleigh nobody
we were right here in Raleigh nobody
we were right here in Raleigh nobody knew who sprout pharmaceuticals were
knew who sprout pharmaceuticals were
knew who sprout pharmaceuticals were Nightline shows up and then people start
Nightline shows up and then people start
Nightline shows up and then people start going up the elevator and going I know
going up the elevator and going I know
going up the elevator and going I know what you do on the tenth floor now so
what you do on the tenth floor now so
what you do on the tenth floor now so when that happened a public conversation
when that happened a public conversation
when that happened a public conversation started and some of the leading women’s
started and some of the leading women’s
started and some of the leading women’s health women’s rights advocates got on a
health women’s rights advocates got on a
health women’s rights advocates got on a bus they went to the FDA in DC and they
bus they went to the FDA in DC and they
bus they went to the FDA in DC and they had they asked some critical questions
had they asked some critical questions
had they asked some critical questions women started to speak out to women
women started to speak out to women
women started to speak out to women opened the doors of their bedroom and
opened the doors of their bedroom and
opened the doors of their bedroom and shared really their most intimate story
shared really their most intimate story
shared really their most intimate story in order to make change for everybody
in order to make change for everybody
in order to make change for everybody and so too did a pop culture
and so too did a pop culture
and so too did a pop culture conversation start reporters started
conversation start reporters started
conversation start reporters started calling and it was interesting I see and
calling and it was interesting I see and
calling and it was interesting I see and think of one story in particular in
think of one story in particular in
think of one story in particular in which a reporter called me and she said
which a reporter called me and she said
which a reporter called me and she said she’d read about one of the women who’d
she’d read about one of the women who’d
she’d read about one of the women who’d been in the clinical trials and said
been in the clinical trials and said
been in the clinical trials and said that she was a responder not all women
that she was a responder not all women
that she was a responder not all women respond to this drug but she had been a
respond to this drug but she had been a
respond to this drug but she had been a responder and she started meeting her
responder and she started meeting her
responder and she started meeting her husband at the door when he got home at
husband at the door when he got home at
husband at the door when he got home at night and it had really made such a
night and it had really made such a
night and it had really made such a difference in their life and so she
difference in their life and so she
difference in their life and so she reads the story the reporter calls me
reads the story the reporter calls me
reads the story the reporter calls me she goes listen Cindy I’m 38 years old I
she goes listen Cindy I’m 38 years old I
she goes listen Cindy I’m 38 years old I have a toddler sometimes my husband
have a toddler sometimes my husband
have a toddler sometimes my husband wants to have sex I want to have a
wants to have sex I want to have a
wants to have sex I want to have a burrito which I appreciate it I like I
burrito which I appreciate it I like I
burrito which I appreciate it I like I liked her for that and she said who are
liked her for that and she said who are
liked her for that and she said who are these women who want to have sex all the
these women who want to have sex all the
these women who want to have sex all the time
time
time she had rules her rules were her own
she had rules her rules were her own
she had rules her rules were her own rules for sex and I said to her I want
rules for sex and I said to her I want
rules for sex and I said to her I want you to consider that you’re putting that
you to consider that you’re putting that
you to consider that you’re putting that on these women your normal is their
on these women your normal is their
on these women your normal is their normal and yet for these women it would
normal and yet for these women it would
normal and yet for these women it would be a luxury to say honey not tonight
be a luxury to say honey not tonight
be a luxury to say honey not tonight they’ve completely lost their biological
they’ve completely lost their biological
they’ve completely lost their biological drives so I thought okay she’s kind of
drives so I thought okay she’s kind of
drives so I thought okay she’s kind of staying with me and I said let me let me
staying with me and I said let me let me
staying with me and I said let me let me ask you this question do you have any
ask you this question do you have any
ask you this question do you have any girlfriends who are on antidepressants I
girlfriends who are on antidepressants I
girlfriends who are on antidepressants I knew what her answer was gonna be she
knew what her answer was gonna be she
knew what her answer was gonna be she said yes and I said do you ever turn to
said yes and I said do you ever turn to
said yes and I said do you ever turn to them and say hey suck it up life’s hard
them and say hey suck it up life’s hard
them and say hey suck it up life’s hard she said no absolutely not I said well
she said no absolutely not I said well
she said no absolutely not I said well why don’t you say it and she said well I
why don’t you say it and she said well I
why don’t you say it and she said well I don’t say it because we know that it’s a
don’t say it because we know that it’s a
don’t say it because we know that it’s a medical condition and she’s tell
medical condition and she’s tell
medical condition and she’s tell ‘my brain chemical imbalance she’s going
‘my brain chemical imbalance she’s going
‘my brain chemical imbalance she’s going down that i said exactly that’s exactly
down that i said exactly that’s exactly
down that i said exactly that’s exactly what it is for these women it’s a brain
what it is for these women it’s a brain
what it is for these women it’s a brain chemical imbalance and yet you’re saying
chemical imbalance and yet you’re saying
chemical imbalance and yet you’re saying to them suck it up and so she said gosh
to them suck it up and so she said gosh
to them suck it up and so she said gosh i kind of feel like an asshole I said
i kind of feel like an asshole I said
i kind of feel like an asshole I said great will you write that in the story
great will you write that in the story
great will you write that in the story and she said she said not a chance but I
and she said she said not a chance but I
and she said she said not a chance but I will link to all the brain scan studies
will link to all the brain scan studies
will link to all the brain scan studies and so it started to change and
and so it started to change and
and so it started to change and ultimately empathy came into the picture
ultimately empathy came into the picture
ultimately empathy came into the picture and we didn’t make a value judgment on
and we didn’t make a value judgment on
and we didn’t make a value judgment on the benefit of treating it and whether
the benefit of treating it and whether
the benefit of treating it and whether or not they deserve for us to hand it
or not they deserve for us to hand it
or not they deserve for us to hand it over to make the choice for themselves
over to make the choice for themselves
over to make the choice for themselves on whether or not they wanted to deal
on whether or not they wanted to deal
on whether or not they wanted to deal with the risk to change things so
with the risk to change things so
with the risk to change things so empathy in my mind is what ultimately
empathy in my mind is what ultimately
empathy in my mind is what ultimately changed the game we got the drug
changed the game we got the drug
changed the game we got the drug approved I turned around sold the
approved I turned around sold the
approved I turned around sold the company in order for it to be globalized
company in order for it to be globalized
company in order for it to be globalized to women across the world and be broadly
to women across the world and be broadly
to women across the world and be broadly affordably accessible to them but it was
affordably accessible to them but it was
affordably accessible to them but it was quite a moment science actually won the
quite a moment science actually won the
quite a moment science actually won the data had always been there
data had always been there
data had always been there what hadn’t been there I think was our
what hadn’t been there I think was our
what hadn’t been there I think was our appreciation if you will of what they
appreciation if you will of what they
appreciation if you will of what they were going through so that we would open
were going through so that we would open
were going through so that we would open our mind to the science and that taught
our mind to the science and that taught
our mind to the science and that taught me that empathy really does inform data
me that empathy really does inform data
me that empathy really does inform data differently and as we look forward to a
differently and as we look forward to a
differently and as we look forward to a future in which everything is going to
future in which everything is going to
future in which everything is going to ones and zeros everything is code
ones and zeros everything is code
ones and zeros everything is code everything is data everything is machine
everything is data everything is machine
everything is data everything is machine learning
learning
learning it’s VR it’s a are all of those things I
it’s VR it’s a are all of those things I
it’s VR it’s a are all of those things I think the distinction of success the
think the distinction of success the
think the distinction of success the distinction of leadership will in fact
distinction of leadership will in fact
distinction of leadership will in fact be empathy it will be more important
be empathy it will be more important
be empathy it will be more important than ever for us to look at spreadsheets
than ever for us to look at spreadsheets
than ever for us to look at spreadsheets and data through the lens of somebody
and data through the lens of somebody
and data through the lens of somebody else’s eyes to walk a mile in their
else’s eyes to walk a mile in their
else’s eyes to walk a mile in their shoes and I think if I look at that from
shoes and I think if I look at that from
shoes and I think if I look at that from a leadership position and look out into
a leadership position and look out into
a leadership position and look out into the world it is why I believe that the
the world it is why I believe that the
the world it is why I believe that the world ultimately should be painted pink
world ultimately should be painted pink
world ultimately should be painted pink with female leadership because empathy
with female leadership because empathy
with female leadership because empathy is the DNA of a female rule breaker
is the DNA of a female rule breaker
is the DNA of a female rule breaker thank you
thank you
thank you [Applause]
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