Based on an analysis of more than 150 companies, the authors find that after women join the top management team, firms become more open to change and less open to risk, and they tend to shift from an M&A-focused strategy to more investment into internal R&D. https://hbr.org/2021/04/research-adding-women-to-the-c-suite-changes-how-companies-think
This is why companies need a diversity of perspectives and temperaments in their leadership.
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But, internal R&D *is* risk, it's just calculated risk instead of speculative risk.
Also, R&D should never be about products (at least not 5-10 year product cycles). R&D is your 20 year pipeline and should be moonshot.
What this says to me is women are methodical and future thinking and guys, well, they go with their prodigious gut and are more about bravado and gambling. Seems problematic to let boys lead. ;)
@estherschindler Gee women seem to have figured that part out- reinvesting in your own.