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04Precedent · how it went for them

The situation“The dashboard says we're fine but I don't believe it.”

Leaders who made the same call — what each did, and how it went.

Worked

Worked · Beth Ford, Land O'Lakes, 2018 onwards

Beth Ford became CEO of Land O'Lakes in August 2018 — the first openly gay woman to lead a Fortune 500 company, and the CEO of a $14bn member-owned agricultural cooperative.

Worked · Maryalice DeCamp, W. P. Carey enterprise risk management, 2011 onwards

In 2011, Maryalice DeCamp was asked to build W.

Worked · Hetty Green, the 1907 New York fiscal crisis

Hetty Green was, by 1906, the wealthiest woman in the United States and almost certainly the most actively-disliked.

Worked · HowDo, late 2010s

HowDo was a platform for sharing and learning DIY projects — users could publish step-by-step guides, follow other makers, document their own builds.