If I were to share with you the number of attacks that come into the Duke network every day, you would be astounded. And it's not from people working out of their garage; it's from nation-states that are trying to penetrate systems.
You see more women in the CFO ranks. It's an evolution.
I get energized around a plan - what's it going to be like in three months? Six months? You're not going to let it defeat you. You got to keep going.
Always play to your strengths, whether your strengths are gender-based or just natural aptitude.
You're well-spoken, or you're very analytical, or you're a great team-builder, or you're great with relationships... Playing to your strengths is always something good to build on because you're trying to develop a foundation to keep growing, as a professional and as a leader.
The way we grow is, we make investments. We've been building a natural-gas platform within Duke that started with the pipelines.
There is growing demand for renewable energy.
I don't think of myself as a powerful woman.
There's nothing about Lynn Good at age 30 or age 35 that would have said, 'I am setting my sights on being a CEO.'
I had never seen a computer when I went to college.
My father was a World War II Marine who became a high school principal. He always had a heart for students who maybe were underprivileged or had difficulty of some sort.
I can be incredibly focused, and I can appear impatient. So I've learned to slow down, get to know people, and provide more context. There's nothing wrong with getting to the point pretty quickly, but it's also helpful to give people an opportunity to talk about their work.
2013 was a year of great accomplishment for Duke: our first full year as a combined company.
Our highest priorities are safe operations and the well-being of the people and communities we serve.
At a certain career level, it's no longer about whether you are the smartest subject-matter expert in the room.
People who love what they do get after it every day.
I become the face of the company, and that's a responsibility.
There weren't many women ahead of me.
I don't believe you can absolutely have it all.
Anytime we make additional investment in a coal plant, we are really challenging whether that investment is economic.
