We’re deeply underestimating young professionals

When I entered the workforce 30 years ago as a junior analyst with General Electric, I was shocked by how many accountants still preferred printing calculators and columnar pads over screens and Excel spreadsheets. Even at one of the world’s largest and most valuable companies, some of the brightest financial minds were doing complex calculations by hand. Putting aside how much this anecdote dates me, my first thought was, “But why…?” My second was a lightbulb moment: Digital tools like...