At our Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute forum, over 100 business leaders said what they really think. They're worried Trump is eroding America’s future.
Gonna point out that CEOs don’t benefit from speaking out publicly, or acting much in this direction. The masses just blame them for causing the problem (regardless of who had the job when the lobbying was done), and we don’t believe in redemption arcs. Shareholders don’t benefit, your company becomes a likely target of the state and hence less valuable and able to do things. The party cronies might even do a boycott and pressure for your job (and then your head).
These are selfish people who have optimized pretty simple incentives. We must make incentives for them to act, or they wont. Speaking under anonymity or from an organized body is really quite good for this cohort. Now to normalize and incentivize more discussion. I don’t mind them taking more air time.
Gonna point out that CEOs don’t benefit from speaking out publicly, or acting much in this direction. The masses just blame them for causing the problem (regardless of who had the job when the lobbying was done), and we don’t believe in redemption arcs. Shareholders don’t benefit, your company becomes a likely target of the state and hence less valuable and able to do things. The party cronies might even do a boycott and pressure for your job (and then your head).
These are selfish people who have optimized pretty simple incentives. We must make incentives for them to act, or they wont. Speaking under anonymity or from an organized body is really quite good for this cohort. Now to normalize and incentivize more discussion. I don’t mind them taking more air time.