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Diane Brady

American workers are retreating into silos. CEOs can bridge the gap

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Good morning. Few people have their finger on the pulse of American trust—or distrust—quite like Richard Edelman. For decades, the CEO of global communications firm Edelman has tracked how workers, consumers, and citizens really feel about the institutions around them. His newest read: Americans are retreating into ideological silos. Some 42% of workers would rather switch departments than report to a boss who votes differently, and most now get their news only from outlets that echo their own views. Edelman shared the data this week at his firm’s annual Trust Summit in New York, where the question on every leader’s mind was how to build trust in an increasingly insular world. Some takeaways:

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