Good morning.
I was relieved to hear that Donald Trump is safe after an apparent assassination attempt but bothered by his message that he will “never surrender.” That’s the language of war, not a presidential campaign, and it evokes the wider tribalism that’s impacting business and wearing people down. You can see it in Democrats who sneer at former vice president Dick Cheney crossing party lines to endorse Kamala Harris.
There is a growing desire among business leaders to find and foster common ground. LRN founder Dov Seidman argues that it’s not an accident that Chevron is the “human” energy company, Cisco is the “human network,” and TD Bank boasts about being “unexpectedly human.” “They're saying humanity's job one,” says Seidman. “The question is who's going to translate that into humanizing business?”
