What Happens When Leadership Loses Its Way
From Elon Musk to Bill Ackman, some leaders are getting their priorities wrong.
Elon Musk recently took time to take a private visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp to atone for charges that he personally has encouraged the spread of antisemitism on X.
Photographer: Yoav Dudkevitch/EJA/APThis is the time of year when leaders put themselves in the spotlight. We’ve just had Davos, the annual jamboree of the World Economic Forum, which never wavers in its working assumption that, sooner or later, leaders will lead the world into better times.
But can they see the forest through the trees? Are they heading in the right direction? I ask this as there is a rather large to-do list by anyone’s reckoning: The Conference Board’s annual C-Suite Outlook report lists 23 areas which need attention, ranging from ESG backlash to rapidly advancing AI technology to global political instability.