executive

“And, you know, one of the things that I've always found to be fascinating and actually somewhat disconcerting is that many executives will say that they, and by the way, majority of executives will say that they rely or lean on their intuitions for making thei…”

“So, we asked the executives the following question. Suppose you take two underwriters at random. By what percentage do they differ? I mean, you look at the difference between their premium, divide that by the average premium. What number do you get? And people…”

“That's why when you're older, you're usually a better executive than, you know, when you're in your thirties.”

“As the focus has been on shareholder value and profits above all, it's just narrowed the prism through which executives see the world, and it's become very tempting to say, well, if it makes money, then it's good.”

“I do think either accidentally or deliberately our system has evolved to one in which the people who should be taking the really big risks and then reaping the really big rewards, it's turned into a system where those people can reap the really big rewards, bu…”

“The most thinkless decision you can make is the one that prevents something bad from happening. And that kind of epitomizes the chief of staff role, because you're out there not just solving problems, but finding problems. Ideally, you are keeping so much from…”