The Sheer Grandeur of Our Mistakes

In case you haven’t been fol­low­ing the Wells Far­go scan­dal, I am reprint­ing the tran­scrip­tion of Sen­a­tor Eliz­a­beth War­ren ques­tion­ing John Stumpf, CEO and Chair­man of the Board of Wells Far­go dur­ing recent Sen­ate hear­ings. Over a peri­od of five years, 5,300 employ­ees were fired for open­ing accounts for cus­tomers with­out their knowl­edge, result­ing in… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Sheer Grandeur of Our Mistakes

Waking Up the World

It is a strange time, he said to me. No one can ques­tion that. Dai­ly life goes on, but against a frac­tured back­ground. Trust is naive, would­n’t you say? And our imag­ined, much laud­ed future for a long time’s been lit­tle more than a bro­ken puz­zle. Prob­lems have mount­ed, would­n’t you say? A pile of fire­wood just wait­ing for a match? Mean­while,… Con­tin­ue read­ing Wak­ing Up the World