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fair, for the next 4 years, I believe "wokeness" is going to be a lot more valuable for public facing roles (leadership & comms) than it used to be. Companies w

• pbiggar 9y ago
  Unclear why you got downvoted. Very valid point and considering the relationship between "wokeness" and the issues uber is facing internally, it's presumably a consideration (though perhaps they did not use "wokeness" internally as they discussed it).
• riot504 9y ago
  Companies who use the term 'wokeness' will experience the wrath of people who no longer want to do business with them. People don't want to hear what CEOs or other private sector leadership political thoughts are such as we don't care for celebrity or sports figure opinions either.
• amyjess 9y ago
  Relevant article: https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/8/17/16162226/corporations-replacing-churches-americas-conscience https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/8/17/16162226/corporatio... The thesis of the article is that corporations are replacing the role of churches as the moral voice of society. Interestingly, this applies on both sides of the spectrum: both liberal and conservative corporations are becoming more and more outspoken on issues.
• s73ver_ 9y ago
  "Wokeness" being the cynical term for a leader that doesn't tolerate sexual harassment in the workplace like the former one did.
  • tmh79 9y ago
    #deleteUber happened weeks before Susan Fowler's blog post, was accelerated because TK was on the Trump business council at the time (assumed connection between the two) and had a much larger impact on the business metrics. A more "woke" CEO would have been able to stem the bleeding from that situation or have avoided it all together.