You could just use companies that have been public for more than 1 year. And you absolutely could survey 50 people about the mission/business alignment and get

You could just use companies that have been public for more than 1 year. And you absolutely could survey 50 people about the mission/business alignment and get a useful number that would actually examine the point he's making. The main point is that he wants to make a certain point, but not back it with any kind of data beyond cherry-picking to make it.