I know one startup learning this. They're ~80 people, and I thought they had a decent chance of making it until this. They lost their 'backbone' over the retur

I know one startup learning this. They're ~80 people, and I thought they had a decent chance of making it until this. They lost their 'backbone' over the return-to-work plan. She was the one who kept everything nontechnical running. She felt the risk of bringing it home was too great, and $CEO pressured when he should have compromised. Now they're losing other key staff and it looks likely to become a stampede. I'm sure there are many possible takeaways from this, and one would be to beware of soft-power/moral-authority rivals. I think a far smarter one might be about empathy.