> When will corporations get scared? In my personal experience, n=1, it appears that most publicly traded corporations are concerned with the future as far out

> When will corporations get scared? In my personal experience, n=1, it appears that most publicly traded corporations are concerned with the future as far out as 4 financial quarters, maximum. Executive compensation is tied to stock price, so that is the depth of focus. I have only had one gig at a public company, and it put me off of at working at another. Any longer term planning was derailed by a VP coming into a meeting, spewing shortsighted nonsense, and running off to the next thing. edit: There are notable exceptions to this short term thinking, but those appear to be corps where a founder was still at the helm. ex: NVIDIA, Tesla.