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Pete Rhomberg @prhomberg.bsky.social

This might be survivable if leadership was trained and attuned to long-term thinking. But since the mid-80s, the focus has been on quarterly earnings report and maximizing shareholder value 2/

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Pete Rhomberg @prhomberg.bsky.social

This gives us organizations and outlets that are 1) uniquely bad at judging medium- and long-term risks, 2) do not receive enough "consequence" inputs to make effective short-term decisions. Everything will just continue along as it is, forever! (This is all propped up with infinite tech money.) 3/

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Pete Rhomberg @prhomberg.bsky.social

But when things do start going bad––enrollment or subscription figures drop, tech money dries up due to an AI-bubble bursting, the lawsuits finally end up in court dates, etc––it's way, way too late. The reputation is catastrophically damaged, the subscriber base has moved elsewhere. 4/

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