Beth Kowitt

And let me be clear: The CEOs who tried and failed to oust Wu are wrong about the economics, as usual. Having a safe, fair, climate-resilient city is always *good for business*

Does the world hate your favorite brands now?

@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why what was once a blessing is becoming a curse 🎥

Bob Iger Just Learned a Hard Lesson Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night TV taught Disney’s CEO and the rest of corporate America that playing yes-man to the Trump administration is bad for business.

"This shouldn’t be confused for Disney or Iger suddenly rediscovering their moral high ground; instead, it’s a realization that submitting may come with a higher price than pushing back" - @bethkowitt.bsky.social on Disney's Jimmy Kimmel lesson

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Why do executives keep taking needless risks?

@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why the Astronomer CEO's Coldplay moment is textbook fiasco 🎥

Seabed Mining Is a New Front in the US Versus the World Trump has effectively fired the starting gun for an international free-for-all on extracting minerals from the ocean floor.

There’s supposedly enough critical materials on the seabed to electrify the world’s cars several times over.
Trump just declared open season on it
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What If Bureaucracy Is… Good? Jamie Dimon, Elon Musk and the rest of the efficiency hive are missing the power of structure and processes.

“While bureaucracy has evolved into a pejorative term used to describe complicated and pointless administrative procedures, bureaucracy is, at its core, an administrative system and way of organizing.” @bethkowitt.bsky.social

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Kids Are Anxious. Ignoring It Won’t Help. Keeping climate change out of the classroom doesn’t make it go away.

Kids are anxious about the climate, don't trust their government to help, and increasingly don't want to have kids of their own. There's a simple solution, and it's the opposite of what Trump is doing

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On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

Twitter: Why are some billionaire men so obsessed with space?

@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why something is off 🎥

CEOs Just Got a Lesson In How to Influence the White House This week provided a crash course in what does — and doesn’t — capture the president’s attention.

Nice piece on how CEOs can get through to Trump from @bethkowitt.bsky.social . IMO the really smart move about Dimon speaking on Fox wasn't just because Trump watches that, but because the audience he most cares about watches it too! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Don’t look up.

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Disney ran “like a scared mouse from any possible confrontation with Donald Trump or his state-sponsored retribution apparatus.”

It wasn’t enough.

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The dominant storyline in corporate America right now is that activism is dead.

One ex-Skadden lawyer is reshaping that narrative. @bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why 🎥

Is This a ChatGPT Hyphen — or Just Good Writing? AI has made the stalwart em dash a flashpoint in trying to separate the real from the fake.

I missed this the other day: Excellent column full of historical tidbits — and entertaining meta asides>>
How the em dash — beloved by @davelee.me — became a flashpoint in separating the real from AI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Years of Climate Action Demolished in Days: A Timeline Trump’s environmental directives are gutting basic protections for Americans and the agencies designed to deliver them.

With the flood of bad news, it can be hard to get perspective on just how much damage Trump is doing.

So we made a chart to get across Trump's whole-of-government approach to wrecking the climate: at least 82 actions from 20 different agencies in 52 days. 🎁 link:

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How Long Will Musk Be Welcomed at the White House? The world’s richest man has a lot to lose if his usefulness to the president begins to fade.

I tend to think healthy car brands don't usually need:
- Sales events at the White House
- Cabinet secretaries hawking their stock on TV
- Protestors at their showrooms to be branded 'domestic terrorists'
But I could be wrong
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“Forced joy” is the latest trend in Corporate America.

And it’s miserable, explains @bethkowitt.bsky.social 🎥

Glimpsing a Ferry Terminal’s Faded Grandeur Before Beauty Is Restored Hoboken’s busy transit hub, which dates to a time when railroad companies built lavish structures to serve passengers, is being renovated.

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‘Forced Joy’ Is a Miserable Corporate Trend At companies like Starbucks and Tiffany, fun has become a job requirement.

Not sure I totally follow the logic, but this piece got me called a single cat lady columnist on X. Enjoy! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

More CEOs Are Getting Fired. Blame FOMO Boards. Chief executives are expected to deliver results immediately to boards fearful of missing out in an era of rapid change.

"In this age of urgency, driven by impatient shareholders, boards are giving their CEOs less time to execute their strategies or turn things around before deciding it’s time to move on." @bethkowitt.bsky.social on dangers of FOMO and rewards of patience www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion | How Democrats’ Bad Messaging Could Ensure Another Republican Win Donald Trump is already wreaking havoc — even on his own supporters. But don’t worry. Democrats have a winning strategy to beat him. Or not.

"Democrats are going to need a better rallying cry than: 'I told you so.'"

Great vid from @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/o...

Better Things is amazing!

Measles Outbreak Was Entirely Avoidable Low vaccination rates contributed to the re-emergence of a disease declared eradicated in the US 25 years ago.

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It’s Not What Jamie Dimon Said About WFH. It’s How He Said It Leaked audio of the JPMorgan CEO is the latest evidence that the Covid-era celebration of “empathetic leadership” has run its course.

Leaked audio of the JPMorgan CEO is the latest evidence that the Covid-era celebration of “empathetic leadership” has run its course, explains @bethkowitt.bsky.social

HHS Job Cuts Jeopardize Our Health and Safety Firing thousands of employees at the agencies that oversee our food supply, research cures for cancer and monitor disease outbreaks is shortsighted.

The weekend purge at HHS is putting the health and safety of Americans at risk. I talked to people w/in FDA, NIH & CMS about the important work they do--and what we lose out on with this unconscionable dismantling of public health & science in the US. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):

Citi Just Became a Magnet for Ambitious Working Moms The first woman to lead a major Wall Street bank is offering a new way of working.

I'm often guilty of rolling my eyes at the ongoing Work From Home debate, but this is excellent >> Citi's commitment to hybrid work will help it win the talent war for the best and brightest working parents, says @bethkowitt.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Citi Just Became a Magnet for Ambitious Working Moms The first woman to lead a major Wall Street bank is offering a new way of working.

Citi Just Became a Magnet for Ambitious Working Moms
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Musk’s USAID Shutdown Is an Attack on the World’s Most Vulnerable It will cost lives, some in the near term from starvation, some in the coming months from preventable diseases.

Some thoughts on the swift dismantling USAID & its terrible consequences for global health. The list is long, but already prevention & treatment of malaria, TB & HIV is being sidelined. What's happening is unconscionable. And it'll cost lives.

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Surprise: Trump’s Inauguration Didn't Offer Unity After All Presidents usually try for soaring poetry when they’re sworn in. Not this one.

“Trump wants a bar brawl — and he’s remade the Republican Party in his image. He’s also being candid about policies and values that politicos of Reagan’s era also believed in, but tried keeping under wraps. Trump has torn off the mask.” My column today:
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‘Making the World a Better Place’ Is So Last Year Corporate leaders are taking notes as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg reject the idea of the do-gooder CEO.

Zuckerberg’s Meta changes are the latest sign that the business world is tiring of trying to convince you that they’re “the good guys,” says @bethkowitt.bsky.social