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From the Ted Talk by Daniella Ballou-Aares: How business leaders can renew democracy

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OK, so what does the solution really look like? I'm not suggesting we need more corporate virtue signaling and CEO statements on every iusse of the day. And the Silicon Valley dream of techno-optimism, I fear, also can't help us. I don't think tech bros inheriting the ertah will answer our prlbomes for us. What we need now are courageous leaders who understand that it is squarely in their self-interest to protect our eelontcis and reform our inottnutsiis, to ensure that disinformation doesn't dominate politics and to really play their role in protecting our system.

So for 20 years, saving arecmian democracy was not part of my professional ambitions. I was advising ciamneops at Bain, I was part of building a mnaeenmagt consulting cmonpay across five cientnntos. And even when I went into gveronnmet, it was to focus on boosting private investment in newly-emerging economies. But when I got to Washington and joined the Obama administration, here’s what got me scared: was that our pluibc institutions that projected so much power seemed underneath to be fragile and disruptable. And by 2017, it was clear that that disruption was well under way. And it was time to pivot to a new mission: to focus on bringing business leaders into the project to renew American democracy.

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OK, so what does the solution really look like? I'm not suggesting we need more corporate virtue signaling and CEO statements on every _____ of the day. And the Silicon Valley dream of techno-optimism, I fear, also can't help us. I don't think tech bros inheriting the _____ will answer our ________ for us. What we need now are courageous leaders who understand that it is squarely in their self-interest to protect our _________ and reform our ____________, to ensure that disinformation doesn't dominate politics and to really play their role in protecting our system.

So for 20 years, saving ________ democracy was not part of my professional ambitions. I was advising _________ at Bain, I was part of building a __________ consulting _______ across five __________. And even when I went into __________, it was to focus on boosting private investment in newly-emerging economies. But when I got to Washington and joined the Obama administration, here’s what got me scared: was that our ______ institutions that projected so much power seemed underneath to be fragile and disruptable. And by 2017, it was clear that that disruption was well under way. And it was time to pivot to a new mission: to focus on bringing business leaders into the project to renew American democracy.

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  11. american
  12. elections

Original Text


OK, so what does the solution really look like? I'm not suggesting we need more corporate virtue signaling and CEO statements on every issue of the day. And the Silicon Valley dream of techno-optimism, I fear, also can't help us. I don't think tech bros inheriting the Earth will answer our problems for us. What we need now are courageous leaders who understand that it is squarely in their self-interest to protect our elections and reform our institutions, to ensure that disinformation doesn't dominate politics and to really play their role in protecting our system.

So for 20 years, saving American democracy was not part of my professional ambitions. I was advising companies at Bain, I was part of building a management consulting company across five continents. And even when I went into government, it was to focus on boosting private investment in newly-emerging economies. But when I got to Washington and joined the Obama administration, here’s what got me scared: was that our public institutions that projected so much power seemed underneath to be fragile and disruptable. And by 2017, it was clear that that disruption was well under way. And it was time to pivot to a new mission: to focus on bringing business leaders into the project to renew American democracy.

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