Watching him operate, you might wonder if he didn’t get a degree in disempowerment. “We’ve tried that before,” he says again and again. “You need to do more analysis on the downside possibilities,” he tells his people. “We don’t have time for that, just do this please.” “Yeah, yeah, that’s very interesting, but . . . No, no, don’t send that report around; people don’t need that information.” “Please Martha, next time check with me first before you do anything.”
