The make-believe backstories CEOs spin
Colourful details about a boss’s past are rarely unique and may achieve little
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CEOs don’t call the shots
Much of their time is spent appeasing and aligning competing forces
The one-upmanship driving CEOs
The audience that bosses are often most anxious to impress is their peers
Small steps towards an alternative reality
Our imagination can shape the way we see the world and then act within it
Living in the grey zone
Navigating the 21st century requires a talent for paradox
Good news for CEOs with foreign accents
Investors may prefer them but sadly the benefit does not extend to the rest of us
Bubble-talk is breaking out everywhere
But more optimistic investors continue to bank on the cavalry arriving if things get really dicey