A guest opens up about emotional reactions to tragedy, the fakeness of performative empathy, and how tokenism on boards feels like being the Muppets' two old men in the balcony. James Laughlin responds: "You are the reason that I'm sitting here today."
There were reports of a shooting. It sort of knocks you. Things can get under your skin. Most people know when I'm pretty upset. You can't fake empathy. I had an extraordinary team of people around me. I became very aware of sexism and the impact that it had on women. Putting a token woman on a board is not a good thing to do. I just re imagined them as the two old men from the Muppets.
Something I've never said in the hundreds of interviews that I have conducted. You are the reason that I'm sitting here today.
Why?
