A boardroom is a collection of individuals, and individuals have varying motives, egos, agendas and qualifications. Sometimes the dynamics can go off track.

I know why jobs go, and I know why they come.

A merger is hard to pull off under any circumstances. It's harder when everybody is against you.

If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.

We can rebuild an alliance to fight ISIS, but we have to lead, and we have to give our allies what they are asking us to do. We do not have to march off to war, but we have to help our allies fight a war which we need them to win.

When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.