Beth Kowitt
@bethkowitt.bsky.social
Corporate America columnist for Bloomberg Opinion
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And let me be clear: The CEOs who tried and failed to oust Wu are wrong about the economics, as usual. Having a safe, fair, climate-resilient city is always *good for business*
Don't sleep on Michelle Wu, one of this country's most quietly effective climate leaders, cruising to a second term in Boston. It's telling that business interests tried and failed to stop her and are pouting about it now
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Boston Mayor’s Blowout Victory Jilts CEOs Seeking New Direction
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is coasting to reelection after her main opponent quit the race, giving her a commanding mandate that’s putting city business leaders on edge.
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October 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
And let me be clear: The CEOs who tried and failed to oust Wu are wrong about the economics, as usual. Having a safe, fair, climate-resilient city is always *good for business*
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Does the world hate your favorite brands now?
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why what was once a blessing is becoming a curse 🎥
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why what was once a blessing is becoming a curse 🎥
September 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Does the world hate your favorite brands now?
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why what was once a blessing is becoming a curse 🎥
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why what was once a blessing is becoming a curse 🎥
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"This shouldn’t be confused for Disney or Iger suddenly rediscovering their moral high ground; instead, it’s a realization that submitting may come with a higher price than pushing back" - @bethkowitt.bsky.social on Disney's Jimmy Kimmel lesson
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Bob Iger Just Learned a Hard Lesson
Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night TV taught Disney’s CEO and the rest of corporate America that playing yes-man to the Trump administration is bad for business.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"This shouldn’t be confused for Disney or Iger suddenly rediscovering their moral high ground; instead, it’s a realization that submitting may come with a higher price than pushing back" - @bethkowitt.bsky.social on Disney's Jimmy Kimmel lesson
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Why do executives keep taking needless risks?
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why the Astronomer CEO's Coldplay moment is textbook fiasco 🎥
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why the Astronomer CEO's Coldplay moment is textbook fiasco 🎥
July 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Why do executives keep taking needless risks?
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why the Astronomer CEO's Coldplay moment is textbook fiasco 🎥
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why the Astronomer CEO's Coldplay moment is textbook fiasco 🎥
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There’s supposedly enough critical materials on the seabed to electrify the world’s cars several times over.
Trump just declared open season on it
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Trump just declared open season on it
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Seabed Mining Is a New Front in the US Versus the World
Trump has effectively fired the starting gun for an international free-for-all on extracting minerals from the ocean floor.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
There’s supposedly enough critical materials on the seabed to electrify the world’s cars several times over.
Trump just declared open season on it
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Trump just declared open season on it
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“While bureaucracy has evolved into a pejorative term used to describe complicated and pointless administrative procedures, bureaucracy is, at its core, an administrative system and way of organizing.” @bethkowitt.bsky.social
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What If Bureaucracy Is… Good?
Jamie Dimon, Elon Musk and the rest of the efficiency hive are missing the power of structure and processes.
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April 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“While bureaucracy has evolved into a pejorative term used to describe complicated and pointless administrative procedures, bureaucracy is, at its core, an administrative system and way of organizing.” @bethkowitt.bsky.social
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Kids are anxious about the climate, don't trust their government to help, and increasingly don't want to have kids of their own. There's a simple solution, and it's the opposite of what Trump is doing
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Kids Are Anxious. Ignoring It Won’t Help.
Keeping climate change out of the classroom doesn’t make it go away.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Kids are anxious about the climate, don't trust their government to help, and increasingly don't want to have kids of their own. There's a simple solution, and it's the opposite of what Trump is doing
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On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
April 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is
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Twitter: Why are some billionaire men so obsessed with space?
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why something is off 🎥
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why something is off 🎥
April 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Twitter: Why are some billionaire men so obsessed with space?
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why something is off 🎥
@bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why something is off 🎥
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Nice piece on how CEOs can get through to Trump from @bethkowitt.bsky.social . IMO the really smart move about Dimon speaking on Fox wasn't just because Trump watches that, but because the audience he most cares about watches it too! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
CEOs Just Got a Lesson In How to Influence the White House
This week provided a crash course in what does — and doesn’t — capture the president’s attention.
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April 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Nice piece on how CEOs can get through to Trump from @bethkowitt.bsky.social . IMO the really smart move about Dimon speaking on Fox wasn't just because Trump watches that, but because the audience he most cares about watches it too! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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April 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Disney ran “like a scared mouse from any possible confrontation with Donald Trump or his state-sponsored retribution apparatus.”
It wasn’t enough.
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It wasn’t enough.
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April 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Disney ran “like a scared mouse from any possible confrontation with Donald Trump or his state-sponsored retribution apparatus.”
It wasn’t enough.
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It wasn’t enough.
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The dominant storyline in corporate America right now is that activism is dead.
One ex-Skadden lawyer is reshaping that narrative. @bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why 🎥
One ex-Skadden lawyer is reshaping that narrative. @bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why 🎥
March 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The dominant storyline in corporate America right now is that activism is dead.
One ex-Skadden lawyer is reshaping that narrative. @bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why 🎥
One ex-Skadden lawyer is reshaping that narrative. @bethkowitt.bsky.social explains why 🎥
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I missed this the other day: Excellent column full of historical tidbits — and entertaining meta asides>>
How the em dash — beloved by @davelee.me — became a flashpoint in separating the real from AI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
How the em dash — beloved by @davelee.me — became a flashpoint in separating the real from AI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Is This a ChatGPT Hyphen — or Just Good Writing?
AI has made the stalwart em dash a flashpoint in trying to separate the real from the fake.
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March 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I missed this the other day: Excellent column full of historical tidbits — and entertaining meta asides>>
How the em dash — beloved by @davelee.me — became a flashpoint in separating the real from AI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
How the em dash — beloved by @davelee.me — became a flashpoint in separating the real from AI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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With the flood of bad news, it can be hard to get perspective on just how much damage Trump is doing.
So we made a chart to get across Trump's whole-of-government approach to wrecking the climate: at least 82 actions from 20 different agencies in 52 days. 🎁 link:
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So we made a chart to get across Trump's whole-of-government approach to wrecking the climate: at least 82 actions from 20 different agencies in 52 days. 🎁 link:
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Years of Climate Action Demolished in Days: A Timeline
Trump’s environmental directives are gutting basic protections for Americans and the agencies designed to deliver them.
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March 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
With the flood of bad news, it can be hard to get perspective on just how much damage Trump is doing.
So we made a chart to get across Trump's whole-of-government approach to wrecking the climate: at least 82 actions from 20 different agencies in 52 days. 🎁 link:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...
So we made a chart to get across Trump's whole-of-government approach to wrecking the climate: at least 82 actions from 20 different agencies in 52 days. 🎁 link:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/feat...
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I tend to think healthy car brands don't usually need:
- Sales events at the White House
- Cabinet secretaries hawking their stock on TV
- Protestors at their showrooms to be branded 'domestic terrorists'
But I could be wrong
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- Sales events at the White House
- Cabinet secretaries hawking their stock on TV
- Protestors at their showrooms to be branded 'domestic terrorists'
But I could be wrong
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How Long Will Musk Be Welcomed at the White House?
The world’s richest man has a lot to lose if his usefulness to the president begins to fade.
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March 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I tend to think healthy car brands don't usually need:
- Sales events at the White House
- Cabinet secretaries hawking their stock on TV
- Protestors at their showrooms to be branded 'domestic terrorists'
But I could be wrong
@opinion.bloomberg.com
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- Sales events at the White House
- Cabinet secretaries hawking their stock on TV
- Protestors at their showrooms to be branded 'domestic terrorists'
But I could be wrong
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“Forced joy” is the latest trend in Corporate America.
And it’s miserable, explains @bethkowitt.bsky.social 🎥
And it’s miserable, explains @bethkowitt.bsky.social 🎥
March 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“Forced joy” is the latest trend in Corporate America.
And it’s miserable, explains @bethkowitt.bsky.social 🎥
And it’s miserable, explains @bethkowitt.bsky.social 🎥
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Glimpsing a Ferry Terminal’s Faded Grandeur Before Beauty Is Restored www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...
Glimpsing a Ferry Terminal’s Faded Grandeur Before Beauty Is Restored
Hoboken’s busy transit hub, which dates to a time when railroad companies built lavish structures to serve passengers, is being renovated.
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March 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Glimpsing a Ferry Terminal’s Faded Grandeur Before Beauty Is Restored www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...
Not sure I totally follow the logic, but this piece got me called a single cat lady columnist on X. Enjoy! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
‘Forced Joy’ Is a Miserable Corporate Trend
At companies like Starbucks and Tiffany, fun has become a job requirement.
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March 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Not sure I totally follow the logic, but this piece got me called a single cat lady columnist on X. Enjoy! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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"In this age of urgency, driven by impatient shareholders, boards are giving their CEOs less time to execute their strategies or turn things around before deciding it’s time to move on." @bethkowitt.bsky.social on dangers of FOMO and rewards of patience www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
More CEOs Are Getting Fired. Blame FOMO Boards.
Chief executives are expected to deliver results immediately to boards fearful of missing out in an era of rapid change.
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March 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"In this age of urgency, driven by impatient shareholders, boards are giving their CEOs less time to execute their strategies or turn things around before deciding it’s time to move on." @bethkowitt.bsky.social on dangers of FOMO and rewards of patience www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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"Democrats are going to need a better rallying cry than: 'I told you so.'"
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Great vid from @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/o...
Opinion | How Democrats’ Bad Messaging Could Ensure Another Republican Win
Donald Trump is already wreaking havoc — even on his own supporters. But don’t worry. Democrats have a winning strategy to beat him. Or not.
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March 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"Democrats are going to need a better rallying cry than: 'I told you so.'"
Great vid from @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/o...
Great vid from @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/o...
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Measles Outbreak Was Entirely Avoidable
Low vaccination rates contributed to the re-emergence of a disease declared eradicated in the US 25 years ago.
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February 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Leaked audio of the JPMorgan CEO is the latest evidence that the Covid-era celebration of “empathetic leadership” has run its course, explains @bethkowitt.bsky.social
It’s Not What Jamie Dimon Said About WFH. It’s How He Said It
Leaked audio of the JPMorgan CEO is the latest evidence that the Covid-era celebration of “empathetic leadership” has run its course.
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February 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Leaked audio of the JPMorgan CEO is the latest evidence that the Covid-era celebration of “empathetic leadership” has run its course, explains @bethkowitt.bsky.social
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The weekend purge at HHS is putting the health and safety of Americans at risk. I talked to people w/in FDA, NIH & CMS about the important work they do--and what we lose out on with this unconscionable dismantling of public health & science in the US. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):
HHS Job Cuts Jeopardize Our Health and Safety
Firing thousands of employees at the agencies that oversee our food supply, research cures for cancer and monitor disease outbreaks is shortsighted.
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February 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The weekend purge at HHS is putting the health and safety of Americans at risk. I talked to people w/in FDA, NIH & CMS about the important work they do--and what we lose out on with this unconscionable dismantling of public health & science in the US. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com (gift link):
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I'm often guilty of rolling my eyes at the ongoing Work From Home debate, but this is excellent >> Citi's commitment to hybrid work will help it win the talent war for the best and brightest working parents, says @bethkowitt.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Citi Just Became a Magnet for Ambitious Working Moms
The first woman to lead a major Wall Street bank is offering a new way of working.
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February 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm often guilty of rolling my eyes at the ongoing Work From Home debate, but this is excellent >> Citi's commitment to hybrid work will help it win the talent war for the best and brightest working parents, says @bethkowitt.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...