Soonmok Kwon

…c trust, U.S. businesses have been trying to prove that their values extend beyond the bottom line. In August, the Business Roundtable, one of the country’s most influential lobbying groups, abandoned a long-held view that shareholders’ interests should come before all else.

It was one of China’s most aggressive efforts yet to bend a western company to its will, and it pins corporate officials between the imperative of profits and loyalty to open societies that nurture their businesses.

It’s easier and more effective to be in the top 10% in several different skills — your “stack” — than it is to be in the top 1% in any one skill.