Author: Sama Ahmed

We’ve all seen the picture by now, the gaping hole in the side of an Alaska Airlines plane, passengers seated nearby, their oxygen masks dangling. Anyone who’s flown before can imagine what it must have felt like if we were sitting there, the terror, the screaming wind tearing clothes away, a frantic mother struggling to hold her child in place.   Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun has seen that picture too. The first time he viewed it, he said he didn’t know what had ha ppened to the person who had been in that seat. “I got kids, I got grandkids and…

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America is at a political and cultural crossroads.  While this statement has technically been true since at least 2016, many of the threads that have divided the nation seem set to come to a head in 2024.   The U.S. presidential election will be a major flashpoint at which voters will need to consider where they stand on issues ranging from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine to an uncertain relationship with China, the rising volatility of a changing climate and a variety of culture wars centered around identity.  Gravity Research surveyed top communications executives from Fortune 1,000 companies to better…

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