This article is part of our special section on the DealBook Summit that included business and policy leaders from around the world.lucky sprite
“There’s always tough stuff going on, wars and depressions and recessions,” Jamie Dimon, chief executive of J.P. Morgan Chase, told me. But this time, he said, it may be different — it may be worse.
“It’s dangerous,” he said, shedding his steely confidence for a moment, at the DealBook Summit last week in New York.
Business, policy and cultural leaders have always had to contend with uncertainty, a watchword that has almost become a cliché.
However, today, it appears that uncertainty isn’t just an excuse for less-than-expected results. It is a palpable feeling that seems to be affecting virtually every major figure at the top of the leadership complex across the world. Leaders are taught to always display optimism and confidence, but right now, they are feeling a vulnerability that has often been foreign to them.
That was the lesson that emerged from interviews with some of the most consequential leaders in their fields in the world.
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