What Season Are We In Now? March 23, 2024 Former Bain consultant Daniella Ballou-Aares worked for corporate clients on three continents but now runs the Leadership Now Project, comprised of business leaders committed to saving American democracy: So a few years ago, I was catching up with a friend from business school, a Turkish executive who, on the surface, seemed to be thriving. She had a great career, a beautiful family, and she was just one of those people who seemed to have it all together. But in reality, she was struggling. The Turkish government had started going after business leaders whose views it disagreed with. Some of their companies had been shut down. Others were in jail. And she was scared. And she felt guilty because she and everyone she knew had stayed out of politics. They had focused on building their companies and raising their children, and now they were paying the price. As she left, she said to me with urgency, “In Turkey, we’re in season 10 in this series we call ‘The Demise of Democracy.’ In the US, you’re in season three.” That was a few years ago, before she founded Leadership Now. Read or watch her TED Talk. Help, if you can. ASSISTED SUICIDE He did it. Right on time. So sad; but so much more humane than what he watched his mother go through — and what most Alzheimer’s patients and their loved ones go through. Hal Malchow: R.I.P.