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'The Cult of We' by Wall Street Journal correspondents Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell is the definitive inside story of WeWork and its audacious founder Adam Neumann. Neumann transformed himself from a struggling baby clothes salesman into the charismatic, hard-partying CEO of a company worth $47 billion — on paper. Billions poured in, but in pursuit of its founder’s grandiose vision, the company spent money faster than it could bring it in which resulted in one of corporate America’s most spectacular meltdowns.
In cooperation with the The Bertelsmann Foundation, Humanity in Action, the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, the John Adams Institute hosted an online session with Eliot Brown. Together with moderator Andrew Keen, Brown explored how the ‘Cult of We’ corroded capitalism and corrupted communitarian ideals.
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'The Cult of We' by Wall Street Journal correspondents Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell is the definitive inside story of WeWork and its audacious founder Adam Neumann. Neumann transformed himself from a struggling baby clothes salesman into the charismatic, hard-partying CEO of a company worth $47 billion — on paper. Billions poured in, but in pursuit of its founder’s grandiose vision, the company spent money faster than it could bring it in which resulted in one of corporate America’s most spectacular meltdowns.
In cooperation with the The Bertelsmann Foundation, Humanity in Action, the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, the John Adams Institute hosted an online session with Eliot Brown. Together with moderator Andrew Keen, Brown explored how the ‘Cult of We’ corroded capitalism and corrupted communitarian ideals.
Support the John Adams Institute by becoming a member today:
https://www.john-adams.nl/sponsors-donors/
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