Baratunde Thurston, a fellow Masters of Scale speaker, on Eric — 'Watching someone that influential tell a more interdependent story was a gift'

Thurston is a writer and host who spoke at the Masters of Scale Summit, hosting Danny Meyer's session and appearing in Bob Safian's. His write-up of the summit runs through Meredith Whittaker and Meyer on agency before reaching Eric, who gets its longest passage.

“Eric Ries was my favorite speaker. The Lean Startup shaped how a generation of founders build and helped get us into this mess we're in. His new book, Incorruptible, is about the "financial gravity" that drags good companies away from their purpose. He reminded us that companies once lost their charters for behavior we now treat as normal. And he asked the question "Who aligns the aligners?" Watching someone that influential tell a more interdependent story was a gift. Seeing someone own their role in the current collapse and try to make it right was shocking tbh, and hella inspiring.” — Baratunde Thurston on LinkedIn