New York City’s police commissioner was defending his decision to boost subway security and alert the public about a possible terrorist threat early last month, although the bomb plot had not been verified. “We did exactly the right thing,†he declared.
The commissioner’s assertion, delivered with such determined confidence, sounded a lot like how business leaders talk about the safety of their workplaces. Seldom will you hear execs back down when the subject is safety. In fact, when it comes to public utterances about job safety, you usually get one of two speeches.