He’s sending in the National Guard; he’s firing federal bosses -- the turbulence of Trump’s second administration continues, with his “resistance” still in disarray. 

And although the White House's policy maelstrom has made things less predictable for American businesses, there's one big lesson the executive suite and middle management should learn from the president's strategy: don’t sweat the small stuff.

In corporate America, you can blow a quarter’s profits and still keep your job, but a stray typo is treated like a criminal offense. As a business analyst you’re expected to lose hundreds of hours of sleep over your presentation deck -- heaven help you if you use the wrong font or if your table’s borders aren’t perfectly aligned.

It’s no wonder why ordinary people -- the kind who wear jeans to work -- never even get an interview for these kinds of jobs. The professional class obsesses over the least consequential details like formatting, even while skimming past the most important issues, like the core philosophical underpinnings of their business strategy. They’ll “circle back” on commas, but rarely take a hard stand on the substance of a decision.

When something truly controversial arises, their instinct is to hide it under a fog of corporate jargon.

Consider the apology issued by consulting giant McKinsey & Company in December for its role in the........

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