Stephen
The first thing people noticed when they walked into my office was the view.
Floor-to-ceiling windows overlooked Manhattan, stretching from the Hudson River all the way to Central Park. It was the kind of office people dreamed about. The kind executives spent decades climbing corporate ladders to earn.
Years ago, I would’ve stood in front of those windows every morning feeling proud.
Today, I barely looked at them.
My attention stayed fixed on the architectural renderings spread across my desk.
The proposed Pennsylvania headquarters covered nearly half the desktop. Glass buildings. Walking trails. Green space. A small lake. It looked more like a university campus than a corporate headquarters.
Exactly the way I wanted it.
For years, Case Industries had been synonymous with
