You think your boss is wrong. Our customers sense that he is out of touch with our industry. The differences between me and the chiefs were not hidden, yet they also were not addressed.
Most people wish to avoid confrontation.
So he swept our divergence of opinion under the rug. It was a very human reaction. I was once with a large consulting firm, trying to sell our services to a bank. The CEO of the bank kept going on about things he didn' t like about Jews. I was 28, it was the first time I had gone out on my own, and I was desperate to make a sale.