"Especially when you're a C-level executive of a major corporation, there are certain things you just don't ever discuss frankly other than behind closed doors with a very select audience."
I agree with everything except this statement. It's discussed without closed doors, and without a select audience all the time. It's actually quite wide and open for this kind of thing, which is likely how he made the error.
He's so used to communicating in this way, he didn't realize that he needed to dramatically change his content for this particular audience.
Eh? Who do you think he is discussing the confidential details of a sensitive negotiation between competing providers of rocket engines with? Considering that it's an extremely vertical market, and one impolite comment at the wrong time could get them shut out of all of the suppliers in the industry.
I agree with everything except this statement. It's discussed without closed doors, and without a select audience all the time. It's actually quite wide and open for this kind of thing, which is likely how he made the error.
He's so used to communicating in this way, he didn't realize that he needed to dramatically change his content for this particular audience.