In this episode of Boss Viles, my goal is to help be one of the many leaders who can help American business be relevant on inclusion.

That's my goal. I would love to be remembered as somebody who led a movement that had America's workplaces be fully inclusive.

PWC Chairman Tim Ryan, the unexpected turn his entire leadership plan took just days into the job,

after he says he witnessed the unraveling of America on race relations.

He ignored those closest to him who warned him not to take on race,

and instead launched a company-wide conversation about it.

Ryan has taken his message beyond PWC, calling on all Fortune 1,000 CEOs to sign his

diversity pledge.

One of the reasons we form CEO action is because individually, we're all spending money,

investment, and time.

But diversity inclusion is not a competitive issue.

It is a societal opportunity.

Plus, why he says we have to close the income and opportunity gap,

in his words, to keep capitalism alive.

And his political ambitions, will he run for office? Here's my

conversation with PWC's Kim Ryan. Jim Ryan, thank you for being here. Thanks, Poppy. It's great to be here.

Nice to have you here. So when you took the top job at PWC, you had, as you describe it, quite the 100-day plan. Everything was mapped

out in your head. You've done everything sort of by the book. You have this plan. You're going to

bring in your management team. You're excited to get started. Week one, everything changes.

What happened? So the first thing has taught me that the best lay plans don't always work. We had a

terrific plan. First couple of days of the week went great, and then we started to see the

unraveling, in my view, of America, and ultimately we saw the week ended with the Dallas

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