BYK self-analysis on anger/fear: Fear 3 (culture damage) is the only valid concern re Dave Rosenthal

BYK identified three fears driving his anger at Dave Rosenthal: Fear 1 = being seen as less than Dave due to formal title; Fear 2 = won't drive change because Dave is ineffective/avoidant; Fear 3 = keeping Dave as CTO will damage company culture. BYK explicitly dismissed Fears 1 and 2 as invalid; only Fear 3 is legitimate. Assistant note: Fear 1 is actually the engine driving contempt and the 'playing me' read. Fear 3 is most legitimate but most compromised by BYK's own rivalry — least trustworthy conclusion from a rivalrous mind. Recommended: don't pitch 'Dave should go' to Cramer (IC trying to remove exec loses even if correct); if surfacing culture concern, use specific factual business-impact observations without verdict; sit on Fear 3 until BYK can cleanly separate 'hurts the company' from 'hurts me'.