This session discusses the creation, preservation and destructive facets of why murders and acquisitions occur and the quandary in dealing with the resulting emotional fallout. Empathic leadership is needed to ameliorate the impact and management of people during a merger, acquisition or internal restructure. Simone reveals the story of X-Con in its critical moment of decision, on a dark and stormy night. In the dimly lit boardroom of X-Con, the directors watched their Chairman gazing out the floor to ceiling window. The room was filled with secret anticipation, the secret joy of committing the easiest and most unpunished of crimes.