David Brancaccio

34-year-old Do Kwon created the TerraUSD and Luna currencies.

In federal court in New York yesterday, Judge Paul Engelmayer said this, quote, this was a fraud on an epic generational scale.

In the history of federal prosecutions, there are few frauds that have caused as much harm as you have, Mr. Kwon.

Kwon had pleaded guilty and in court apologized to his victims.

He faces other charges if he eventually returns to South Korea.

Some victims lost life savings in a scheme that involved artificially inflating the value of crypto assets.

If they're throwing a holiday party at work, part of me wants to say just go, be in the moment, and enjoy.

But this is Marketplace where there's always work to do.

So let me also say the holiday party is a way to get a fresh read on the health of your company.

Let's talk to a consultant now who says a useful exercise is to take a moment to read the party room with a detached anthropologist's eye.

Joining us is workplace culture strategist Greg Hawks.

His forthcoming book is called Act Like an Owner.

Welcome.

One thing you could look at right away, I suppose, is who shows and who leaves early.

Yeah.

And also, it would tell you something if the top brass slinks out early, like you look up and they've ghosted you.

That's not a full bore, full bodied commitment.

The holiday party could tell you something if you have been shirking your responsibility and not showing up to the monthly all-staff meetings.

Because, right, if it was flowing chocolate fountains last year, luge runs made of ice to chill the martinis, but this year it's a, I don't know, 12-pack of LaCroix and a sleeve of Ritz crackers, that'll tell you something, right?

Let's turn it to perhaps signs that you could see at a holiday party that your organization is, in fact, firing on all its cylinders.