Full Disclosure: I rely on Capitalism and shareholder returns AND I abhor the movement to re-focus business exclusively on shareholder returns. Why? For the bulk of my adult life, I made my living by founding and running my own professional service business. To plan...
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Reinventing Capitalism – what does that mean?
Stakeholder capitalism, Inclusive Capitalism, The New Capitalism... all these and more are names being given to the movement to "reinvent capitalism" Driving this is the recognition that our economic model for value creation and distribution, driven by Milton...
Businesses Building a Better World
A great example of how "business" can build a better world and make money by so doing, can be found at http://bit.ly/3i7u9PO NOTE: When this second part of the equation exists, businesses will make the necessary investments. There are loads of opportunities...
CO-CREATING MUTUAL VALUE: WHAT, WHY, HOW and WHO
Can business fix the world? The reach, resources, and capabilities of the business sector are very different from that of government or civil society organizations. Without the active engagement of business in building a better...
Open Letter to Bill Gates: Business, Profit, and Building a Better World
Dear Mr. Gates: What if the business sector could make a fair profit by increasing the impact of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation a hundred-fold? Your foundation already has remarkable impact on our world. In describing your work to reduce neonatal...
Radical Participation in the Workplace: A Guest Blog
Donald W. de Guerre Emeritus Faculty, Concordia University and Member of the CCMV Advisory Council “Nothing feels better at work than collaborating with others to find innovative solutions to difficult challenges.” People not only have the right to be involved in the...