Change is Natural

Change is Natural

Quite often, we’ll sense the need for change. This is natural. For more than twenty years, SMSBF has worked to bring sustainable business thought leadership to Detroit and SE Michigan. We’ve put-on events and produced thought-provoking content. And over the years, things have changed. At SMSBF, we’re sensing it’s time for change, too. Change, however, …

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Preemption is Un-American

Preemption is Un-American

What is American is cultural, and culture is a shared thing; it’s not something that divides us. Businesses of all stripes operate according to standards and norms. They also must obey applicable laws. Things such as customer demands, product and service specifications, as well as public policy, set the rules for business behavior. The proper …

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Going Alone?

Going Alone?

In business, and no matter what we do, we need others. Entrepreneurs and small business leaders seem to be the epitome of American “rugged individualism”. They find opportunities, take risks and strike-out on their own. We tend to be enamored with the image of a person who goes his or her own way. These notions …

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Key Performance Indicators and Sustainable Business

Key Performance Indicators and Sustainable Business

In business, success is something that must be measured. Running a small business is not – by a long shot – easy. And for the small business leader, “failure is not an option”. In large corporations, there are whole departments dedicated to procurement, manufacturing, logistics, marketing, sales and all the rest that goes into running …

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Corporate Power and SB

Corporate Power and SB

It’s time to rethink advancing sustainable business. In the world of sustainable business, we talk about and attempt to enact practices that go beyond “maximizing shareholder value”, which is doublespeak for profit taking. Going beyond organizing business around just profit taking is an essential dimension of sustainable business. John Elkington, in his book, Cannibals with …

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American Values

American Values

Autocracy is not one of them. The Michigan primaries are now behind us and we’re headed into the election season. In the coming months, we’ll be making decisions about who will lead Michigan. Never before, in our lifetimes, have these decisions been more critical, and that’s not hyperbole. The trends we see in our body …

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The Gimmick

The Gimmick

It’s not just for magic: It’s all around us. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting and investing is being touted as the way to shift business behavior away from simply maximizing shareholder value (i.e., profit only) and toward sustainable, or triple bottom line – people, planet, profit – value. The idea behind ESG reporting is …

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