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 …
It’s hard to gain, and even harder to regain. Trust is a word that tends to elude a hard and fast definition. The Oxford Dictionary defines it as, “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.” There’s a lot to that, most of which is just as elusive as the …
In difficult times, try giving thanks. Have you ever found yourself struggling to understand why folks say, “Be thankful for your blessings” when you’re in the midst of a difficult time? This sort of advice can feel like nothing more than a hollow platitude, some abstract philosophical notion uttered by those who’ve never suffered loss …
Sometimes the fluff needs to be backed-up. It’s been more than one year since George Floyd’s murder, at the hands of a police officer, ignited a torrent of righteous social unrest. The brave souls who peacefully protested Floyd’s murder drew attention to the systems of oppression that have persisted for so many years. Why is …
Isn’t the job market impartial? But then there are the blindsides of privilege. Anyone who has lost their job, graduated from college, or searched for a new job in the ongoing pandemic knows one thing to be true: the job market, on the whole, has increasingly become an unforgiving place. Though the national rate of …
Essay by: Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Director This week, we’re taking a break from our series on sustainable business leadership to lift-up the Thanksgiving holiday and recognize some of the great work that’s going on in Detroit and SE Michigan for which we are thankful. It was then Secretary of State William H. Seward who drafted …
Op-Ed By: Mike Shesterkin, SMSBF Exec. Director There are all sorts of terms to describe what’s going-on right now: unprecedented, uncharted territory, surreal are just a few. Dr. McGeorge of WDIV got it right when he said, “This isn’t about you: It’s about our community.” In a system governed by hyper-individualism and a “have it your …
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With the beginning of the New Year, many of us resolve to make changes for the better. We evaluate our past, consider what we ought to change, and then resolve to undertake new and positive behaviors. In an age of ever increasing distractions, seeking to increase one’s capacity for “mindfulness” – the self-regulation of attention …
Not long ago, I was asked about the work of the SMSBF, and in general, what it meant to advance triple bottom line business practices. After giving the person a sense of what the SMSBF does, she, in a very well-meaning way, told be about the importance of being able to articulate the WIIFM – …
