When risk management turns into crisis management

Corporate charitable donations were critical in order to absorb the immediate shock and disruption of the pandemic. But for business leaders willing to consider a far-sighted approach, there is another, higher-risk strategy with potential for longer-term change: betting on social enterprises. Social enterprises—essentially, startups and businesses that serve a social purpose in addition to a financial one—will be key to the world’s recovery as we build back a stronger, more resilient economy through innovation and inclusion of low-income populations that have thus far been excluded or exploited. … [Read more...] about Corporate donations shouldn’t be Band-Aids. Big bets on social enterprises will make more change

The return of antitrust enforcement gives me hope about more than just the business of Big Tech. As I write about in detail in my recent book, Post Corona, the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to ignore something that has been evident about America for years now: Piece by piece, we have replaced capitalism with cronyism and turned government from private capital’s counterweight into its coconspirator. We have become loving and empathetic with corporations and shareholders, and harsh and Darwinistic toward individuals. … [Read more...] about Scott Galloway: Why 2021 will be a year of reckoning for Big Tech

The border wall will undoubtedly be something that the Biden administration deals with early on. Whether Biden addresses the environmental issues associated with the wall, along with the immigration ones, is yet to be seen, but environmentalists are optimistic. “It’s been an ongoing crisis for years and years,” Millis says, “and we’re hopeful that now with a new incoming Biden-Harris administration, they can start to turn this around and restore the equal protection under the law for border communities and make sure that our wild areas along the border such as national parks get protection.” … [Read more...] about The border wall is destroying ecosystems. Biden can fix it

Despite its global cultural cachet, Patagonia doesn’t have a massive advertising budget, so it depends on its creativity to get the word out about its overall mission to save our home planet. It uses finely tuned words in unexpected ways, from “Don’t Buy This Jacket” and “The President Stole Your Land” to “Vote the assholes out.” … [Read more...] about Patagonia’s reversible poem ad is a check on runaway Black Friday Cyber Monday spending

Do a seated stretch Stretching can aid circulation, improve flexibility, maybe even ease aches and pains. “There are many stretches that can be done while seated at the desk,” Lichter says. Look side to side, roll your head on half-circles on the front, roll your shoulders back a few times, stretch your arms above the head and then to each side, holding for a few moments. … [Read more...] about Salvage your health resolutions with these 9 simple moves