Editor’s Note: The company referenced in the article below “Investing in the Bottom of the Ladder,” by Jody Heymann, demonstrates that for-profit companies can do better by paying and treating their lowest paid employees better. The two companies I’ve been most directly involved in are primarily impacted by their lowest paid workers (WorkPlace Media and Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers). In fact, over 350 of our 400 workers live on the margins. Like Great Little Box, it seems obvious to us that the better your treat your “lowest rung of the ladder” employee, the greater your overall success – financially and societally.
Editor’s note: This is perhaps my favorite quote ever, a sign posted behind the desk of my friend, placed so no one can see it but him.
Editor’s note: This is just a great throw-back song for me. A lot of memories come to me from this hitchhiker’s ballad of missing their mate, some of the best from singing it with my family. But there is also a point in the refrain, noted below in my favorite lyric.
This is the 9th in a series of 12 articles about mistakes I’ve made and lessons I’ve learned building a non-profit foundation since 1997.
Editor’s note: Thanks to my good friend and article-watcher, Ron Dimattia, for passing this onto me. I’ve never been a big Clinton fan and yet his point of “charity” alone no longer making sense is one I subscribe to wholeheartedly. And the article is well-written and to the point.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication…nature loves simplicity and unity.” Steve Jobs
Editor’s note: This song was written by Harrison after having gone through a lot of difficulties in 1969. I’ve often found myself in the position during dark times to remind myself the sun will rise again. My favorite version, shown here, is Richie Havens recorded in 1974.
Favorite lyric: “And I say it’s all right”
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Editor's Note: Seems like a good month for a love song. My son and his wife played this at their wedding and I liked it but for reasons that are even a bit deeper. To me, the greatest service to others is without words and the most effective evangelism is non-verbal. How nice that Krauss finds a way to say the same thing about love.
