The American Opportunity Index

The American Opportunity Index rates companies by how well they help their employees, especially those without college degrees, move into better, higher-paying jobs. The index, with data for 396 companies and focusing on jobs where many workers don't have college degrees, was created by the Burning Glass Institute with the managing the Future of Work Project at Harvard Business School and the Schultz Family Foundation, the philanthropy started by longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz. Most employers haven't cracked the code for systematically moving U.S. workers up the economic ladder - helping them gain skills and earn more. All of the U.S.'s biggest companies still have areas they need to improve.

Wednesday ~ November 23, 2022

 

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by. A life of good days lived in the senses is not enough. The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less; time is ample and its passage is sweet.   Annie Dillard, b. 1945

Saving The American Dream 2.0... Courage is Calling....

 Addressing these issues requires a systemic approach that will take time to implement. We can't wait. "we the People" must start this process now, because our political system is too dysfunctional.

We as a country need to create a new story that's inclusive of all Americans. It must provide realistic opportunities to find meaning and purpose in a technology-enabled and technology-dominated society in which work will be transformed and unavailable to many. It must include individual rights, responsibilities, and opportunities, and it must include renewed support for the Common Good.

Courage is Calling - Fortune Favors The Brave

" In a time when it seems like so many - from our politicians to professors, from business leaders to artists and innovators - are unable or unwilling to stand up for what is right or even to speak the truth, courage calls out more urgently to all of us.

Will we answer? Will we cower before life... or tower over it? This is the choice that determines everything."

Beijing Rules - Bethany Allen

 On the eve of China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 - a privilege that quickly transformed China into the world's top exporter- President Bill Clinton asserted that "by joining the WTO China... is agreeing to import one of democracy's most cherished values, economic freedom." This new freedom, in turn, the president asserted, would lead the Chinese people to demand a greater say in how they were governed. Free markets and democracy were supposed to be inseparable. Things didn't quite turn out that way.

Mudular- Finance and the 3-Body Problem

 Politics and Economics go hand in hand. In Fact, It was John Maynard Keynes that said "

Modular-Finance Combines both Human and Financial Capital.....

 Human-Centered Design.... and Tools for the Game of Life...

It's the Culture Stupid!