12/27/10

In the economic environment of closures and failed businesses, high employment, and more competition for fewer jobs, doing business differently through creative exchange with non traditional partners is a worth while investment of time. Non and for profit businesses can join hands with governmental and public sector organizations to build greater community strength. Stronger communities can better withstand the perils of losses in local residential and business revenue and the loss of state revenues which were once considered resolutely imperative to operate local service delivery systems. Now is a time to consider new ways of thinking and envision business communities that welcome all!

Whether we are talking about the return of a person who has been rehabilitated in the justice system to community life, or a person who has recovered through the mental health services system, or a person who has been marginalized due to a label of a developmental disability, today is a time to embrace everyone’s differing capabilities. Everyone has much to contribute to the business culture. You may need assistance in the discovery of finding new ways of dialoging, across the traditional lines of demarcation. Class, race, cultural divides which once stood to isolate individuals can now enrich open conversations. Having a tenured catalyst to change, a facilitator in the room to initiate new ideas, can be a modest yet fruitful investment for any firm hoping to discover gains in new client and customer business.