When Employees Demand The Wrong Things, Change Doesn’t Help
Business leaders are feeling the pressure from employees who are just as confused as the rest of us on matters ESG
There are a few things I miss about living in New York City. I miss jaywalking without getting dirty looks. I miss those huge trees at the north end of Central Park, and the turtles in the south end. I miss the spontaneous focus groups that formed on random street corners if one asked a question out loud.
And I miss bumping into the fantastic Judith Samuelson, head of the Aspen Business & Society program and author of the seminal book, The Six New Rules of Business. Whether running into each other along the East River Esplanade, or hanging out in her office, sparring over the latest news or who is the bigger fan of Marjorie Kelly (I’m sorry but, me), her openness to ideas and people was a big part of what made a decade on that crazy, crowded little island a great experience for me.
So open and encouraging of the ideas is she, that I know she won’t mind when I offer an addition to an article she recently published about the role of employees and our future, “ESG: not woke capitalism or greenwashing but an opportunity for employee voice.”
