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Article of Interest – “Beware of the CEO who doesn’t need coaching” by Michael Cooper

By Tim McCarthy

January 3, 2016

Editor’s note: While this article appears to be an advertisement for hiring a business coach, its point is too good to pass up. The five reasons CEOs avoid coaching are...

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None of Us Are Free

By Mann, Weil and Russell; performed here by Solomon Burke

December 1, 2015

Editor’s Note: Given the racial tensions building in our cities between imperfect police forces and imperfect legal systems, I noticed this, one of my favorite old blues songs on my iPhone...

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Article of Interest – “Successful small businesses with social missions find products, service have to come first” by Marcia Pledger

By Tim McCarthy

December 1, 2015

Editor’s note: How fun it is to make my article of the month a local news item about our MD, Bill Leamon’s work in the area of social enterprise! Enjoy.

Viva La Vida

By Coldplay

October 25, 2015

Editor’s note: I’m not Coldplay’s biggest fan but I like the guy’s voice a ton and enjoy their creative orchestration, particularly their use of strings. While hearing this, one of...

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"Amazing Grace” improvised

By Victor Wooten with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

September 30, 2015

Editor’s note: Take your time getting into the Youtube video, Victor hits the song at about the middle of his bass solo in a Flecktones’ live concert. Wooten is known...

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Article of Interest – “How Do Social Entrepreneurs Know They’re Doing Good?” by Jonathan Greenblatt

By Tim McCarthy

August 30, 2015

Editor's Note: This interview with Ethos water founder and social business activist, Jonathon Greenblatt is not conclusive but it's extremely interesting. Greenblatt provides no easy answers to the great question...

Newsletter – “Building the Field of Dreams” by Bill Leamon

By Tim McCarthy

July 28, 2015

Mansfield Frazier has a passion for helping his neighbors in Hough, including the developmentally disabled, homeless, and formerly incarcerated, to overcome their barriers to employment by putting them to work...

Everybody’s Had the Blues

By B.B. King

July 28, 2015

Editor’s Note: B.B. King died in May just short of his 90th birthday. I had the great pleasure of seeing him live when he was young, when I was a...

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Galileo

By Indigo Girls

June 27, 2015

Editor’s Note: This came on my iPhone while I was running yesterday and I was reminded how funny I think it is. If you don’t like girl bands, don’t listen...

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Thinking Fast and Slow

By Daniel Kahneman

June 27, 2015

Editor’s Note: Reading this book requires great patience, both in reading (it’s deep) and in seeing mistakes in my thinking that I’d rather deny. Nobel prize- winning psychologist and author...

Article of Interest – “Overcoming The Psychology Of The Social Entrepreneur” by Genny Ghanimeh

By Tim McCarthy

May 31, 2015

Editor's Note: The author concludes the article with the assertion that "the psychological toughness needed to be a social entrepreneur can’t be taught. It has to be lived. Only individuals...

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Amazing Music - "People Get Ready"

By Curtis Mayfield

April 28, 2015

Editor’s Note: This gospel-inspired song from my youth reminds me of the days the world’s awareness of social justice were dawning. It was used, as so many songs of the...

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Article of Interest – “The Only Thing That Matters is Commitment” by Harrison Barnes

By Tim McCarthy

April 28, 2015

Editor's note: This article blew me away for two reasons: I always wished I was a gifted student. Now, I'm glad I wasn't. By having to focus and fail and...

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Article of Interest – “#BensTake: Harnessing the Promise of Impact Investing So it Lands in Places” by Ben Hecht

By Tim McCarthy

March 29, 2015

Editor's note: Living Cities' CEO, Ben Hecht, writes about Black Rock Impact, a social investing platform from mutual fund giant, Black Rock Funds. It makes me nervous and hopeful at...

Article of Interest – “Most Company Wellness Programs Are a Bust” by Douglas R. Stover and Jade Wood

By Tim McCarthy

March 1, 2015

Editors Note: This great article from Gallup talked about something I agree with wholeheartedly. It is not enough for a great wellness program to focus solely on one part of...