Maybe I'm missing something...
The headline grabbed my attention, enough to get my click-thru. The first thing that struck me was wow, he must have skipped over Chicago, at least the Chicago I know and love. First, I thought about my CEO. He gives me more than enough rope to hang myself when I try to be a "disrupter" in 9-1-1 at @RedSky Technologies. Then I thought about my business partners like @CDW, @XO Communications, @HERE, and @Syniverse. Add in friends at @DRIVIN, @Starcom Media, and @Workhorse Software and the thesis falls apart.
When I was running my own consulting firm, the three most important words in my vocabulary were "I don't know." So I read the opinion piece referenced below with an open mind. It's just as important to know what you know as having a clue about what you don't know. I'm not an economist, a pollster, or a hiring manager. But I do work with amazing business partners, customers and friends that are all willing stretch the envelope.
The reasons for the situation in Chicago and the rest of the Midwest are not limited to my backyard, but exist in everyone's backyard.
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https://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170111/OPINION/170119986/are-midwestern-ceos-too-nice-karl-alleman#utm_medium=email&utm_source=ccb-morning10&utm_campaign=ccb-morning10-20170111
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8 å¹´Interesting and I had to read it with my early roots being in the Midwest. Honestly the examples he gave for takeovers where Executives that were getting a lot of cash to sell out. I have no doubt that change is constant, and with a good Midwest work ethic you can go and do a lot of good business were ever your journey takes you. Never mistake kindness and a strong competitive drive for weakness. I think the mid west, certainly Illinois is facing bigger challenges to keeping businesses, having CEO's that are to nice is not one of them.