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Elisa Camahort Page's avatar

When I first started working in tech, everyone got some amount of stock options from the receptionist to the CEO, and departments like support nd manufacturing were actually on site. Post dot.com bust it started to change.

To me the gig economy signaled an effort to concentrate wealth in fewer and fewer hands. I remember when I reached my limit: When Wag got a billion dollar valuation I wondered why all the "greatest minds" in Silicon Valley were focused on apps that made life a teensy bit more convenient for other privileged people (and sometimes killing traditional channels for community connection in so doing) and what happened to really wanting to innovate to make the world a better place?

We didn't really learn the lessons of the dot com bust, we just found a way to move more of the expenses off the P&L.

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Greg Dickson's avatar

I am updating my business planning book with a supplement addressing the Triple Bottom Line (profit, environment and social responsibility). Your post got me thinking "Where does innovation fit?"

Part of me wants to say that innovation fits everywhere, and perhaps innovation is a high-level, personal "value" that you either choose or you ignore.

Is there anyone who would like to weigh in or have other insights or opinion?

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