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Am I nutty? Am I crazy to suspect that my my cohorts might share their ideas and efforts? Do I misunderstand this "blog" thing? Do I trust you too much? Hello?

Family-run: Publicly Traded.
Risk: Fun
Brave: Conservative

If you read the trade press, XXXXXXX Corporation is a study in the successful marriage of seeming opposites. Or is it?

Where does one find it written that embracing risk need be anxiety-inducing or boring? Is it really gospel that public companies have to be hidebound in their bureaucracy, or wedded to the idea that any sense of “family” has no place in business? Why can’t one laugh and be stable at the same time?

No good reason: these seeming contradictions are false.

In a topsy-turvy world where last year’s business heroes are this year’s goats, there’s plenty of cause and reminder to be leery of conventional wisdom. Of course, many aren’t and so they steer by the course of their neighbors or professional cohorts. They guide their efforts not based on their own character and judgement, perhaps out of fear or insecurity, but probably because they don’t “know” in any useful way who they are and what they want.

In this context, using this approach, companies and individuals become in-authentic and unsustainable.

In contrast, a company like XXXXXXX steers against the winds of conventional wisdom: by “holding [and encouraging] the individual’s right to self-determination in the highest light.”

This, joined with a unique optimism about an ever-unknowable future and a keen belief in merit and achievement, explains why XXXXXXX enjoys the success it does, and how it can create and sustain the loyal communities it fosters both inside and out.

For surface thinkers, this is an unconventional approach.

We think they are wrong.

And, in the following pages, we’d like to briefly share how we at XXXXXXX and XXXXXX agree with your outlook: It is precisely this deeper thought and consideration of personal and professional need which allows meaningful and profitable workplace communities to thrive, advance and win.