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Apr 21, 20234 min read

Patagonia: Doing Well While Doing Good

Like so many companies, Patagonia was founded because there was a problem to solve. Growing up in Ventura, California, Yvon Chouinard was...

Law Firm Profits Per Partner – The Elephant in the Room

Paul Knowlton

Apr 14, 20234 min read

Law Firm Profits Per Partner – The Elephant in the Room

The practice of law is one of the “3 great professions.” These are theology for the preservation of the spirit, medicine for the...

Karen Kuykendall

Apr 7, 20234 min read

Millennials, Business, and the Church

The work of Better Capitalism is more than just inclusive. This work transcends faith traditions, gender, race, location, age, ethnicity...

Paul Knowlton

Mar 31, 20234 min read

Reinventing Capitalism in Liminal Time

Capitalism is a system we humans created and constantly reinvent. These reinventions unfold in small and subtle steps punctuated every...

And the Winners Are...The World's Most Ethical Companies

Karen Kuykendall

Mar 24, 20234 min read

And the Winners Are...The World's Most Ethical Companies

Thanks to social media and the expansion of news reporting over the past couple of decades, more and more of us are aware of ethical...

Paul Knowlton

Mar 17, 20234 min read

How We Enable Bankers To Be Evil

Let’s get right to the heart of every banking crisis, including the current one of this week: the temptation of bankers–who are human...

Better Capitalism in Action - Arne Sorenson and Eric Yuan

Karen Kuykendall

Mar 10, 20234 min read

Better Capitalism in Action - Arne Sorenson and Eric Yuan

Search for the phrase "qualities of a good business leader," and you will get many lists of varying lengths in response. Among these...

Paul Knowlton

Mar 3, 20234 min read

Meet the (Trustworthy) Press

Any business–and there are no exceptions–won’t survive long if it isn’t trustworthy. How frequently would you return to a store that...

Paul Knowlton

Feb 24, 20234 min read

Our Work as Our Religion

For most if not virtually all of us spending our adult lives in some career, our work is our religion. This can be up for some debate of...

Karen Kuykendall

Feb 17, 20234 min read

They Got Game: Stadium Swindles

We've just been through yet another Super Bowl spectacular, and whether you're a diehard fan or casual observer, you can't deny the power...

Better Capitalism in Action - The B Team & B4IG

Karen Kuykendall

Feb 10, 20233 min read

Better Capitalism in Action - The B Team & B4IG

In a previous post, we featured two CEOs, Emmanuel Faber and Paul Polman, who have initiated changes within large corporations toward a...

Better Capitalism in Action - Emmanuel Faber and Paul Polman

Karen Kuykendall

Feb 3, 20233 min read

Better Capitalism in Action - Emmanuel Faber and Paul Polman

Previously on this blog, we shared with you how exciting it is to see aspects of better capitalism in action. For example, we spoke of...

Paul Knowlton

Jan 27, 20235 min read

The Pillory and Non-Compete Clauses

Unchecked, we humans are endlessly creative in the ways we control and abuse each other. Let’s take two quick examples: the pillory and...

Karen Kuykendall

Jan 20, 20233 min read

On Being Scrooge - Part 2

"Culture eats strategy for breakfast." So said Peter Drucker, one of the most well-known and influential thinkers on business management...

Karen Kuykendall

Jan 13, 20234 min read

On Being Scrooge - Part 1

We have just passed another Christmas, and most of us are ready to pack up the decorations and not think about holiday traditions again...

Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being Better Together

Aaron Hedges

Jan 6, 20235 min read

Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being Better Together

This is the fifth and final post in a series that takes a behavioral economics perspective on Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. If Jesus...

Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being [Relationally] Poor and Anxious

Aaron Hedges

Dec 30, 20225 min read

Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being [Relationally] Poor and Anxious

This is the fourth post in a series that takes a behavioral economics perspective on Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. If Jesus and...

Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being Poor and Anxious

Aaron Hedges

Dec 23, 20224 min read

Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being Poor and Anxious

This is the third post in a series that takes a behavioral economics perspective on Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. If Jesus and...

Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being Wealthy and Anxious

Aaron Hedges

Dec 16, 20226 min read

Jesus as Behavioral Economist - On Being Wealthy and Anxious

This is the second post in a series that takes a behavioral economics perspective on Jesus and the Sermon on the Mount. If Jesus and...

CE-Ok, That's More Reasonable Compensation

Karen Kuykendall

Dec 2, 20224 min read

CE-Ok, That's More Reasonable Compensation

In the first of this two-part series, CE-Oh My Goodness, Look at That Compensation, we saw how CEO pay has skyrocketed during the past...

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