Eric Ries: Incorruptible by Design

Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking by The Long Now Foundation

Apr 30, 202601:10:17Society & Culture

What if we redefined “profit” as maximizing human flourishing? Eric Ries has seen the corrosive effects of shareholder primacy at every company he’s worked with. Mission-driven companies, however, are the outliers: demon...

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