One of the biggest opportunities for folks who want to make an impact through entrepreneurship is to tackle things that Corporate America has gotten wrong and so we’ve asked some of the best and brightest in the community to share examples of what Corporate America is getting wrong in their industries.

Erik Troy

From what I understand, a lot of decisions are made around “who’s being talked about”. It makes sense to get someone with a large social media following to be involved with your picture, but if decisions are based on “what makes good writing” and “what a good story looks like” then there will be more people going to the theater. It’s about word of mouth and “the cool factor”. Read more>>

Shubham Sanjay Shevade

Corporate America often struggles to fully integrate and leverage the talents of Indian storytellers due to a range of systemic issues and misconceptions. Firstly, Indian immigrants face challenges in employment and career advancement. Factors like the non-recognition of qualifications and experience, language barriers, and discrimination contribute to this difficulty. Read more>>

Ben-Jamin Toy

The sacred cows are about to start being slaughtered. Happy hours, bowling, escape rooms, and sporting events are not team building.The term team building has become a buzz from and catchall for any activity that a work team does together and that couldn’t be further from the truth. For something to be built there needs to be intention and design. Several items for “construction” need to be present. Read more>>

Brian Snow

In my industry, there’s a lot of information but it’s being misused and misrepresented. I’ve been a play-by-play announcer for 27 years (now in my 28th) and it just seems to me that some announcers are not wanting to deliver the best product to the fans. In my opinion this especially holds true with radio play by play which happens to be my specialty. I grew up with an announcer named Jim Durham and when he and Johnny Kerr called Chicago Bulls games they brought not only the energy, but they also called it like they saw it. Good points, bad points, and all. Read more>>

Elizabeth Mahusay

One of the areas where we get this wrong in Corporate America is being convinced that training and coaching should always emanate from within the organization. The thinking is that someone hired full-time by the company is best positioned to coach and train in alignment with the companies mission, vision, and values. And that is fair. The challenge is that in any organization, you don’t know what you don’t know and you can’t see what you can’t see. Someone operating within the organization can easily become subjectively focused on the issues at hand and unknowingly struggle to bring an objective view to any given growth opportunity.  Read more>>