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16 The Necessary Reckoning of Corporate America

Terry Jackson

Dr. Terry Jackson is an Executive Advisor, Thought Leader, and Organizational Consultant. Terry is a Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, was recently chosen by Thinkers50 as one of the top 50 Leaders in Coaching, and was chosen by Thinkers360 as a thought leader in the Future of Work. Source: Jackson Consulting Group.

“There is a consciousness awakening and you cannot put it back in the box.”

– Rev. William J. Barber II, president of Repairers of the Breach

What kind of country sees Black Lives Matter as a radical idea and Black suffering and death as unremarkable?

The necessary Reckoning of Corporate America begins by challenging all our assumptions. There are no sacred cows here. Everything is subject to challenge. This is not done to destroy them but to bring them into the light to look at them. We need to see if our assumptions are effective tools, skills, and means in today’s reality, which will serve the purpose to which we must all dedicate our personal and collective power: that of recreating a commonly shared reality that provides a better quality of life for all members of the human race and paves the way for further and consistent development. It is based upon a recognition and celebration of the human spirit, something we all have in common.

We are at a pivotal time: a global pandemic and a multitude of social injustice issues. We are at the intersection of intellect and instinct. We need to be more human, ...