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The Value of Trust Deposits

By Ken Makovsky, Contributor Public relationships share something in common with hard assets:  they have currency, just like money in a bank.  Specifically, they create what I call “trust deposits.”  When companies engage in actions and behaviors that nurture strong public relationships with all their key constituents, and they do that in a consistent manner, they are building trust reserves not unlike bank deposits, which they can redeem when hard times come. …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest

Here Are Great Notes On The Pink Police State, The Future Government In The 21st Century

By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Contributor

Public intellectual (and fellow Forbes contributor) James Poulos comes up with many concepts, and one of the most fruitful is the idea of the pink police state: that we are evolving towards a future where governments will grow both more authoritarian and more permissive in terms of mores, “buying” public acceptance for authoritarianism with hedonism. …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest