With news that Detroit's unemployment rate may now be nearing 50%, I hope this will provide an opportunity for reflection.
Simply, how did this happen? If Detroit were a deceased party on the coroner's cold slab, what would the examination reveal?
What confluence of decisions taken and not taken on the ground in this city, combined with events outside of local control, created this debacle?
What was it about the culture of Detroit, the assumptions everyone lived with, that created such tragedy?
Time Magazine made an attempt of sorts in March of this year, with the unemployment rated listed at 13%.
Are we replicating those conditions in other parts of the country? In our own neck of the woods? In our own businesses and families?
This is no time to gloat. It is a time to ponder the past, the present, and the future.
It is time to look in the mirror, all of us, one person at a time, to learn from this tragedy.
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