Ben Adida (VotingWorks executive director) — 'a critically important book for anyone who wants to do good in the world'

Ben Adida — Executive Director of VotingWorks, the leading open-source election-technology nonprofit — works through Incorruptible mid-read on LinkedIn and reframes the book as a permission slip for people who think 'company' and 'profit' have to mean 'evil.' He lands on the structural point: it isn't new, the examples are old, and that's exactly why it works.

“So I'm two-thirds through Eric Ries's "Incorruptible", and, no exaggeration, this is a critically important book for anyone who wants to do good in the world – which I know is most of you. "But Ben," you might ask, "Eric is talking about companies, what does that have to do with doing good?" That's the whole point. Eric puts together a picture of how companies can be built for the long term to benefit human flourishing. With dozens of compelling examples and recipes, he identifies the systems at work that cause companies to lose their focus and their mission. And he explains how to build different systems that can permanently orient companies towards the public good.” — Ben Adida on LinkedIn