As I sit down to write this month’s publisher’s note, I find myself once again grateful to be in a position to bring you news and information important to your decision-making as leaders in this channel.
I’m grateful to bring you excellent reporting on the very bold statements made by several channel executives about the social movements happening around us, as you will read in our cover story this month.
We are living during a special moment in time. There are accelerators (COVID-19, the gig economy, a search for principles and values) requiring us to think faster, formulate plans faster, make decisions faster, protect others who are dependent upon us. Therefore, we are required to respond to the needs of the people faster. The future will not replicate the past. Prudent leaders will realize what they do not know, have not studied, and bring teams together who bring forth the best of innovation, vision, ideas, research, facts, and new or old principles and values. Authentic leaders will invent the future…. Authentically.
-— John T. Fleming, Project Lead, Ultimate Gig
By: John Fleming
Publisher’s Note: I received this letter from John Fleming concerning our channel and the social unrest generated by George Floyd’s killing. I asked him if we could reprint the letter in its entirety so that more people could benefit from his insight and thoughts.
— Teresa Craighead, Publisher
John Fleming, DSA Hall of Fame, DSEF Circle of Honor
Dear Friends,
COVID-19 has changed the game and so will the resurrection of the social justice movement.
The direct selling model has been approaching an inflection point for more than a few years. We have never experienced a threat to the health and welfare of nations as we are experiencing today. Add to that the events of the past few weeks, during which we have seen an unprecedented global outcry for repairing social injustice, and one could easily say that these are indeed the most challenging of times.
John T. Fleming
Direct sellers must become a bigger part of the gig conversation
By John T. Fleming
John T. Fleming is a veteran direct selling industry leader, writer, executive and consultant. A member of the DSA Hall of Fame and DSEF Circle of Honor, he currently focuses on helping direct selling companies reposition their opportunity as a proven and attractive option in today’s gig economy. His first publication will be released in summer 2019, along with a book later this year.