Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, addressed the Detroit Economic Club on February 7, 2019 and distinguished patriotism vs. nationalism. He explained nationalism creates first and second-class citizens based on ethnicity, religion, or national origin; while patriotism is about our values and understanding America’s imperfect history to work towards improving democracy and the American system.

Exponential technology change and global forces can quickly rattle any industry, reasons businesses must race toward innovation and transformation, said Jim Hannan, Executive Vice President of Koch Industries & CEO of Enterprises during his talk at February 26th’s DEC meeting.