When Good Is No Longer Good Enough

What is it about?

More than 50 years after the Civil Rights Bill banned racial segregation in the workplace, people with disabilities continue to face a culture that largely accepts their segregation and discrimination as a matter of course. Many organizations are challenged by the status quo today: Isn’t providing employment services to people with disabilities the way we always have good enough? The answer: Absolutely not! Jim Collins (2001) proposes that good is the enemy of great. Fortunately, moving from good to great is not a function of circumstance; it doesn’t take a revolutionary process. “Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice” (Collins, 2001, p. 11). Making a commitment to community-based services and Employment First practices is also a matter of choice and discipline.

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Why is it important?

This article will explore the principles of Good to Great and apply them to the transition from traditional day services to community-based employment services. Making a cultural change from good to great requires a lot of effort, but everyone should have the opportunity to have a great, meaningful life, and meaningful work.