The pressing issue nowadays in Michigan is the rising unemployment rate that seems unstoppable. Whenever there is news about a company going under or downsizing, the first reaction is that the unemployment rate is going up again. However, some of these jobs can be saved if they can be put in good hands.About four months ago, I came across a company called Taylor Systems Engineering (TSE) in Plymouth, Michigan. Its parent company, Red Roller, had filed for bankruptcy in Connecticut, which left TSE without much management structure for months. Employees were in despair and clients were confused. If the company had been liquidated to a company outside Michigan, jobs would have been lost or left Michigan. When I visited the company, my first impression was that even when the parent company was completely out of business, the employees at TSE were holding the company together on their own without any supervision. Everyone still came in to put in their best effort every day. I said to myself, “These are the kind of...

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