When I hear a company&amp;#8217;s executives say they want to &amp;#8220;increase value&amp;#8221; for their shareholders, I shudder. In many cases, the major individual shareholders of those companies are those executives. And &amp;#8220;increasing value&amp;#8221; often means cutting costs &amp;#8211; often through job cuts &amp;#8211; forcing the remaining workforce to produce more. Don&amp;#8217;t get me wrong, I [...]