Category: Blog

  • November 6, 2017

    Leads

    Connecting people is a core competency of an economic developer. Where others see obstacles, the community leader sees…

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  • October 30, 2017

    Get Serious

    Are you really serious about solving your biggest problems as a community? That’s a great question I heard posed twice…

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  • October 23, 2017

    Preparing for the “Big Game”

    “Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you…

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  • October 16, 2017

    Economic Development Budgeting in an Uncertain World

    “Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art.” -Peter Drucker Allocating resources to execute your economic development strategy…

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  • October 9, 2017

    Rising

    “It’s stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the…

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  • October 2, 2017

    Manufacturing as an Innovation Strategy

    “It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?” -Henry David…

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  • September 25, 2017

    Riptides of Change

    “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” ​​-Stephen Hawking Jeffrey J. Selingo of the Washington Post recently…

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  • September 18, 2017

    In the New Midwest, All Good Things Are Possible

    “There is more latent value in the Midwest than anywhere else on earth.” -Andy Jenks, Partner, Drive Capital…

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  • September 11, 2017

    Undaunted

    “I think there are things that we can all do to build resilience in ourselves, but also to…

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