616-786-2500 Learning can sometimes be painful. One painful lesson I learned this month is that not everyone thinks the same as I do. It was one of those “duh” moments that sticks with us. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Dean Whittaker’
The Future is Now
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013Are You Solving the Right Problem?
Friday, March 29th, 2013It has been a busy month of learning for me. I concluded my year-long course in “Innovation Methodology” at the NewNorth Center for Design in Business by submitting my thesis on the use of a future scenario process to inform and engage education, governance, and business. (more…)
Recruiting Work as an Economic Development Strategy
Thursday, February 28th, 2013What if your assignment was to recruit work for the companies already in your community? How would you go about doing it? Where would you start? (more…)
Hackerspace…Got an Urge to Create?
Thursday, January 31st, 2013While attending the International Economic Development Leadership Summit last week, I heard a panel discussion regarding the concept of hackerspace, a community sponsored, physical space equipped with tools to make things, that is inhabited by local tinkerers of all ages (more…)
Congratulations to the Top 40 Under 40 Up-and-Coming Economic Developers!
Thursday, January 31st, 2013Have you ever wondered who the up-and-coming talents are in economic development? (more…)
Top Five – Looking Back at 2012 and Ahead to 2013
Friday, December 28th, 2012So, what have we learned from this last trip around the sun? Here are my top five lessons from 2012. (more…)
The Joy of Learning
Thursday, November 29th, 2012One of my greatest joys is learning. Perhaps, it is yours too. (more…)
About Learning ANYTHING
Thursday, November 29th, 2012One of the book recommendations this month is The 4-Hour Chef: Learning Anything by Timothy Ferriss. (more…)
End of the Year Clean Up
Thursday, November 29th, 2012The end of the year is a good time to clean out our closets or delete old files. (more…)
Trust, but Verify
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012We have all heard of “the cloud” when it comes to computing, but few of us fully appreciate the risk associated with it. (more…)
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