Charity Fund Raising Most of the time I write in this space about putting artificial intelligence to work in economic development, targeting industries, building lead lists, and sharpening our research. But the same tools that help us serve our clients can serve our...
AI for Seniors: An Overlooked Opportunity Worth a Closer Look Economic developers spend a lot of time thinking about workforce development, business attraction, and community infrastructure. Here is a population that rarely makes it onto those agendas, even though the...
On Not Being Redundant What happens when you learn that you are redundant and that AI can do all that you have done and does it better, faster and cheaper? Time to pivot. Where, how and when does one add value? Fortunately, us humanoids still need connection. It...
The World Before and After AGI: Are We Ready? Something is coming that will change nearly everything and most of us are going about our days as if it isn’t. Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, is the point at which a machine can reason, learn, and solve...
Building in Economic Development AI “Fallout Shelter” In eighth grade, I built a fallout shelter in my parents’ basement. (Yes, I really did.) I stockpiled my mom’s canned peaches and tomatoes and felt strangely proud of the 30 gallons of “drinkable water”...
