Why BRE is Important

By Jami Gibson Your community’s economic health is largely determined by its job creation. Economic development organizations focus on attracting new business to their area in order to create jobs and broaden the economic base. They also work with existing businesses...

The Future of Work and the Jobs It Creates

By Dean Whittaker While preparing to teach at the Economic Development Institute next week, I came across three very interesting TED and TEDx talks. The first TED talk I want to recommend is by an MIT economist, Andrew McAfee. He succinctly describes our current...

Make Your Community Stand Out

By Jami Gibson I feel like I learned a wealth of knowledge this month after hearing Roger Brooks present a webinar on community branding for the Pro Learning Lab. He always leaves his audience energized and ready for change! As an expert in his field, he not only...

Innovate of Die!

By Dean Whittaker “Innovate or die” seems to be the common mantra in business today. In the Internet age, products and services become commoditized at an astounding pace. Unless we continuously innovate our product or service we quickly find ourselves competing to be...

The Inevitable Grid

By Patrick Cisler While working on a recent project with companies in the Advanced Manufacturing industry I couldn’t help but learn about a fast emerging market, the “Smart Grid”. I was surprised at how many of these maturing companies I was working with that had many...