Each month I try to share something I learned. This month the lesson came from a project I have been close to for years. In 2022, Holland voters approved a bond of up to $30 million, repaid through a millage, to run fiber past every address in the city. I helped make...
What does it look like when a career becomes a calling? For Ron Kitchens, Managing Partner and CEO of Greater St. Louis Inc., the answer has been a 30-year journey of turning economic potential into human possibility. I recently had the privilege of sitting down with...
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...
AI for Seniors: A Pilot Program In the rush to educate business leaders, government officials, educators, and entrepreneurs about artificial intelligence, one important group is often overlooked: senior citizens. You know the group. We gather at senior centers not...
Does reading matter? Of course it does. For me, it’s been a lifelong companion. As a kid, I wandered into the Earlville Public Library and found a world I didn’t even know existed. That place was full of wonders—old artifacts, novels (especially science fiction), and...
