by Brittany Ryzenga | Dec 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker So, what have we learned from this last trip around the sun? Here are my top five lessons from 2012. What were yours? 1. The Importance of Curiosity – the value of continuing to be curious: Having gone back to school to study Innovation Methodology... by Brittany Ryzenga | Feb 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker What 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? Hampton Road (Virginia Beach/Norfolk), Virginia, where 75% of their work is related to Department of... by Brittany Ryzenga | Jan 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker While 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... by Brittany Ryzenga | Jan 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker Have you ever wondered who the up-and-coming talents are in economic development? Developer Counsellors International has, and they conducted a contest last fall to find out…here’s the list. by Whittaker Associates | Mar 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
By Dean Whittaker Alan Greenspan’s book, The Age of Turbulence, has a prophetic title for current economic times. The book provides an interesting history of monetary policy in the United States, as well as a look into the future. In it he describes the Federal...