Nearly all economic developers are now consumed with supporting workforce and talent development, seeking ways to grow and retain workers for increasingly talent-hungry employers. Yet, we all know the reality:
04-09-2025
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Back in 1989, Ray Oldenberg’s The Great Good Place popularized the concept of the “third place,” informal community gathering spaces that nurture community, civility, and connections. In contrast to the
26-08-2025
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Economic developers are typically focused on supporting economic growth, so we don’t often like to discuss the reality that many of our communities are actually shrinking, not growing. So, for
24-07-2025
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I'm starting to get very excited about the upcoming Manufacturing Momentum Summit to be held in Detroit from August 4-7th. This event, sponsored by Mantech (the Pentagon's manufacturing advocate), the
22-07-2025
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If you are seeking to learn more about economic development or pursuing the Certified Economic Developer credential, I encourage you to come join me and my friends at the University
15-07-2025
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My good friend and colleague, Mark White of the University of Illinois, has recently published an interesting analysis of self-employment trends across the US. A lot of economic developers neglect
30-06-2025
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Over the past year, we’ve worked on a few projects that examine the emergence of deep tech, a newish term that refers to firms and industries that are tackling major
16-06-2025
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It’s not too late to join us next week in Indianapolis at the 15th edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, hosted in the United States for the first time. Hosting
28-05-2025
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An interesting new report from SignalFire, a San Francisco-based venture investor, assesses the state of AI talent and offers some very useful insights. The SignalFire State of Tech Talent Report
22-05-2025
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