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As regular readers of this blog know, I can get going on a good rant over the near absence of any kind of economic transition support for displaced workers in
One of the unintended consequences of the Trump Administration’s horrific “skinny budget” plan is that it has prompted some deep media and think tank dives into understanding the many benefits
An interesting new article in Strategy+Business examines another potential downside of the gig economy.  It seems that many business sectors operate with business models that are not well suited to
If you plan on attending next week’s National Association of Workforce Boards conference, I hope to see you here in Washington DC.   I’ll be participating in the entire event and
This is late notice, but I encourage you to sign up for a webinar later today on the topic of building entrepreneurial ecosystems in small and rural communities.  I'll be
I've got a new article on the the economic transition in America's coal regions in the latest issue (Winter 2017) of the International Economic Development Council's Economic Development Journal.   The article
If you want to learn the latest and greatest about what’s happening in the world of entrepreneurship, you still have time to book your flight to Johannesburg, South Africa for
This blog post summarizes a few recent research reports that contain some interesting findings (to me, at least) but have not received a lot of coverage in the more popular
Work took me to West Virginia yesterday, and along the way, I was introduced to a great website, Try This West Virginia, that has been running for about a year
The latest issue of our quarterly e-newsletter, EntreWorks Insights, is now available.  You can access it here and subscribe here.   This issue assesses what might--and what should--happen with manufacturing