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DOUGLAS: Regulate the raters, but not too much
January 16, 2010
Chris DouglasIn Washington, the Senate Banking Committee is considering far-reaching legislation regulating the financial services
industry in the wake of the recent and ongoing crisis. This legislation will dramatically change the relationship between
the federal government and some of our financial institutions.
MoreMORTON: Colts' decision was all business
January 9, 2010
David B. MortonThe Indianapolis Colts’ decision to pull the plug on a potential undefeated season was made for one reason: “What
must we do to win Super Bowl XLIV in Miami on Feb. 7?”
MoreRYAN: Recession could prompt tax reform
January 2, 2010
Earl RyanA new study by the National Conference of State Legislatures shows that states have narrowed
a collective budget gap by $145.9 billion in the fiscal year that began July 1, only to be faced with another $28.2 billion
gap for the remainder of the fiscal year. And fiscal 2011 and 2012 are equally bleak.
MoreSLAUGHTER: Imagine a world without deadlines
December 26, 2009
Robby SlaughterThe
reason we have deadlines is that they act as inflection points in the hierarchy of work. Each phase of work has a deadline:
an opportunity for failure and rejection.
MorePAYNE: How we can improve our 'talent dividend'
December 19, 2009
Brian PayneWe Hoosiers are starting to treat education with a sense of urgency and as something
worth achieving. This response to our city’s, state’s and country’s education crisis is reassuring, because
the
stakes couldn’t be higher.
MoreGUY: Ethical collapses offer many lessons
December 12, 2009
John Guy“The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse,” by Marianne M. Jennings, caused me to wonder whether investors
could have avoided various corporate disasters in Indiana.
MoreWIEGAND: School competition good for community
December 5, 2009
Kurt WiegandIt’s vitally important to have innovative, competitive and successful
school options available to attract and retain middle-class families in the neighborhoods.
MoreRHODES: Volunteering offers huge payback
November 28, 2009
Theresa Farrington RhodesOn any given day in Indianapolis, hundreds of people will volunteer their time tutoring children, stocking food pantry
shelves, raising funds and providing leadership for not-for-profit organizations that are making a difference in our community.
MoreFELDMANN: Put customer interest before revenue
November 21, 2009
Derrick FeldmannUnderstanding the customer and his or her motivation is priceless, but it’s
old-school and just half of the solution. The other half, making it easy
for the customer to engage, is what sets growing organizations apart from stagnant ones.
MoreSHABAZZ: Thank you for choosing to smoke, or not
November 14, 2009
Abdul-Hakim ShabazzAnti-smoking advocates like to push the image of servers forced to work in a smoke-filled bar because they have no choice.
Sorry my friends, in real life the facts tend to lead otherwise.
MoreGROSSMAN: Just what are 'green jobs,' anyway?
November 7, 2009
Peter Z. GrossmanIndiana officials appear to be working hard to get our share of the 5 million “green jobs” President
Obama says he’ll create. Sounds like a good idea, except for one problem: No one can really say just what
a green job is.
MoreHENDERSON: Airport terminal, one long year later
October 31, 2009
Tom HendersonAs an all-too-frequent flier, I’ve had a chance to get the full-love experience of the new airport terminal numerous
times in its first year. The summary is that it’s both tolerable, and I have no choice.
MoreJOSEPH: Will new rules end blog pay for play?
October 24, 2009
Hannah Kaufman JosephThis month, the Federal Trade Commission announced new rules
aimed at increasing transparency in social media advertising. Starting Dec. 1, bloggers and other users of social media tools,
such as Twitter and Facebook, must disclose if they have received any type of payment in exchange for promotion, advertising
or endorsement.
MoreWIEGAND: Does Indianapolis suffer from 'economic apartheid'?
October 17, 2009
Kurt WiegandI see Mayor Greg Ballard’s plan to demolish abandoned homes as a sign of failure, an acknowledgment
that our leaders—those whom we elected, business leaders, policy people, and leaders of not-for-profits—have failed
us, much in the same way leaders dramatically failed the auto companies, investment banks and mortgage companies.
MoreROOB: Math proficiency a must for work force
October 10, 2009
Mitch Roob / Special to IBJThe recent slump in the domestic auto industry reminds us of the importance of innovation and creating something that will
be attractive to the consumer tomorrow. Companies that don’t foresee and adapt to the changing needs of their consumers
ultimately fail.
MoreHUDNUT: In appreciation of Mel Simon
October 3, 2009
Bill HudnutI happened to be in Indianapolis the week before Mel Simon passed away on Sept. 16, and talked with his secretary
about visiting him briefly, because I knew he was very ill. But he was too ill to see me.
MoreFAENZI: Can Kindle and books co-exist?
September 26, 2009
Carol FaenziWhile on a long flight recently, I noticed that the woman sitting next to me was using a “Kindle,” the e-book
device that allows one to download books and click through pages. I mourn the fading away of the tangible,
the sensual—books, newspapers, letters.
MoreSLAUGHTER: Learn how to say 'no' at work
September 19, 2009
Robby SlaughterWhether we
do so out of fear, greed or a sense of duty, relentlessly volunteering for more work is one of the worst choices we can make
at the office.
MoreMUELLER: Women, Wall Street and financial crises
September 12, 2009
Shirley M. MuellerAlthough women now make up 60 percent of the work force, they occupy only 20 percent of executive positions. There are even
fewer in finance, especially the high-risk areas like hedge funds. This may be one important reason we are in our
economic chaos.
MoreZEIGLER: Downtown deserves better design
September 5, 2009
Connie ZeiglerDowntown Indianapolis has a housing problem. I am not referring to the abandoned and foreclosed homes that blight many of
our neighborhoods. This is a problem of new, prominent construction projects that are out of place in our built environment.
MoreBARADA: What's wrong with this picture?
August 29, 2009
Paul W. BaradaThere are some pretty basic things out of whack in our society. Not too long ago, a local newspaper reported that a union
member from an area General Motors Corp. plant, with a job title of something like “assistant tool room organizer,”
was being paid in the high $20-per-hour range, not counting benefits. The only requirement for the job—maybe a high
school diploma.
MoreKANNING: Is our nation following in GM's footsteps?
August 24, 2009
Flawed decisions destroy organizations, not company size or lack thereof.
MoreJOSEPH: Don't repeat Marsh's mistake
August 17, 2009
Marsh Supermarkets quickly realized it could not honor the flood of redemptions of the $10 coupon it recently offered to its
Facebook friends.
MoreKOVACS: Time is now for health care reform
August 10, 2009
One of the biggest challenges facing our nation is health care reform. Despite development of the most innovative and significant
advances in medical treatment, our ability as health care professionals to provide high-quality, cost-effective and continual
patient care too often falls by the wayside as a result of misalignments in our health care system.
MoreGARNER: Urban redevelopment requires dialogue
August 3, 2009
Sanford GarnerLater this summer, architects, urban planners, economists and hydrologists from around the city and around the nation will
come to Indianapolis to begin planning for the redevelopment of the area near 22nd Street and the Monon Trail. Known
as the American Institute of Architects Sustainable Design Assessment Team, it will work with neighborhood organizations
and city leaders to develop a renewal plan to turn this blighted area into a thriving neighborhood.
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Irvington is up and coming much like Fountain Square. We would love to have something like this in our neighborhood!
Why do we care who has submitted proposals if we can't review the proposals? It's publicly owned land, but the public has zero say in what gets chosen to be built there. Yep, that sounds about right.
Perhaps May 21 is "Evangelical Day" over at the IBJ?
I don't know what's more depressing: that this passes for a defensible elective in a publicly funded SCIENCE class, or that more than half of the posters here are defending this charlatan. Intelligent design is creationism. Creationism is religion. Yes, we have freedom of religion, which deserves to be protected. Now someone kindly show Professor Hedin his freedom by escorting him over to the Religion department at BSU. Carry on.
I hope people realize that the 'vocal' opposition at the meeting represent the minority of people against this project. As with any controversial project - those who don't want it are the loudest, while those who like it or really don't care one way or the other don't come to such meetings. Unfortunately the same may be true of the survey now being offered by the BRVA. I live less than a 5 minute walk from BR Avenue and can tell you that I and most of my neighbors are support this exciting project, or are ambivalent. And how great that it includes quality apartments - something that BR sorely lacks. This is a first class opportunity that we should embrace (and no, I'm not with the BRVA or the developer.) As for the fellow who owns the Good Earth store, if he doesn't want competition then let him pull together his own investors and out bid Whole Foods to operate the proposed grocery component! Come on folks - let's move ahead.