2021 Innovation Issue: Creating the post-pandemic workplace
Just as happened at the beginning of the outbreak, managers and employees are once again navigating terra incognita, feeling their way toward a new workplace normal.
Sam Stall
Articles
Hybrid workers mean more ‘hoteling’ in offices
Given the revolution in staffing, it’s safe to say office redesigns will deal with two new normals—accommodating fewer full-time workers and making workspaces more resistant to the spread of disease.
Financing the pitch: Corporations pony up to help Indy land sports events
What’s in it for the individuals, organizations and companies that donate money to the efforts? Not typically tickets or advertising or big shout-outs. It’s civic pride more than anything else.
Baker takes leave from Women’s Fund to be March Madness ringmaster
Over the past few weeks, Jennifer Pope Baker has spent pretty much every waking moment overseeing Indy’s effort to host this year’s NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.
Gargantuan graphics put Indy’s Sport Graphics in the spotlight
Indianapolis-based Sport Graphics is best known for its record-setting NCAA Final Four creations and the massive banners it creates to festoon the exteriors and interiors of everything from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to Lucas Oil Stadium.
International students, workers see hope in Biden administration
For international students seeking degrees at Indiana universities and hoping either to gain employment with domestic firms or start their own U.S.-based companies, the next four years promise to be far less angst-ridden and uncertain than the previous.
IBJ’s influential person: Mickey Maurer
Maurer bought IBJ Media with a partner in 1990 with a goal of keeping the newspaper under local control. He also co-founded the National Bank of Indianapolis, served as Indiana secretary of commerce and had IU’s law school in Bloomington named in his honor.
Influential person: Clay Robbins
Robbins has helped guide the massive Lilly Endowment as it switched from funding numerous high-profile brick-and-mortar projects to strengthening central Indiana’s human capital.
Influential person: Brian Payne
Under Payne’s leadership, the CICF doubled its annual grant-making to more than $50 million. And the nature of those projects has evolved.
Influential person: Sam Jones
Jones headed the Indianapolis Urban league from 1966 to 2002, devoting himself to such issues as housing, health care, education and improving police and community relations
Influential person: Amos Brown
A longtime activist on behalf of minority communities and public education, Brown covered a lot of professional bases during his eclectic on-air career, which began in 1976.
Influential person: Dr. Lisa Harris
Harris has devoted her entire professional life to Wishard Hospital, which became Eskenazi Hospital, thanks in large part to her fundraising and organizing efforts.
Influential person: William H. Hudnut III
Hudnut served an unprecedented four terms as mayor of Indianapolis, racking up an impressive list of accomplishments. He hosted the city’s first NCAA Final Four, presided over the construction of the Hoosier Dome, and lured the Baltimore Colts to Indianapolis.
Influential person: David Harris
Harris spent five years as the mayor’s charter schools director, and in 2006, he co-founded The Mind Trust, which has developed 29 schools and 12 education not-for-profits.
Influential person: P.E. MacAllister
MacAllister ran mayoral campaigns for Richard Lugar and Bill Hudnut, founded the Indianapolis Parks Foundation, and, as a member of the Capital Improvement Board, played a vital role in developing the Hoosier Dome.
Influential person: John Thompson
Thompson serves as chairman and CEO of four Indianapolis companies, including First Electric Supply Co. and Thompson Distribution Co. But over the years, he has built an equally impressive resume for volunteer service and philanthropy.
Influential person: Bill Crawford
Crawford’s legislative accomplishments included co-authoring the Second Chance Act, which gave those with criminal records a path to rejoin society; creating the Low-Income Housing Trust Fund and the Minority Teachers Scholarship Fund; and supporting the drive to ban the execution of the mentally ill in Indiana. He died in 2015.
Influential people: Bob and Jim Irsay
Though the redevelopment of downtown was the work of many, it’s hard to argue that the single, most game-changing moment wasn’t the sudden arrival of the Colts from Baltimore in 1984.
Influential person: David Becker
Becker has launched five Inc. 500 tech companies during his career and served as the first chairman and a founding member of TechPoint.
Influential people: Herb and Mel Simon
The Simon brothers not only founded and ran the nation’s largest shopping mall company, they saved the Indiana Pacers by buying the franchise at a crucial moment and helped make Circle Centre mall a reality.