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Lesley Weidenbener: Innovation Issue is a group effort
IBJ published its first Innovation Issue in 2015 and since then issues have focused on artificial intelligence, the internet of things, design thinking, blockchain and energy.
Nate Feltman: Creating the Bill Oesterle Courage in Business Award
Bill built businesses and courageously fought for a more prosperous Indiana. In his honor, IBJ is creating an award to honor those that follow Bill’s example.
Lesley Weidenbener: Meet Terry, the staffer who makes Fast 25 happen
If your company or organization has ever appeared on any of IBJ’s 70-plus lists (think Largest Accounting Firms, Largest Employment Agencies or Most Difficult Area Golf Courses), you have Terry to thank for the list being published at all!
Mickey Maurer: ChatGPT and the last passenger pigeon
Although, the app has been available less than a year, it has garnered more than 100 million users, making it the fastest growing consumer application of all time.
Olivia Covington: Advice we’d give our younger selves
Getting to meet our Leadership in Law honorees every year for their video shoots is truly one of my favorite parts of my job. It’s fun and inspiring to hear from lawyers of all facets of the law and all steps of the proverbial ladder.
Nate Feltman: Indiana is on a winning streak
Brad Chambers envisions a Hoosier research triangle similar to North Carolina’s that spans West Lafayette, Indianapolis and Bloomington and capitalizes on the talent and assets our research universities provide for the industries of the future
Lesley Weidenbener: Tell us whom to name to the Indiana 250
Our goal is to choose 250 people who are influential in Indiana right now. This year. Not over the past 25 years. Not for the next 25 years. But Hoosiers who are making a difference in their local communities, in the state or in the nation in this moment.
Nate Feltman: Indiana’s GOP supermajority is not to blame
One common trait shared by all the top job markets in the nation is that they are in states where Republicans control the Legislature.
Lesley Weidenbener: Lopresti, Shella set for Journalism Hall of Fame
Two of my IBJ colleagues (or in one case, a former colleague) are headed to the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Congratulations to Mike Lopresti and Jim Shella.
Lesley Weidenbener: Readers share differing views of IBJ’s downtown stories
These readers’ concerns about our coverage are worth thinking about. We don’t always get everything right. But I can assure you that our intent was sincere.
Nate Feltman: Next round of leaders must drive change
There likely has never been more turnover in top city and state jobs in such a short time.
Lesley Weidenbener: Doubt can serve as motivation
Insecurity and humility might just make us better at our jobs.
Nate Feltman: Your feedback matters at IBJ Media
It might not always be obvious, but in the media business, we like when communication goes both ways.
Lesley Weidenbener: High marks for food, not so for cleanliness
IBJ received nearly 2,000 responses to a survey asking questions about downtown. The results aren’t scientific but they are interesting.
Nate Feltman: IUPUI split will be key to downtown’s future
As state and city leaders grapple with reinvigorating downtown and contemplate the future economic drivers for the region, arguably nothing holds more promise than the further activation of two of the state’s most powerful research engines.
Lesley Weidenbener: Not an IBJ honoree? You didn’t lose.
About 260 people were nominated for Forty Under 40 this year. That means the judges could pick only about 15% of the nominees.
Mickey Maurer: Attack on Mitch Daniels was vicious, misleading
The offensive ad was an attempt to intimidate Daniels from running for national office under the perception that the strategy worked when Daniels was considering a run for president in 2012.
Nate Feltman: A renaissance coming or trouble ahead?
There is a growing concern that downtown’s appeal and vibrancy is waning and that something must be done.
Lesley Weidenbener: A rethink prompts changes to Fast 25
The rules for Fast 25 were simply too narrow and unnecessarily excluding some of the region’s most promising companies.