OESTERLE: Indiana must recruit—yes, recruit—talented natives to come home
Indiana should differentiate itself by becoming the most aggressive talent recruitment-and-retention state in America. Think Alabama football, but on a bigger scale.
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DINING: Working in a chef’s playground
Rather than building a test kitchen that would never in itself generate income, Cunningham Restaurant Group decided to build Vida, a real restaurant where chefs experiment.
Danville firm grows as other states embrace controversial chemical cremation method
Bio-Response Solution’s flagship product liquefies human corpses, turning muscle, flesh and fat into a coffee-colored effluent that can be swirled down the drain.
LOPRESTI: Not your father’s training room
Want to see innovations? Turn your ankle as a college athlete. Or, for that matter, get with the program of trying to prevent turning your ankle.
Indy looks to data to find ‘smart’ answers to big problems
The city is using data to try to predict crime before it happens and solve problems with food deserts and prevent water main breaks.
FIDDIAN-GREEN & KLOTH: Training more addiction specialists will have life-saving consequences
Indiana ranks 44th nationwide in the capacity to meet the medication-assisted treatment needs of our population.
State using big data to attack opioid epidemic
Indiana’s Management Performance Hub is organizing and analyzing data to help state agencies make better decisions about fighting the opioid scourge and other systemic problems.
Brown calls genomics startup ‘riskiest thing I’ve ever done’
LifeOmic is seeking to help doctors provide more precise treatments for patients by sequencing their DNA.
Butler prof gets out of classroom, puts theories to test on food issues
Stephanie Fernhaber is using a trendy creative strategy called “design thinking” to crack a problem that could be made worse as Marsh Supermarkets continues to shed locations.
Professionals say you can learn creativity—and bosses can inspire it
An architect, a museum designer, a professor and others offer their advice. The keys, they say, are creating the right environment and keeping an open mind.
ALNEY: Social intelligence deserves seat at business-development table
When organizations tap into the social web to gain information about their audience, and leverage social channels to engage with prospects, it becomes easier to present a trustworthy, knowledge-based solution.
Indy boasts innovations others could copy
It’s tough to look at your own community and figure out what it’s doing that no one else is. But IBJ gave it a shot. Here are four things other cities could copy from us.
Innovative ideas from across the country we could copy
A struggling mall turned into a co-working space? An auction that connects startups with C-level execs? Inmates-turned-entrepreneurs? Check out programs and projects in other cities that have garnered national attention and could prompt discussions locally.
GARG: The so-called internet of things is not actually about ‘things’
The internet of things isn’t about making your toaster self-aware, it’s about making you more aware.
Engineers use shipping containers for new spin on ancient practice of hydroponics
Greenfield-based Rubicon Agriculture turns discarded shipping containers into self-contained, fully enclosed hydroponics units that cost less than $100,000.
The quest to make Indiana an IoT hub
Business leaders and public officials say Indiana can turn its manufacturing base into an even bigger advantage by harnessing the power of the internet of things.
Duo disrupts Indy’s live music scene with web of related companies
Josh Baker and Craig “Dodge” Lile are considered among the most influential movers, shakers and tastemakers in the Indianapolis arts and culture community.
DINING: Chef Alan Sternberg’s Maple Leaf Duck Breast
Rising Star chef Alan Sternberg dissects a favorite Cerulean dish
IMS Productions races beyond motorsports
The company created to broadcast the Indy 500 is using innovations to diversify its customer base and fuel double-digit percentage growth.
Medical firms, universities drive increase in Indiana patents
Indiana inventors secured 30 percent more patents in 2015 than they did four years earlier.
And at more than 2,000, last year’s number is double the patents granted to Hoosiers in 2008, a low point for patents in the past two decades.