LOPRESTI: Even for sports legends (except Vinatieri), the years roll on
In our minds these celebrities are frozen in youth, but the calendar says otherwise.
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BOHANON & STYRING: Turn clock way back to pre-tech economy
A modest proposal: Pass a law outlawing everything patented after 1900. Think of the marvelous effects the law would have on supply and demand almost overnight.
Speedway deserves better
It is obvious that Anthony Schoettle is not a fan of nor well informed about the Indianapolis Motor Speedway [Elements in place to keep IMS under family ownership, May 23]. Tony Hulman bought the Speedway from Eddie Rickenbacker, not Wilbur Shaw. Hulman’s “tax avoiding maneuver” was as legal and ethical as writing-off interest on a home […]
Art groups deserve fair spot
I was so disappointed to see the exclusion of the many arts organizations that count on the Broad Ripple Art Fair to spread the word about what is going on in Indy [Broad Ripple Art Fair—sans cultural organization booths—booms, IBJ.com, May 26]. It would seem that the Art Center would lend a hand to other […]
IBJ’s Innovation Issue misses the mark
You have taken years to perfect your publication—putting together columnists and articles on a weekly basis that your readers want and need to read. I look forward to reading my IBJ every weekend. And then for some unknown reason, you throw all of that good work away and put out an issue like this week’s [Innovation […]
GUY: The only thing we fear is …
Cognitive bias has an outsized effect. It causes humans to take action when no action is indicated. It prompts a healthy person to seek major medical review when a neighbor has a heart attack, and sheriffs to create barely relevant strategies of personal defense.
KENNEDY: Is Indy a grown-up city—finally?
If all goes well, Indianapolis voters will go to the polls in November, authorize a modest tax, and join the 21st century.
MAURER: Steve Russell was brilliant, unforgettable
Patron of the arts, founder of Celadon, and a soft touch for community causes.
EDITORIAL: Race officials can’t let up
It’s important to many inside and outside of racing, and to the Indianapolis economy, that the team in charge not let up in seeking the broad audience the Indianapolis 500 deserves.
DINING: Chef Alan Sternberg’s Maple Leaf Duck Breast
Rising Star chef Alan Sternberg dissects a favorite Cerulean dish
LOPRESTI: Hinkle Fieldhouse innovative when it was built—and today
The arched steel trusses enabled the roof to cover a couple of acres without the need for beams, providing the vast and wide open spaces inside that would give the gazillion visitors to come in future years the sensation they had wandered into something that was part-gymnasium, part-national park.
LOU’S VIEWS: Zack Neiditch and Zach Rosing playfully tweak local theater
The duo has built a reputation as innovative independent producers and a go-to, work-for-hire team that actors hunger to work with.
BRENNER: How to innovate in a century-old medium
The growth of pure-play streaming providers disrupts our business on a daily basis. This is the wrong time for broadcast radio to believe its position will go unchallenged.
BOHANON & STYRING: Uber is a model for new workplace
The workplace of the future will not be a specific location. It will more and more be wherever people find ways to temporarily interact.
SKARBECK: Blockchain might remake payment system
Originally developed as the record-keeping technology behind the digital currency bitcoin, blockchain’s open-ledger system is predicted to transform finance and many other industries.
WILLIAMS: How to make your firm truly innovative
One of the biggest barriers to innovation is aversion to risk. This starts at the top. Nothing stops innovation faster than the executive kill card.
BROWN: Don’t stand still as change whizzes by
Embracing change and disrupting yourself isn’t easy, and sometimes it’s not much fun. But it may be better to try to ride the tsunami than to outrun it.
ANING: Leveraging diversity to fuel innovation
If a team is homogenous, its members will more likely arrive at similar conclusions in thought. Conversely, dissenting opinions lead groups to look at problems and evaluate solutions differently.
JONES: ChaCha was a great idea that ran out of money
I still believe my decade-old vision is sturdy and world-changing, because even the best computers and algorithms are still able to answer only about 60 percent of the random questions asked by on-the-go people, doing real life.
RAY: Let’s close the gap for women in tech
The root of the problem is the lack of computer science education in our schools.