JONES: Is computer literacy required for innovation?
In driving today’s innovations, we sometimes take for granted that computers are woven into just about every aspect of our personal lives and businesses.
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CHRISTIAN: How are innovative mind-sets created?
Countless examples of business successes are the by-product of mistakes, blunders and miscalculations.
BAGGOTT: Which innovation does agriculture need most?
The reality is that food and agriculture present us with a greater opportunity for entrepreneurship and wealth creation than the Internet did back in 2000.
PELLEGRINO: Where do entrepreneurs go wrong when innovation is a core value?
The optimism bias creates a common expectation and perception of innovation value versus real value.
Pence works hard to attract new jobs
Pence’s leadership and hands-on approach in securing jobs for Hoosiers hasn’t been limited to just domestic success.
COOK: Don’t hamstring development incentives
Is the Legislature doing enough to fund Skills Enhancement Fund and EDGE? The answer, in big bold letters, is no.
KENNEDY: Change impatiently confronts government
Innovations typically introduce new ways of doing things we’re already doing—we Google that question rather than consult a reference book, or we socialize via Facebook rather than face-to-face.
MORRIS: Innovation in news media
The Washington Post is today’s biggest laboratory for how our business will operate in the future.
EDITORIAL: Innovation happens in diverse places
The city has a chance to once again become known for innovation. But only if it can avoid serious missteps like the one we saw earlier this year with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
CHAMPION OF INNOVATION: Curator takes risks at IMA
Scott Stulen admits much of what he’s doing as the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s first curator of audience experiences and performance isn’t what people expect from a cultural museum.
SKARBECK: Robo-advisers might alter investment landscape
Startup firms like Betterment, Wealthfront, Hedgeable, TradeKing Core and Motif Horizon have been joined by industry giants Vanguard, Schwab and Fidelity in offering platforms that provide low-cost, algorithm-based portfolio management run on computers.
BOHANON & STYRING: ‘Creative destruction’ blows a powerful gale
Innovation is capitalism. Only under capitalism does innovation flourish.
LOPRESTI: Hoosier innovations show up in sports, too
This is not where you come to find such groundbreaking inventions as the lightbulb, or combustion engine, or Sleep Number mattress. But the universe changes at the ballpark, too, and Indiana has midwifed its share of innovations.
Autism dilemma needs more attention
The dilemma featured in J.K. Wall’s April 25 article “Parents of autistic children gird for showdown with Anthem” is one we are likely to hear about more as the prevalence of autism increases much faster than our understanding of its causes.
Indiana brand at crossroads
What’s wrong with just being the “Crossroads of America,” something we’ve been and something we seemingly have been trying to avoid being for quite long enough?
DINING: Local pancake house chain delivers them fluffy and hot
Yes, I’ve driven past them many times. But only recently did I learn that the Flap-Jacks Pancake houses that dot central Indiana are a locally owned operation.
LOU’S VIEWS: Chamber Orchestra’s live disc highlights the new
It’s a celebration of the sound Maestro Trevor helped create. At the same time, it looks ahead, with a focus entirely on 21st-century compositions.
MASON: IPS should support talented teachers
Last year in April, I was mistakenly “fired.” I was in my third year of teaching at Harshman Magnet Middle School in Indianapolis Public Schools. My name appeared on a list sent out in error, releasing teachers based on the old “last in, first out” practice.
RUSTHOVEN: Everyone stop picking on the Clintons
It’s time we took some pity on the sadly misunderstood Clintons.
MAURER: Time for Indiana to sing a new song
Enough hand-wringing about the state’s problems. Let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work.