Mark Caswell: Generalists and specialists: Why we need both
Eventually, the business scales to the point where no single person can see everything happening (even the CEO), let alone be involved in it all. And a shift happens.
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Peter Dunn: Financial stability allows for risk-taking, dream chasing
Personally, my top three career accomplishments have nothing to do with money.
Jim Merritt: Fighting crime is boring and complex … read on
About all anyone can agree on is, we have a “broken system” that is failing Hoosiers. Some don’t trust it to keep violent criminals off the streets; others don’t trust it to treat people fairly if they are arrested.
Woodrow Wilcox: Simple steps can boost film, TV production in Indiana
It is more realistic to start with small incentives and changes to laws to help Indiana’s homegrown production people and companies.
Letter: Bills will harm public school
House Bill 1134 would have the effect of limiting frank discussions of racism and history and set up roadblocks to providing mental health support for students.
Editorial: Esports is a tourism strategy worth exploring, pursuing
The esports events that have landed in Indianapolis aren’t equal in scale to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four or a Super Bowl. But many of them can be equivalent to the hundreds of smaller events hosted in central Indiana throughout the year.
Lesley Weidenbener: Here’s one small idea for Circle Centre Mall
Let’s create a place where downtown visitors can get a sampling of what the city’s museums have to offer—and then, if those visitors are interested in seeing more at any one museum, we help them get there.
Mike Lopresti: Can Chesterton break Indy-area championship juggernaut?
Memories. Chesterton is certainly stacking those up this season.
Mickey Kim: Sudden-death aversion leads to “suboptimal” choices
The process-oriented coach or investor takes the action with the highest chance of success.
Nate Feltman: Give me great leaders or I’ll settle for gridlock
Bashing the other side might feel good in the moment and move some people your way, but some of America’s strongest moments and progress have come when leaders have been unified and have brought along moderates from across the aisle.
Danny Lopez: Business must take steps to help close achievement gap
Indiana needs a collective moonshot moment on education to evolve to a truly employer-informed model.
Patrick McGrath: An open letter to a bill that threatens my education
By ignoring critical issues such as slavery or Native American removal or by remaining unbiased on issues surrounding the “isms,” we effectively create a future filled with individuals uninformed about the horrors of prejudice.
Letter: React cautiously to inflation
Our industries are much more concentrated and unions much weaker than the last time we had significant inflation.
Letter: Ridiculous to say vaccines don’t work
We have a global pandemic. We have several very effective vaccines.
Mike Lopresti: Former IU coach reflects on journey to national championship
It is 20 years now since Indiana showed up in the national championship game.
Editorial: As public university, IU board must follow Open Door Law
After months of ever-changing explanations from IU as to how its under-the-radar approval of a contract extension could have complied with the law, Indiana’s public access counselor appropriately and firmly concluded that it didn’t.
Bohanon & Curott: Policymakers now need to rein in economic stimulus
The best way to assess how our policymakers have performed is by gauging how well they have kept the dollar value of income in the economy—what economists call nominal gross domestic product (NGDP)—growing on its expected path.
Michael Blickman: Tread carefully with workplace relationships
Published surveys on workplace relationships report that more than 50% of business professionals have participated in a workplace romantic relationship, and that more than 15% met their spouse or partner at work.
Editorial: Circle Centre owners should be bold in reimagining mall
While the design groups chosen by Circle Centre Development are preparing their ideas, we want you to give us yours. Go to ibj.com/circle-centre-ideas to share your thoughts.
Lesley Weidenbener: Looking back over IBJ’s 2021 coverage
More investigative and enterprise journalism is on the list of what we’d like to do more of this year, and we are strategizing ways to make that happen without sacrificing the daily news you expect from us.