FADNESS: An opportunity Indiana can’t afford to waste
Our leaders in manufacturing, agriculture and distribution must pursue the internet-of-things economy.
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CORLEY: Reflect on Wells Fargo for a minute
You must go deep within an organization to assess the alignment of many management and leadership processes and systems that are maintained to form a consistent culture.
RICHARDSON: Go ahead: Talk politics in ‘polite company’
A hallmark of today’s workplace is that employees don’t check their personal selves at the door.
JARAMILLO: Preparing for the workplace of the future
To be successful, we must be hyper-responsive and in tune with our employees’ engagement and how it affects our business outcomes.
THOMPSON: Indy upping wages through collaboration
Average wages for Hoosiers have increased 25 percent since 2005, growing from $35,400 to $44,116. Meanwhile, personal income in Indiana had the 11th-fastest rate of growth between the first two quarters of this year.
MADDOX: Carrying the torch for generations of Hoosiers
Happy Birthday, Indiana. I was privileged to represent many generations of my extended family and have a small part in your 200th birthday party.
HOGSETT: Indy must prepare for higher-skill jobs
Georgetown University projects that, by 2020, 62 percent of Indiana jobs will require some form of post-secondary education. Unfortunately, today, only a little over 40 percent of our residents have that level of education. Unaddressed, misalignment will lead to growing income inequality and stagnate our economic growth.
KENNEDY: The elephant in the courtroom
Since Obama was elected, the Senate GOP has stubbornly resisted acting on the majority of Obama’s judicial nominees. According to the Federal Bar Association, vacancies in the district courts, where most federal judicial work gets done, are reaching crisis proportions: 65 seats on the district court bench and at least 90 vacancies throughout the Article III courts. That’s more than 10 percent of the federal judiciary.
HECK: Integrate art into all school subjects
The data is clear: Students with arts education perform better on standardized tests. According to The College Board, students with four-plus years of arts education score 104 points higher on the SAT.
NEILY: E-cig regulations will harm more than help
Available evidence provides a strong case for vaping as an alternative to smoking.
NALLI: Progress on mental health, but a ways to go
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately one in five U.S. adults—43.8 million people—experience mental illness in a given year.
SMITH: Reversing the poverty trend in Indianapolis
Today, more than one-third of Indianapolis children live in poverty, meaning our schools deal daily with the repercussions of kids coming to school hungry and living disorganized lives.
SMULYAN: Why culture matters
For any culture to flourish, there has to be mutual respect and a willingness to consider and debate any point of view.
HASLER: Indiana is lifting the future of flight
At the Purdue Research Foundation, we’re proud to be part of the statewide network that’s supporting the incredible growth in aerospace businesses we’re seeing today across Indiana.
HOLT: Freight railroads grow economy
Indiana is home to one of the largest rail infrastructures in the nation. Not only do freight railroads deliver the things we depend on each day, but they are also an economic development engine.
ROKITA: Feds to blame for ITT collapse
Neither ITT, nor any business, could bear the crushing weight of the decrees issued by unelected activists holed up in some of the federal bureaucracies that have taken over our lives, both corporately and individually.
BART PETERSON: Embracing the ‘connectivity economy’
To succeed in the 21st century, we need easy access—and we need to be easily accessible to—markets, ideas, capital and talent from coast to coast and around the world. Those are the four elements of the new connectivity economy.
MEREDITH: What makes public schools great?
The Every Student Succeeds Act enables states and school districts to tailor the federal law to meet the needs of their community, schools and kids.
HOGSETT & LAWS: Former GM plant is opportunity for city
Time is of the essence. We hope to complete a planning process by November, so RACER Trust can issue a call for offers and begin to vet prospects over the winter.
BATTISTA: Playing for the long term
I see transit as one of the least-risky bets I’ve made, in part because of the demographics playing in its favor.