SHEILA KENNEDY: Why are we blind to shades of gray?
The issue isn’t regulation or no regulation—it’s the necessity and appropriateness of particular regulatory efforts.
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Chris Watts: John McCain, Bob Dole and the soul of Indiana’s GOP
John McCain and Bob Dole both put national interest over political expediency: country first, to crib McCain’s 2008 slogan. If we defined a “Dole/McCain Republican,” he or she would be a traditional conservative with a streak of pragmatism, a willingness to compromise and an appreciation for bipartisanship.
Mark Janis & Norman Hedges: We’re your patent lawyers—so fire us, please
When we lose clients, it means they have become successful enough to pay for legal services on their own.
Susan Marshall: The time is now for female founders in the tech industry
When you show how you’ll make money, your gender doesn’t matter. Demonstrate that your business is scaleable and will provide a healthy return, and venture capitalists will be interested.
Paul Halverson & Shawn Smith: Solving Indiana’s substance use crisis starts at school
Evidence-based programming in schools is one critical aspect of a comprehensive response by our city and state.
John McKenzie: Consumers lose if banks win with attacks on credit unions
Raising taxes on credit unions would effectively be increasing taxes on the more than 2 million consumers in Indiana who belong to them.
Tariq Al-Nasir: Why STEM could be the answer to childhood poverty
Now is the perfect time to turn our gaze toward the future and invest in one of the nation’s most undervalued resources, children who are born and grow up at or below poverty guidelines. For the state of Indiana, that is $25,100 for a family of four.
John Babione: Your company’s first step for managing data privacy
A privacy assessment generally entails a privacy professional’s assessing an organization’s data, including the risks and vulnerabilities related to the company’s collection, storage, handling and disposal of data.
JJ Thompson: How the Israelis hacked startup ecosystems
Despite having a land mass smaller than New Jersey, Israel leads the international community in startups and venture capital per capita.
Sheila Kennedy: Why is it so hard to ‘Rethink’ downtown’s interstates?
You can almost hear INDOT personnel muttering, “Those damn city agitators aren’t going to tell us how to move traffic.”
Gerard Scimeca: Regulators, utilities must step up to preserve coal sector
For all the promise of natural gas and other alternative fuel sources, nothing can match coal’s resiliency.
Kristin Eilenberg & Stan Crosley: A privacy apocalypse is on the horizon
While the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 targets the protection of personal information of California residents only, the law will have far greater impact in two material ways.
Melissa St. John: Reduce, reuse, recycle applies to office furniture, too
Repurposing items just makes good financial sense. It saves the recipient organization money and helps save the environment.
Mark Howell: Technological changes are testing state’s top industries
Despite the concerns many have that these new technologies will cost us jobs, Indiana companies are becoming more competitive with these technologies and need hard-working Hoosiers to succeed.
Marsh Davis: Preservation pays off—quantifying historic districts’ value
Areas locally designated as historic or conservation districts increase the wealth of individual property owners, act as urban stabilizers in economic downturns, and add to the appeal of the city for job seekers and job creators alike.
Kathy Bernhardt: Include the disabled in your talent pipeline
Businesses don’t have to sacrifice success to pursue disability inclusion. In fact, when businesses embrace inclusion, the results are overwhelmingly positive.
Larry Gigerich: Invest in quality of place as a talent-attraction tool
In the Indianapolis metropolitan area, a significant amount of planning and dollars have been invested into the development of quality-of-place assets.
Sheila Kennedy: You can choose your positions — but not your facts
What isn’t reasonable—or honest—is the use of unsubstantiated and clearly untrue accusations to attack an organization that provides essential medical services to women who could not otherwise access them.
ANDREW APPEL: It’s time to make diversity a true business priority
A broad definition of diversity is most valuable when it includes inherent diversity, such as gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation; and acquired diversity, which are traits gained from experiences, such as living and working internationally or interacting with a marginalized group.
Amber Van Til: Credit unions should pay their fair share
When Congress passed the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934, it mandated that credit unions serve “persons of small means,” defined by common bonds, such as working for the same employer or living within specific geographic boundaries. Because of this mission, credit unions were granted federal tax exemption.