The Regional Cities legislation was a lousy idea designed to divert Hoosiers from the notion that their state government should support all regions of our state. Instead, we are pitting one region against another, fighting for scraps from the state’s table.
We demand fast-paced work environments, a seat at the table, and constant change.
Strong and effective relationships—with employees, customers and vendors—are the motors that drive business. Too often, managers focus only on the professional aspects and discount what makes us truly unique: our lives outside of work.
I raise for consideration the notion of “balanced” health plans that place priority on prevention and access. Preventive care is inexpensive, while chronic disease treatments and emergency-room visits are not.
Since the average minority household currently owns only 10 percent of the wealth of a typical white family, we are facing a huge challenge of broadening economic inclusion.
How do we address the concerns about the Vision Fleet and Blue Indy initiatives without undoing what are clearly important steps toward solving major urban challenges?
The Indianapolis Museum of Art recently locked its beautiful and symbolic pedestrian/cycling gate at 42nd Street and Michigan Road in April to better secure the campus and sell more memberships. Unfortunately, the locked gate prohibits cyclists and pedestrians from entering the campus safely across 42nd Street.
The lesson here is that even a fully negotiated merger agreement is often overridden after closing by the board and management of the merged entity.
By dedicating more resources to examination of proposed securities offerings and applications for licensing of investment professionals, the commissioner can do a better job of keeping investors from losing money in the first place.
As 2015’s graduates pack away their caps and gowns and step out into the world, their quest shines a focus on the critical work facing our state in preparing Hoosiers for careers of the future.
Are our not-for-profit hospitals planning and building to improve community health or to drive market share? Too often, it’s the latter.
At a high level, collaborative consumption aggregates consumers and technology to facilitate transactions between peers for underused assets.
The Hoosier cynic in me said that what Indiana needs to do over the next half century is catch up with things the rest of the world accomplished 50 years ago—things like local government reform, competitive-with-the-nation wages that can support families, antidiscrimination laws that provide equal protection for all of our citizens, and protection of our state’s reputation from standup comedians and seven-figure PR firms.
Is the Legislature doing enough to fund Skills Enhancement Fund and EDGE? The answer, in big bold letters, is no.
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.
The next few months will set the tone for a new administration and the city’s future. Based on our time in city and county leadership, we recommend the candidates give attention to the following civic paradoxes
Make no mistake about it. The $1 billion transformation of Indiana University Health’s Methodist Hospital campus at West 16th Street and Capitol Avenue will be a big deal. Consolidating University and Methodist hospitals will be the biggest single project on the near-north side in anyone’s memory.
Does Indianapolis want the ban on digital billboards to be lifted? It’s hard to tell, since the public has been kept in the dark as billboard companies have been working behind the scenes to win support from city-county councilors for years.
Thanks to our infamous Legislature, hunting and fishing will be on the ballot in 2016 to become protected rights in our constitution, placing them on par with free speech and freedoms of religion and the press.
Heaven help me: I’m a paid critic. I’m different from the sort of gushing-praiser, or mindless hater on Yelp. I get to research, test and objectively review some of the most advanced computing gear in the industry, year after year.
