Community Development

Anyone who has been around long enough to go through a few business or economic cycles knows that having the internal fortitude to weather bad times is an essential characteristic, especially for senior executives and entrepreneurs. If your organization has never experienced an existential threat, you might not be thinking big enough. ‘Grow or die’…

I can’t remember ever trying to put a year into context by the third week in January, but here I am with that task. I spent much of the past year anticipating that 2021 would be better than 2020 (please!), but not fully grasping how challenging this recovery might be: when pandemic, economic disruption, civil…

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The late, iconic comedian Joan Rivers delivered that line in a way that signaled that she was heavily burdened about something…and that she thought the person she was talking to would listen. The events of the past week have blown into vivid, global view the reality that civic dialogue in this country has reached a…

New year…new decade…welcome, 2021. To say we have looked forward to your arrival may be the understatement of my professional life. After the disruptions of COVID-19, in particular, the strong desire is to jump out of the gates of a new business year and set the pace for success. And yet, the track is filled…

Over the weekend, this image featuring a jumble of words came across my Facebook feed, and like thousands of others, I took the bait and even shared it after I’d come up with my answers. Lots of my contacts followed suit, and it was fun to realize what other people “saw” that I had missed.…

Promoting Racial Equity & Addressing Employment Needs to Secure Minnesota’s Future Prosperity MSPWin has played a leadership role in policy development and advocacy at the state and regional level. Through its thought-leadership, research and advocacy the need for systems change in the public sector workforce system is now widely acknowledged across many sectors including business,…