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Reflection on 9/11

In every generation, I suppose there are defining moments: those events or experiences that create shared milestones and common definitions of ‘before X’ and ‘post X’ realities.For most of us over the age of, let’s arbitrarily say 30, September 11,…

Kathy TunheimSeptember 9, 2021

Leadership

Change and Attitude

All of the truisms and catch phrases about change and how it is good for us come rushing in when I am dealing with a particularly unwelcome change for our organization. None more so than when we lose a talented…

Kathy TunheimSeptember 2, 2021

Community Development

Who Are We? Where Do We Belong?

It seems we are entering a very challenging time, in terms of understanding where we fit in the world. The identities that guided our life navigation in recent years are coming under extraordinary pressure and the signs are increasing that…

Kathy TunheimAugust 26, 2021

Corporate Reputation Management

Gracefulness, Amid Falls from Grace

It is a phrase drawn from our origin story: “falling from grace” is for some a reference to Adam and Eve’s banishment from the Garden of Eden. In more contemporary usage, it refers to any time someone with power, wealth,…

Kathy TunheimAugust 11, 2021

Client Highlight

Renewable Energy Group and Manchester United Kick Off an International Partnership with an Assist from Tunheim and its Partners

Headquartered in Ames, Iowa, Renewable Energy Group is an international producer of sustainable fuels. The organization recycles waste and by-product fats and oils into easy-to-use fuels that make an immediate impact by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To spread awareness of…

Jason DorowAugust 9, 2021

Leadership

Resilience: On Demand and On Display

It is a great word: resilience. Just saying it out loud causes you to want to sit up straighter, breath a bit deeper, look to the horizon. Some of us were born with the roots of resilience woven into our…

Kathy TunheimAugust 4, 2021

Strategic Communications

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

If any of us needed affirmation that there is no such thing as going ‘back to normal,’ I think we’re getting that message right now. COVID-19 is not going away, everything is not returning to the way it used to…

Kathy TunheimJuly 28, 2021

Public Affairs

Raiding My VHS Tapes

Ok, I am not actually going to do that (though I DO still have boxes filled with VCR tapes somewhere). But I have found myself in recent days striving to put news into perspective so I can decide what I…

Kathy TunheimJuly 21, 2021

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