Lesley Weidenbener: A rethink prompts changes to Fast 25
The rules for Fast 25 were simply too narrow and unnecessarily excluding some of the region’s most promising companies.
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Lesley Weidenbener: A few new features for IBJ in 2023
A new year is always a good time to make a change, not just personally but at work as well. And so we are making a few tweaks to IBJ.
Zionsville Mayor Styron says she won’t seek reelection
Already, Jane Burgess, a former member of the Zionsville School Board, and John Stehr, a former news anchor at WTHR-TV Channel 13, have announced they will seek the GOP nomination.
2022 Newsmaker: IEDC makes high-tech job moves
Commerce Secretary Brad Chambers won legislative support this year for a bill meant to modernize the state’s economic toolkit.
2022 Newsmakers of the Year: Daniels, Whitten broker plan to split IUPUI
The split is a move that state and local officials and many business leaders had quietly advocated for years because it gives each school the opportunity to develop its own strengths in the city.
Lesley Weidenbener: Viewpoints, letters are your way to have a say
IBJ offers several ways for industry leaders and other readers to voice their opinions on current news topics and the newspaper itself.
Lesley Weidenbener: Fort Wayne turns up the coolness factor
Electric Works is a massive redevelopment of a 39-acre historic campus in the core of Fort Wayne that housed General Electric Co. until it closed in 2014.
Lesley Weidenbener: Storytelling defines columnist Mike Lopresti’s career
For years, Lopresti has been telling Indiana sports stories in the pages of IBJ—stories about professionals, amateurs and kids. Stories about referees and coaches. Sad stories, funny stories and inspiring stories.
Lesley Weidenbener: Crafting a great awards nomination
One of the downsides of handing out awards to central Indiana leaders as we like doing at IBJ is that we are simultaneously saying no to even more people who have been nominated.
Lesley Weidenbener: A peek into IBJ’s awards process
In all, IBJ Media will host more than two dozen events next year, which will include a dozen that are IBJ newsroom-led.
Lesley Weidenbener: Here are three companies making an education for workers a priority
Cook Medical, the Indianapolis Airport Authority and Merchants Bank of Indiana are among 16 organizations honored as part of IBJ’s inaugural HR Impact awards. Their focus on education and training is especially important for the state.
Indianapolis-based tech firm Saaslio acquired by Canadian company
Saaslio helps IT teams track the software their employees are using remotely, a service that has become more in demand with the growth of remote work.
Q&A with a Rose-Hulman professor helping girls embrace math
Tracy Weyand organized a student chapter of the American Association for Women in Mathematics at the Terre Haute university and hosts a day on campus for high school students.
Lesley Weidenbener: Appreciating an art form I could never begin to master
The American Pianists Association is on a mission of sorts to spread the word locally about the competitions, which already are well-respected internationally within the music community.
Lesley Weidenbener: Only way to relax is to stop making decisions
Making decisions is exhausting. If you’re feeling tired, you should try delegating decisions.
Lesley Weidenbener: We’re listening; we’re focused on business
We decided that we will maintain our focus on business news—and on how crime and other breaking news affects business.
Lesley Weidenbener: You can do politics; just give it a try
Start small if you want. Put up a yard sign for a candidate you like. Offer to pass out yard signs to others. Show up at a zoning meeting and explain why a project will hurt your neighborhood. Send an email to your senator about a strong position you hold. Vote.
Lesley Weidenbener: Seeking high-impact HR programs, people
IBJ’s newest awards program is less about recognizing individual people and more about highlighting organizations that have found ways to support their people.
Q&A: Steven Emch on building next era of Indiana leaders
Steven Emch plans to grow the size of the post-graduate Orr Fellowship program without losing the culture that has connected its participants with some of the region’s most prominent and fastest-growing companies.
Lesley Weidenbener: An evolving definition of business reporting
Our focus is on economic development, real estate, finance, technology, manufacturing, government and health care.