2018 Innovation Issue Q&A: Expert says blockchain isn’t for everyone
Hong Wan, director of the Purdue Blockchain Lab, is researching the ways the distributed-ledger technology can help industry become more secure and transparent.
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2018 Innovation Issue: John Wechsler says Indiana can be the crossroads of IoT innovation
Our state’s key industries—manufacturing, agriculture and logistics—face imminent disruption from internet-connected devices, referred to collectively as the internet of things.
2018 Innovation Issue: Mike Pellegrino recommends sometimes ignoring expert advice
Many successful entrepreneurs provided good advice early in my career, but I found a surprising number provided absolutely poor advice.
2018 Innovation Issue: Reynolds & Kohlstrand on what blockchain means for the practice of law
Blockchain might fundamentally change the way documents are verified and the way contracts are negotiated, executed and enforced.
2018 Innovation Issue: Sam Julka offers six ways workplaces can spur creativity
Employees have to be comfortable believing they can be and are creative.
2018 Innovation Issue: Appirio’s Jimerson says tech can influence diversity, inclusion
As a company that leverages the cloud to create better worker and customer experiences, Appirio offers a unique opportunity to elevate the way technology is used to mitigate diversity and inclusion challenges.
2018 Innovation Issue: Huber, Klitzsch & Kloth talk Indy Achieves
Indy Achieves seeks to increase the portion of central Indiana adults with a post-secondary credential to 65 percent and eliminate pervasive attainment gaps by 2027.
2018 Innovation Issue: Centric’s Jason Williams says ‘soft’ innovation skills matter
A growing number of industry leaders agree that simply an understanding, not a mastery, of technical skills will be necessary to compete in the future.
MIKE LOPRESTI: Stevens on brink of joining exclusive group of Hoosiers
Celtics coach poised to put his name next to others from Indiana who’ve reached NBA Finals.
LETTER: Shining a light on poverty
I feel strongly that the present minimum wage needs to be increased incrementally until it can provide a sustainable income to lift wage earners out of poverty.
LETTER: Time for city to tackle poverty
Concentrated poverty in Indianapolis is holding back hundreds of thousands of families from accessing opportunities for upward mobility and will hold us back from continued growth for all.
LETTER: Take broader look at interstate fix
We need a thorough, independent study of how to transform this crumbling, 50-year-old urban highway system into an economic driver for the entire region.
LETTER: Opioid epidemic hurts manufacturers
One in four job applicants are failing drug tests, which means a large population of people are unable to work.
KRISTIN EILENBERG: Beware, 4 percent of your global revenue is at risk
With 5,000 records breached per minute and malware attacks happening all the time, figuring out how to be GDPR-compliant is just common sense.
SHEILA KENNEDY: INDOT is bureaucratic stone wall we need to scale
Surely, doing it right—learning from mistakes, from the available research and from the experience of cities that have creatively addressed these issues—is worth moving a few stubborn bureaucrats out of their comfort zones.
NATE FELTMAN: Russian corruption in spotlight—again
For a guy who spent much of the 1990s in Moscow, the collusion investigation brings back memories.
EDITORIAL: Small grants, loans can launch a neighborhood renaissance
We commend programs aimed not at subsidizing businesses but helping to give them a small boost to get them going or keep them going.
CHARLOTTE WESTERHAUS-RENFROW: Hard skills or soft skills: a chicken-or-the-egg situation
Because employees need expertise to successfully tackle a job, the answer is simple, right? There is, however, a definite twist to the answer.
SKARBECK: A rational approach works, but investing whims lurk
Investing is simple, but it’s not easy.
BOHANON & CUROTT: How a new Seattle tax can work in Indy’s favor
The City Council of Seattle recently passed a controversial tax, and what happened next could be good news for central Indiana’s quest to snag Amazon’s second national headquarters.