Barb Cutillo: Upskill your approach to managing projects
Most managers lack formal project management training, and very often, the projects they run fail miserably or spin indefinitely, wasting time and resources.
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Jalene Hahn: How to defend yourself financially amid life’s changes
Financial self-defense is about increasing your financial literacy and confidence in making sound money decisions. It is also about knowing enough to ask questions and not take statements at face value.
Derek Schultz: Next steps for Pacers need to develop team’s core
Many Pacers fans are bullish on the team’s immediate future, but significant improvement is still needed. There’s no question the improvement will have to come from within.
Nate Feltman: Indy takes Olympic swim trials to next level
Hats off to community leaders who continue to lean into sports as an avenue for attracting talent and growing the region’s economy.
Devin Anderson: We must act to power Indiana’s economic future
During a recent visit to the headquarters of Indiana’s grid operator, Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator, I learned that Indiana’s power supply needs to catch up to support fast-growing demand.
Thomas P. Dakich: Indiana is driving change in how data centers operate
During a recent visit to the headquarters of Indiana’s grid operator, Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator, I learned that Indiana’s power supply needs to catch up to support fast-growing demand.
Letters: Examples of tariffs gone wrong
Kudos to Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz for rightly calling out the folly of the Biden administration’s tariffs on Chinese goods. Note the same policy is touted by candidate Trump.
Pete the Planner: Making the most of data helps avoid financial shock
Given the many inconveniences in our personal finances, it’s surprising there’s not more focus on how we respond to negative outcomes.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Fallout from tariffs is seen in unexpected places
The tradeoff is that the tariffs increase prices, and industries that use the now higher-priced goods as inputs in their production hire fewer workers.
Kim and Todd Saxton: The art of the exit: Our goodbye as next chapter calls
Roughly 27 years ago, about this time of year, we arrived in Indianapolis with our elementary-school-age daughters.
Tony Armstrong: It’s time for Indiana entrepreneurs to crank it up
By more actively recognizing and celebrating the contributions of our entrepreneurs, we can fashion a spirit of innovation, creativity, collaboration, resilience and risk-taking that further elevates Indiana’s reputation as a place where startup businesses truly take off.
Dr. Jeffrey Wheeler and Donnica Carpenter: Relapse amid recovery isn’t a failure. It’s a time to reset.
If someone were suffering from heart disease or an ulcer, we wouldn’t shy away from acknowledging setbacks. We should have that same mindset for addiction.
Mickey Kim: Did fishy shrimp deal ultimately end Red Lobster?
In a famous exchange from Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” one friend asks, “How did you go bankrupt?” To which the friend replies, “Two ways. Gradually and then suddenly.”
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Not just about dollars: Economics embraces a broad way of thinking
Many people think economics is just about dollars and cents. However, it is much broader than that.
Angie Stocklin: Exits come with mixed emotions. Let’s recognize that.
I was extremely proud of my team and what we had accomplished to bring us to the point of acquisition, but I was also distraught and devastated.
Derek Schultz: Learning as they go
On the court, you can see how far they still have to go before becoming a contending team again.
Editorial: Let’s rally around Olympic trials and cheer on swimmers to Paris
Go because it’s an opportunity to see world-class athletes competing at the highest level. Go because it’s a heck of a lot cheaper than trying to get to Paris. Go because the swimming trials will be on prime time television for nine straight days—and that’s nine days of amazing advertising for the city of Indianapolis.
Lesley Weidenbener: Sallie Rowland was an impactful leader
While Rowland commanded attention for her work on hundreds of office spaces across the region, she is best known for her work in the community, which started in earnest when she became president of the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission.
Emily Weikert Bryant: Farm bill’s draft language would weaken hunger help
One in seven Hoosiers experienced food insecurity, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The farm bill is a crucial opportunity to quickly reduce hunger in our communities and support the work of food banks like our members.
Luke Messer: Let’s work together to improve Hoosier health care
The Indiana Business Health Collaborative is a unique new partnership among Hoosier employers, all parts of the health care industry and other stakeholders interested in working together to strengthen the state of health care in Indiana through market-based, patient-centered solutions.