Garrett Mintz: Here’s how to upskill new managers quickly
The dearth of up-and-coming managers has led to greater turnover for both managers and the direct reports in their charge.
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Jalene Hahn: Retirement surprises: plan more than your finances
While having sufficient resources to last for your lifetime is important to your quality of life, a bigger question is, “What’s your purpose?”
Bill Oesterle: Indiana needs to give immigrants driver’s licenses
Back here in Indiana, we have a bunch of people driving around without licenses. That’s not good.
Letter to the Editor: Law is 32 years of work in progress
To achieve the vision set out by the ADA, we must do more.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Welfare data doesn’t tell the full poverty story
When researchers try to include non-cash benefits, there are problems with the data.
Mike Lopresti: In a league for 45-and-up, it’s still hardball
Is a man ever too old to play baseball? “Yes” is your answer? Then you’ve come to the wrong place, on the wrong night.
Editorial: Indiana poised to benefit greatly from computer-chip legislation
We think the opportunities are worth the cost.
Lesley Weidenbener: An evolving definition of business reporting
Our focus is on economic development, real estate, finance, technology, manufacturing, government and health care.
Pete the Planner: When saving for college, use age-based portfolios
One of the biggest mistakes I see parents make with their college-funding investments is ignoring time horizon.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: History repeats itself with theft of Ukrainian grain
History is sad, especially when it repeats itself nearly 90 years later.
Mark Montieth: ‘Like a dog chewing on a bone’
His crusade, joined by many others locally and nationally, had begun informally in 2014, and he had been involved in serious negotiations with the NBA for more than a year.
Editorial: Abortion debate should be open, vigorous and respectful process
No matter a person’s position, we need to respect that his or her feelings and passions are real and not dismiss them out of hand. We need to seek first to understand, not use any means necessary to score purely political points.
Al Carroll: Abortion ban could harm talent recruitment efforts
In a time when competition for talent is at its highest, Indiana cannot afford to legislate itself toward irrelevance in the eyes of millions of working people across the country. A 2021 survey from the Tara Health Foundation found that 64% of professionals would not apply for a job in any state that passed an abortion ban.
Teresa Lubbers: Can an Indiana think tank solve what’s broken in America?
A necessary ingredient to personal prosperity is quality education and workforce preparation. I’ve labored in this arena most of my career, and I’m excited about continuing these efforts as we start an Education and Workforce Center at Sagamore Institute.
Letters: Spend surplus on K-12, higher education
Indiana should offer the first year of community college at no cost to every high school graduate, regardless of their graduating GPA, and the second year at no additional cost for students who achieved a 2.5 GPA in their first year.
Your Lyft is canceled: I passed on a billion-dollar startup
The truth is that I never seriously considered accepting the offer. It took me several years (and many Lyft rides) to understand why: I’m an entrepreneur.
Mayor Joe Hogsett: Indianapolis supports speedy approval of bipartisan Innovation Act
This bill must be a fully funded effort. In other words, it must return semiconductor and advanced manufacturing to American shores while also building up Innovation Hubs that look ahead to the next generation of technology.
Mickey Kim: To make money in stocks, don’t get scared out of them
We are currently in a bear market (usually defined as declines greater than 20%). This is not something to be feared—just understood.
Cecil Bohanon and John Horowitz: Social Security changes needed before funds run out
Unless something is changed, it is also projected the trust fund will be depleted in 2035, when the system’s revenue will cover only about 80% of its promised benefits.
Why technology is a critical leadership ‘lever’
Today, every business leader needs to have the same level of acumen and usability with “technology” levers as with “people” and “process” levers.