Kathy Bernhardt: Include the disabled in your talent pipeline
Businesses don’t have to sacrifice success to pursue disability inclusion. In fact, when businesses embrace inclusion, the results are overwhelmingly positive.
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Larry Gigerich: Invest in quality of place as a talent-attraction tool
In the Indianapolis metropolitan area, a significant amount of planning and dollars have been invested into the development of quality-of-place assets.
Sheila Kennedy: You can choose your positions — but not your facts
What isn’t reasonable—or honest—is the use of unsubstantiated and clearly untrue accusations to attack an organization that provides essential medical services to women who could not otherwise access them.
ANDREW APPEL: It’s time to make diversity a true business priority
A broad definition of diversity is most valuable when it includes inherent diversity, such as gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation; and acquired diversity, which are traits gained from experiences, such as living and working internationally or interacting with a marginalized group.
Amber Van Til: Credit unions should pay their fair share
When Congress passed the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934, it mandated that credit unions serve “persons of small means,” defined by common bonds, such as working for the same employer or living within specific geographic boundaries. Because of this mission, credit unions were granted federal tax exemption.
Teresa Lubbers: Let’s fill the jobs of today and get ready for tomorrow
Paired with new STEM requirements in our schools and resources for employers who train new employees for higher-wage jobs, tools like the Workforce Ready Grant can be cycle-breakers for entire families and can unleash the potential of Indiana businesses.
Dennis & Sandy Sasso: The children of immigrants is a moral emergency
Government officials should not have sought to defend their immigration policies using scripture.
Amy Liu & Michael Huber: Making inclusive economic growth a priority for Indy
Communities like Indianapolis cannot afford to watch idly as more of their human capital drifts further into isolation from the job market and productive economy.
Maureen Krauss: Tariffs could deal blow to businesses in central Indiana
There are over 84,000 export-supported jobs in the Indianapolis metropolitan area, according to the Brookings Institution, so real people stand to suffer from any declines in trade.
Tim Cook: Character should come first, even if it costs you
My dad was a capitalist who took enormous pride in the business he built. But he never allowed his pursuit of the deal to jam his moral compass.
Wolfla & Kelley: Businesses should revolt against M&A lawsuit extortion
Most merger announcements are followed by shareholder legal action meant to hold deals hostage.
JONATHAN COFFIN: What Indiana companies can learn from Starbucks
An incident of this magnitude can expose an acute conflict between who you say you are and who you appear to be.
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.
HUBER & RODRIGUEZ: IND helps Indy’s economy prepare for takeoff
As a passenger-friendly airport eagerly pursuing new routes, Indianapolis International helps our business community connect to the world and compete for the talent that’s building one of the nation’s fastest-growing tech sectors.
GARY PITTSFORD: Small business impact is not ‘snake oil’
The nation’s 28 million closely held businesses account for more than 50 percent of our national gross domestic product.
MAUREEN KRUASS: Explore global trade now, while the economy is strong
Through the U.S. Department of State’s Experience America program, a delegation of more than 30 foreign ambassadors visited partners in central Indiana and met with the Indy Chamber and local business leaders to gain a deeper understanding of our business climate.
BRIAN PAYNE: Don’t squander opportunity to rethink I-65/I-70 project in Indy downtown
Our growing coalition is defining a new vision for this critical infrastructure that joins a national movement that is repurposing aging urban interstates, just like ours, in ways that revitalize cities while still accommodating commuters and growing logistics traffic.
McGUINESS: Safety requires moving forward with highway overhaul
Accommodating safety, livability, economic development, connectivity, multi-modal transportation and aesthetics, all while being good stewards of taxpayer dollars, is a delicate balancing act.
LORI KAPLAN: It’s good news/bad news for commuting and tax reform
Fortunately, since most commuter benefits are offered in the form of pre-tax perks (not subsidies), and those pre-tax perks were not affected by the latest reform, most employees can continue to enjoy outcomes such as reduced payroll taxes and increased take-home pay.