By John O’Leary in governing.com: When writing about how to enhance the performance of public-sector organizations, I am frequently accused of two things. I am accused of being an apologist for big government, because I...
Read MoreThe “politics of destruction” practiced by elected officials seems tame when compared to public employees themselves. It’s hard to reach any other conclusion after watching AFSCME’s over-the-top slash and burn campaign...
Read MoreFrom the Future of Business blog: Vancouver often tops the ‘liveability’ index but is it really an archetype for future working life? Next month (June), “Monocle” magazine, the glossy chronicler of culture and...
Read MoreTwo recent reports make the compelling point: the problems facing us are regional in nature rather than the problems of Memphis alone. One was in a report by Brookings Institution that said that the Memphis MSA has the...
Read MorePerceptions from The Urban Child Institute Graduating to a Better Memphis Graduation is always an exciting time, and it was made even more special this year with President Obama’s commencement speech at Booker T....
Read MoreWritten by Jim Walker for Indianapolis Star: After two recent visits to Portland for conferences — one as part of the Indianapolis CEOs for Cities cluster — I flew home feeling great about living and working in...
Read MoreThere are times when you just need to give people what they say they want. In Shelby County Commission Terry Roland’s case, it is a society where government doesn’t address social issues. These just happen to be the...
Read MoreFrom the Infrastructurist, a guest Peter Kageyama, author of ‘For the Love of Cities.’ In January of this year, Newsweek published its list of “America’s Dying Cities.” The story declared that these were cities “with bleak...
Read MoreMake no mistake; the goal for the biosciences in Memphis is national and international leadership. In particular, it is leadership in the core areas in which we have a strong foundation. These include biomedical research,...
Read MoreYes, we agree with Tea Partiers that government needs to return to its historical underpinnings. No, we don’t mean the historical fictions advanced by the Tea Party to justify policies that often seem un-American in a...
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