For two days last week, the State of Tennessee leadership focused on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation’s (TTDC) 2011 Tennessee NEXT Conference. Billed as...
Read MoreWe’re proud that our company, Smart City Consulting, is a sponsor of yet another creative idea from our friends at Live From Memphis — Bikesploitation Their idea is a “Bike and Film Festival” that will be...
Read MoreThe Mayor’s Institute on City Design is celebrating 25 years of persuading and preparing city mayors to be chief urban design official. And yet, for 24 of those years, no mayor of Memphis ever attended. That changed last...
Read MoreFrom Governing magazine: To accommodate tomorrow’s governments, we need leaders who excel at innovating and getting results, not climbing ladders. Jim Chrisinger | April 20, 2011 Collective bargaining rights and pensions...
Read MoreWe think that Memphis Mayor A C Wharton may be the only city mayor with an Office of Talent and Human Capital. It was a strong first step. Now we need two more. Talent is the overriding factor in the economic success of a...
Read MoreFrom Vanity Fair: Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the...
Read MoreFrom Governing: If we want to change the performance of the public sector, we have to challenge the current perception of public service. Paul Soubry is a successful business leader. President and CEO of New Flyer Industries...
Read MoreHere’s a sentence we never thought we’d type: Terry Roland is absolutely right. When the Millington county commissioners raised questions this week about the salaries and benefits of part-time assistant county...
Read MoreFrom Pew Research Center for People and the Press: With the economy still struggling and the nation involved in multiple military operations overseas, the public’s political mood is fractious. In this environment, many political...
Read MoreFrom the Southeastern Missourian: Although the state government is strapped for cash, Missouri’s General Assembly is about to place a huge and ill-advised bet on the so-called “Midwest China Hub,” or...
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by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →