As I write this, the Iowa General Assembly is still in session but is far enough along that I feel confident in predicting it will be remembered as one of the most prolific ever.
The …
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of the “Why It Matters” column, which will appear in the Business Record once a month. Byers will provide commentary on topics affecting the region’s business community and …
I recently had the chance to interview Adam Davidson, co-founder of NPR’s “Planet Money,” when he was in town for the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Small Business Success Summit. Davidson and I chatted about his …
It’s spring cleaning time, when we throw out things we no longer use or need. This year, let’s also get rid of some myths that clog up our ability to make rational decisions.
At the …
Over the course of my career, I have experienced a great deal of traumatic loss in the workplace. Living through 9/11 when I worked in Manhattan’s Financial District was something that took me years to …
The Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded earlier this month to London’s David Chipperfield, whose works include the Des Moines Public Library, completed in 2006, and Davenport’s Figge Art Museum, completed in 2005.
The $100,000 international …
After more than 50 years, Des Moines’ skywalk system is at a crossroads, again.
Unlike previous crises caused by growth and occasional falling glass, this moment of truth is the result of maturity. The talk …
What is high-quality leadership? Apparently it is in steep decline. I’d never heard that exact term until recently, when a study on this topic caught my eye and immediately brought to mind some of my …
First thought: New book.
“The Sophocles Rule” is local novelist Joe LeValley’s fifth book about the fictional town of Orney, Iowa, its local newspaper and star reporter Tony Harrington. And it may be his best.…
The 1969 Tony Award-winning musical “1776” was one of the first performances I saw in the then-new C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in 1971. Fifty-two years later, I still remember how curious it was that a musical …
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