I once had a job where our entire company and spouses were expected to attend a lavish holiday party at the boss’s house. Our leadership team dreaded this particular event as it was on a …
Iowa was the nation’s sixth-largest producer of apples a century ago before an unexpected blizzard on Nov. 11, 1940, froze the sap in trees, virtually eliminating the state’s apple industry.
The Armistice Day storm 84 …
If someone else destroys our old business model, we will be ruined. But if we destroy our old business model, we will survive.
If your team …
In the summer of 1961, my transistor radio, turned to full volume, played “Runaway” by Del Shannon, “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” by the Shirelles, and “Raindrops” (my favorite) by Dee Clark.
While the …
Valerie Van Kooten has a weird and wonderful backstory about how she came to lead the State Historical Society of Iowa, and it helps explain the society’s new project: “Weird & Wonderful Iowa.”
“Coming from …
I was passing the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park when I saw my friend K.C. standing under artist Ai Weiwei’s “Iron Tree Trunk.”
The …
Recently, a friend of mine called me with so much excitement in her voice that I thought she’d won the lottery. But no, it turned out that a morning meeting had been canceled. She was …
Nearly 100 years ago in the spring of 1929, when today’s medically oriented Des Moines University went by the name Still College, students at the original Des Moines University rioted.
Upset by new owners who …
Have you ever had a colleague who you knew was having mental health issues but you weren’t sure what to do? Earlier in my career when I worked in investment management, I had a beloved …
An uncomfortable connection between interest rate cuts and recessions was explored by Minneapolis-based economist James Paulsen in a recent Paulsen Perspectives newsletter.
Seven of eight recessions between 1969 and 2020 were preceded by Federal …
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