Archive for February 2012
Jurgens: Blue Zones competition has ‘no winners and losers’
Though no Greater Des Moines city will compete to become one of the initial Blue Zones communities, Des Moines will nevertheless “play a pivotal role” as the Healthiest State Initiative moves forward, said Ric Jurgens, …
GITOMER: Celebration matters
I’ve been alive for 24,090 days. I’ll save you the math: I just celebrated my 66th birthday. (I know – I don’t look it.)
For the past 16 years, I have been angry at birthdays …
Read MoreMcLELLAN: They love their tablets
One of our roles as marketers is to anticipate trends and look for opportunities within those trends. In today’s fast-paced world, that’s no small task.
One trend that seems to be gaining more and more …
Read MoreGUEST OPINION: How about some free consulting?
Businesses spend billions of dollars every year hiring consultants to provide advice they hope will improve how they manage their human resources. What some don’t realize is that there are volumes of research that can …
TRANSITIONS: Please, GPS, don’t hurt us
The Federal Communications Commission decided not to allow a telecommunications company to roll out a 4G phone system, citing the risk of disruption to Global Positioning System (GPS) service. Nice to see precision triumph over …
Note me, Quote me…
“[Two-time Nobel laureate Linus Pauling] was wrong, and after a while, I enjoyed every moment of this scientific battle, knowing that he was wrong.”
– Dan Shechtman
Iowa State University professor
Winner of the 2011 …