Archive for March 2019
Closer Look: Adam Hammes
One year after reviving Green Drinks-Des Moines, author, speaker and sustainability consultant Adam Hammes believes the group, which meets once a month at Peace Tree Brewery in Des Moines, is on a roll.
“We want …
Addiction-fighting algorithm
A Des Moines serial entrepreneur who has worked deep in the trenches battling the opioid crisis has parlayed three decades of experience into a cutting-edge software company whose goal is to help employers and their …
Read MoreMcLellan: Let your values fly
In last week’s column, we touched on the importance of core values and how to create them in a way that is memorable and motivating. This week, I want to focus more on what to …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Iowa’s solar shame
Iowa lawmakers are headed down a path they should not be on.
The state’s largest power company, MidAmerican Energy Co., is urging the Legislature to overturn an environmentally friendly rule that’s worked for more than …
Under new brand, MercyOne works to develop a unified culture
It will take several years before MercyOne’s new branding is fully rolled out throughout the health system’s territory, given its more than hundreds of care locations across Iowa. Similarly, establishing a single cohesive culture from …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…
In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com
Stowe has cancer
Des Moines Water Works exec Bill Stowe reports that he has an aggressive form of …
NOTEBOOK: Kansas City-St. Louis Hyperloop on a fast track?
It might sound a bit futuristic, but a few of our fellow Midwest cities are exploring a hyperloop. And not just in a “maybe someday” sort of way. From the Kansas City Star: “That 28-minute …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Rethinking sustainable global food
A new report provides increasing evidence that global food production and consumption will have to change quite dramatically for the world to be able to sustainably feed a global population of more than 10 billion …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Shelton brings ‘infants at work’ policy to Washington
Beth Shelton traveled to Washington, D.C., for a few days this month — her first trip. The invitation to see the capital city came as an opportunity for the CEO of Girl Scouts of Greater …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Shop cats keep watch over printing floor at LRI Graphics
At LRI Graphics in Grimes, the employees working the industrial printers are creating some of the largest graphics in Iowa ? covering walls and signs in stadiums, schools, furniture stores and more. Inside the lab, …
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