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Nebraska couple with Iowa ties opening Elevator, a co-warehousing company, in downtown Des Moines next spring
When Shannon Lerda’s e-commerce business took over her family’s home in Omaha, she began looking for warehouse space where she could store supplies and package goods bought by customers.
Lerda wanted to lease up to 1,000 …
Read MoreOn Leadership: Generative AI – transformer or destroyer?
If someone else destroys our old business model, we will be ruined. But if we destroy our old business model, we will survive.
Nobuhiro Tsunoda, chairperson, Ernst & Young Tax Co., JapanIf your team …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Transistor radios
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 …
Read MoreWhat they’re checking out: Week of Nov. 8
As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des …
Read More8 takeaways from our Power Breakfast on a multigenerational workforce
Earlier this year, the number of Generation Z employees surpassed baby boomer employees in the U.S. workforce, according to Glassdoor. Millennials will likely be the most represented generation in the labor market until sometime in …
Read MoreIowa Stops Hunger Action Items 2024
Will you get a raise in 2025? Survey says it’s likely
Ninety-seven percent of employers who responded to Palmer Group’s annual salary survey plan to increase employees’ compensation in 2025, an increase from a year ago and a signal companies want to retain workers, David Leto, …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Making history fun
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 …
Read MoreHow to attract, keep employees when labor force is shrinking
Baby boomers in Iowa’s labor force who have reached retirement age are leaving the workforce at an increasingly fast clip, leaving employers scrambling to fill jobs from a shrinking labor pool.
In September, Iowa had …
Read MoreBerk, Des Moines plans examiner, retiring after 26 years with city
Terry Berk had a goal when he started his work career in 1991: Retire at age 56.
This week, Berk, plans examiner for the city of Des Moines, is retiring from the job he’s held …