Posts by kmeyer
Creating a sense of place in new music venue
A colorful floor-to-ceiling mural featuring footwear greets guests when they enter Vibrant Music Hall, the new entertainment venue that opened in Waukee in late 2023.
The mural, called “Footloose,” includes Air Jordans, Vans, cowboy boots …
Read MoreOn Leadership: Is connection the driving force in the future of work?
I once accepted a job because of a piece of cake.
It happened long ago when I was waiting in the reception area of a Wall Street firm, waiting for an interview. I was very …
Read MoreHow can Iowa work toward gender equity in 2024 and beyond? Fearless audience shares thoughts
What they’re checking out: Week of April 5
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 MoreLeading the Way with JOY!
For 76 years, WesleyLife has led the way in doing all the good we can in all the ways we can to all those we can, serving as a thought leader, a philanthropic leader, and …
Read MoreCentral Iowa legal professionals share precedents, policies, court decisions affecting business, consumers in 2024
Legal precedents and code provisions in Iowa and the U.S., as well as the social, economic and societal sensibilities that move laws, are in constant evolution.
Legal professionals, educators and counselors monitor the wholesale and …
Read MoreWhat they’re checking out: Week of Mar. 15
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 MoreOn Leadership: Leadership lessons from a brigadier general
On a recent flight home from a business trip, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself seated next to a friend from our school days at Ballard-Huxley: retired Brig. Gen. David Elwell. Throughout junior high …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Disinflation
If you wonder why we have not had a recession lately, or if we will have one sometime this year, economist Jim Paulsen has an interesting answer.
Before retiring in 2022, Paulsen wrote a deeply …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Jon Rozenfeld
Jon Rozenfeld arrived in Des Moines on Jan. 8 to a brown, dry landscape to begin his new role as UnityPoint Health’s market president. By the next day, the scenery looked a little different – …
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