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Guest opinion: DEI and the human workforce: The queer/straight equation

Submitted by Steve Petersen, founder, Bursting Through

Bursting Through is the storytelling movement for the queer/straight relationship. It is also a for-profit business founded by a queer man who had a very successful 27-year corporate …

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Guest opinion: One young professional perspective on return-to-office and hybrid workplaces

Submitted by Gregory Lin

Confused. Relieved. Micro-managed. Excited. Anxious. Indifferent. Ready. These are descriptors young professionals provided when I asked how they feel about returning to the office. 

In a recent survey of over 3,600 …

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The Elbert Files: A 1938 view of Iowa

A new book, “Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America,” traces the work of more than 6,000 out-of-work writers to create travel and information guides for all 48 states …

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On Leadership: Reflections on leading through disruption

The last year and a half has been filled with constant disruption, from the ever-evolving pandemic, economic volatility and amplification of racial equity issues to the election — and for those of us in Iowa, …

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The Elbert Files: COVID’s big-boy pants

“Warren Buffett was a genius.”

Those words came from behind me and were muffled by a face mask. When I turned around I saw the eyes and forehead of my old friend K.C., who had …

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On Leadership: The Leader’s Role in Civil Discourse

Recently I had a conversation with a CEO friend who confessed he was struggling with a member of his leadership team who openly expressed his political views at work and on social media. Not only …

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The Elbert Files: Reclaiming Morrison’s history

During the pandemic lockdown, 78-year-old David Junck, a retired Boone County farmer, did something no one has done in more than 130 years: He built a nearly exact replica of the world’s first functional self-powered …

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The Elbert Files: Spending a windfall

State government is sitting on a windfall of cash that has piled up during the past year as a result of the COVID pandemic.

It could be as much as $2 billion but is more …

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Guest opinion: Pro soccer stadium is a missing piece in downtown D.M.’s puzzle

Submitted by Rick Tollakson, Hallie Still-Caris and Jake Christensen

Picture this: You pick up a guest from the Des Moines International Airport. Maybe this person has never been to Greater Des Moines. Maybe you are …

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The Elbert Files: Josephs’ 150 years

Twenty-five years ago, when Josephs Jewelers celebrated 125 years as a family-owned business, I wrote that education and integrity were its hallmarks.


“The better educated our employees are, the more information they can pass on …