What does it mean for someone to feel they truly belong in a workplace? This question has been on my mind after reading a Forbes article that said, “Many of us have tried many things …
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 …
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 …
My friend K.C. was admiring artist Richard Serra’s “Five Plate Pentagon” in the southeast corner of the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
As I approached, he mumbled something about the Legislature needing to grow …
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 …
The modern era of UFO sightings began midyear 1947, shortly after I was born, which helps explain my lifelong fascination with unidentified flying objects and why I was drawn to a new book by technology …
In a past job, I had a talented individual on my team. I recognized her skills and asked her if she’d like to lead an innovative technology project we were working on. Her response was …
Sports betting, like cancer rates and bad water, is a growing problem in Iowa.
There’s a relatively simple solution – limiting advertising – which I’ll get to in a minute. But first, some background.
Sports …
What’s happened to Iowa?
I’ve been asked many versions of that question in recent months. Typically, but not exclusively, by Democrats who can’t understand how a middle-of-the-road state like Iowa could, almost overnight, become a …
In one of my first jobs after college, I had the privilege of meeting Daniel Goleman, the psychologist who would go on to write the book “Emotional Intelligence.” I invited Goleman to speak at a …
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