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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK: Genius biographer Walter Isaacson applauds D.M.’s Feng Zhang

Walter Isaacson’s keynote address to the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s annual dinner on Jan. 15 included an unexpected mention of local genius Feng Zhang. 


Isaacson has written acclaimed biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo DaVinci, Albert …
By DAVE ELBERT | Jan 22, 2020
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the Jan. 24 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the Jan. 24 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories at businessrecord.com/insider and …
By BPC Staff | Jan 20, 2020
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NOTEBOOK: New boarding bridges ahead for DSM passengers

Those boarding bridges that connect aircraft to the concourses at Des Moines International Airport are starting to show signs of their age, so the airport board has plans to replace them. Most of the 12 …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jan 20, 2020
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: David’s Bridal seeks a business style upgrade, with AI assistance

As soon as my friend announced her engagement, I knew we were in for an advertising spree. Even though the wedding is more than a year away, our normal digital dialogue about doughnuts, pets and …
By KATE HAYDEN | Jan 20, 2020
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: President Obama finds a partner in Nike for the ball court of his dreams

President Barack Obama found a teammate in the Nike Foundation during the planning of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago – with visions of a new kind of presidential library with a public athletic facility, …
By KATE HAYDEN | Jan 17, 2020
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: For some baseball card collectors, the hobby is now an online hunt

Anyone who grew up in the ’70s can remember how baseball cards were a thing for a lot of kids, even those of us who were only casually interested in the game and the players. …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Jan 16, 2020
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NOTEBOOK: ISU grads leading Tokyo project. Locals don’t like the name.

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday about a controversy surrounding Tokyo’s futuristic railway station, Takanawa Gateway, a project that involves Pickard Chilton, a New Haven, Conn., firm founded by two 1976 architecture graduates of Iowa State University.…
By DAVE ELBERT | Jan 16, 2020
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NOTEBOOK: Floorboard turned symbol of ‘reclaimed lives’

For a recent story, I watched the demolition of a 131-year-old home on the Dorothy’s House campus. The organization, which provides a safe place and programming for survivors of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation, launched …
By EMILY BARSKE | Jan 15, 2020
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NOTEBOOK: An update on the real-life implications of the changing Christmas tree industry

When my boyfriend and I traveled to his hometown for Christmas celebrations with family, he was a bit surprised by the living room’s holiday centerpiece. 

As I noted earlier in the Notebook, I have never …
By KATE HAYDEN | Jan 15, 2020
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the Jan. 17 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the Jan. 17 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories at businessrecord.com/insider and …
By BPC Staff | Jan 15, 2020