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Your help is needed to close one hole in Minnesota safety net
06 February 2012 3:11 PM | No CommentsYou may have read about Charles Van Heuveln in Jon Tevlin’s Star Tribune column a few weeks ago. A good program that benefits people with disabilities — Medical Assistance for Employed People with Disabilities (MA-EPD) — has a loop hole in it. A hole that...
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Theater of Public Policy
02 February 2012 12:19 PM | No CommentsPolitical satire and improvisational theater have a long history in the Twin Cities thanks in part to Dudley Riggs. Huge Improv Theater on 30th and Lyndale in south Minneapolis is adding a new chapter to this legacy with the Theater of Public Policy. In partnership...
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Communities Built to Last
30 January 2012 8:11 AM | No CommentsLast week, President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address, in which he raised the call for creating an economy that is “built to last.” For anyone who is a fan of business guru Jim Collins, this is a familiar term and title...
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Malcolm Gladwell Archive
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Tell Me a Story
Posted on May 17, 2011 | 3 CommentsI just finished Twin Cities author Nick Tasler’s excellent book, The Impulse Factor. I learned a great deal about how to harness my impulsive drive to make more prudent decisions. Tasler writes really well, combining relevant research with compelling stories, in the same way that... -
The Impact of Dysfunctional Teams
Posted on September 16, 2009 | No Comments“…and no one – not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses – ever makes it alone,” excerpt from Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. In order to accomplish something significant, you can’t do it alone. Often times this means you are...
