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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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Leading in a House of Bricks and Sticks
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s the start of the last month of year filled with flux. In 2011, tall trees of our society and economy continued to fall in the forest, while others swayed weakly in the wind. Change is in the hands of the people. In late June,... -
On Trust: Two resources a leader can take to the bank
Posted on October 5, 2010 | 1 CommentTrust. It’s the bedrock of relationships personal and professional, public and private, and it has taken a beating lately. Amid these very challenging times, it’s wise to revisit the basic components of trust and strategies a leader might use to maintain it, restore it, and... -
Health care reform, negotiations & trust: Communities yearn for peace & healing
Posted on June 20, 2010 | 1 CommentFor our communities in this new economy, a nursing strike is both an anomaly and a history lesson. When was the last time any union walked out on contract negotiations and benefited by picketing? Airlines? Autoworkers? Air traffic controllers? I ask this question only because... -
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...
