"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17The Louisville Cardinals were in the NCAA regionals last weekend in Indianapolis. In conjunction, a group of people from Louisville planned to bring up a laser projector and put images on the sides of buildings in Indianapolis ranging from the Cardinal logo to Louisville's "Possibility City" marketing slogan. I thought this would be great fun in the grand tradition of college game day pranks (here's a famous one to show you what I'm talking about). The city of Indianapolis, … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2010
Want Talent? Drink at Lunch!
Cities obsess over attracting talent these days. I happen to think almost none of them are actually serious about it. But if they were, how should they go about doing it? Most cities are in a fiscal bind right now, so for some time I've been asking myself what cities could do that would cost little to no money that could create a material uptick in their attractiveness to younger, college degreed people. I plan to start occasionally posting some of these. My idea for today is a very simple one: change the local business culture so that it … [Read more...]
The Giant Sucking Sound
"Nearly all rich and powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming, or good-looking. They became rich and powerful by wanting to be rich and powerful." - Paul Arden"But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty." -I Corinthians 1:27 This is the latest installment in what has become a trilogy of sorts on talent and migration. (See also "Out-Migration Devastates Michigan" and "The Outsiders"). When I … [Read more...]