“Bad Apples are Spoiling the Bunch” We are all familiar with this metaphor. It can be traced all the way back to 1340 English as “A rotten apple quickly infects its neighbor” meaning a rotten person corrupts others. Thanks to some bad apples in the...
After my term serving on the Community Advisory Council to the Federal Reserve, I became much more intrigued with economics and policy. On the CAC we were asked questions on lending, housing, homelessness, labor and more by the Governors. I often wondered why...
As we enter the New Year I encourage two exercises: Look back to see where your business ended and look forward to plan for the future. Looking back on the year, reflecting if you will, should be thoughtful. What did you hope to accomplish in your business? Did you...
In the early ‘90s I was working for a design firm as part of the administrative team. I remember my mentor Barb year after year procrastinate the annual performance review process. Writing reviews for all 30 employees was a struggle – her least favorite duty if I...
After years of considering the Minnesota Transportation Alliance’s DC Fly-In, attending this year was perfectly timed. The conference was centered on the new IIJA funding information and how projects were selected, as well as other opportunities for the municipalities...
I have worked as a liaison between members and the Central CERT agencies on multiple certification issues. As noted in a previous blog, mentoring our AWC members through certification has always been a function here. So many of our members joined because of meeting...
